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Pla Plateformes es en en c communs : :

A A collaborati tive e co community of

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fair pl platforms rms

Inventing the digital social and solidarity economy through new models

Sharing Economy Free software movement

Commons

SSE

What is Plateformes en communs?

• A project by French association La Coop des Communs

(http://coopdescommuns.org/) mixing SSE, commons and innovation

• Since 2017
• A collective of fair/open digital platforms
• A group of persons (project leaders, experts, activists)
• A learning community: horizontal action research
• A commons²: an innovative ecosystem at the service of innovative

ecosystems

Au bord de l’eau

Philosophy of the project

The project will depend

• n everyone

What we jointly chose to do

Building a model of contribution

Objectives of the project:

Building an ecosystem of platforms Creating commons and inter-cooperations so that collective success allows individual success Enabling the emergence of new projects Experimenting and documenting innovative practices

An An inter-pla platf tform ch chart rter: r:

• Shaping a community
• Defining best practices
• Communicating on alternative values and practices (fair,

ethical, open, local) in the digital economy

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1/ / In Inclusi sive go governance 2/ 2/ Fa Fair di distri ribut bution n of value ue 3/ 3/ Da Data et ethics 4/ 4/ Produc ducti tion n of co commons 5/ 5/ Co Cooperati tion be between me membe mbers

1/ 1/ Inc Inclus lusiv ive e go governance

• The platforms must be organisations or collectives democratically

run by their users.

• They determine the nature of their stakeholders (users, workers,
• wners, public authorities…) as well as their respective status and

roles concerning the governance.

• They seek inclusive practices as regards their stakeholders,

especially for their users and employees.

• They seek as much as possible to implement horizontal, collective

and transparent decision-making processes.

2/ 2/ Fa Fair dis distr tributio ibution n of value lue

• Platforms may be for-profit, non-profit or limited-profit
• rganisations but they necessarily ensure the fair distribution of

the value between all of their contributors.

• A part of the generated value is used to sustain the commons of

the platform.

• The users and contributors of the platform are entitled to take

part in the platform’s capital.

• Platforms commit to protecting their users and ensuring a fair

remuneration of their contributors.

3/ 3/ Da Data et ethics

• Platforms are transparent on the use of personal data. They explicitly

seek the free and informed consent of their users and warn them about the goals of its usage.

• Platforms are transparent regarding the use of personal data in their

(dynamic) pricing model

• Users’ collective data is secured. Its storage conditions and location are

mentioned to them.

• Platforms display the conditions in which they collect, rate, share and

transfer personal data.

• Platforms ensure the easy understanding by their users of all contracts

and terms & conditions. They abstain from unilaterally amending contracts and clearly inform their users on such issues.

4/ 4/ Common Commons prod

• duction
• n
• The platforms build commons at the service of their stakeholders

(users, employees…)

• They also share some of their resources with the whole

community.

• The commons and collective creations realized on the platforms

are placed under open or reciprocity licenses.

5/ 5/ Coop Cooperation

• n be

betw tween een me memb mbers

• The platforms share best practices and tools in order to strengthen

their mutual development and enable the emergence of new projects.

• The platforms co-create a « commons of commons » by sharing with

the others some features of their activities (legal status, software, informations on their business model…), with different degrees of

• penness, transparency and sharing, in order to expand these

resources to the whole community

3 3 wo working gr group ups:

Governance and legal aspects

Economic models and fundings Sofware and inter- cooperations

Thematic working groups

Status, Licenses, Labels, Terms & conditions… Interoperability, Community governance tools, API… Pricing, models of contribution, commons accounting, assets valuation…

What we have done:

• Big conference in Paris (5th December 2017) : more than 100 people
• Inter-platform meetings
• Presentations: Data Food Consortium, Coopventure fund, Fabrique

des mobilités…

• Collective case studies of platforms (presentations, surveys) on

various topics (economic models, governance…)

• Collective reflection on open/reciprocity licenses and

experimentation of our self-made Coopyright license

• Collective reflection on reciprocity in the commons and (non-)

measurement of individual contribution

• Permanent watch on events, call for projects…

What we plan to do:

• Collective reflection on:
• Fair and sustainable pricing models
• Commons accounting/valuation (open intangible assets…)
• Valuation and measure of platforms’ social impact
• Experimentation of data pooling between platforms
• Interoperability between platforms (sectorial and/or meta)
• Brand/label to promote fair platforms and create network effects
• Elaboration of legal status (or status kits) in line with practices of open

governance

Fo Follow us us:

• Website: https://plateformes-en-communs.netlify.com/
• Mailing list: echanges_pec-request@framalistes.org

Thank you! Merci! :D