Free Knowledge InstituteFeb 26

Given the #DigitalCoup and the urgency to transition to #DigitalAutonomy, we’re building up the https://DemocraticTech.Fund. It is a networked approach, aiming to increase our collective capacity, to discover the tech that is already available to us, to deploy it in ways that we can own it, to share learnings of the transition, to move there together, so we can overcome network effects.

It is our intention to identify together the gaps of what is needed to make the transition, to fund that collectively. This can be tech, media to raise awareness for the positive alternatives already out there, and federating our communities. We’re starting as civil society, and we intent to invite institutions – public and private – to chip in and multiply the contributions. Together we can make the impact that is needed.

#DemocraticTechFund #dtf

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We are initiating this with a growing list of organisations, such as @commonsnetwork, @waag in Amsterdam, @platoniq and the Goteo.org crowdfunding platform in Spain. Recently also eCommons.space and the housing coop movement (PWA) in Amsterdam have joined. With them and Amsterdam University College @OpenTech_AUC (part of UvA and VU) we’re designing a transition community, building on experiences of so many movements going in this same direction, like the @rtm #ResistTechMonopolies in Seattle, or the #VamonosJuntas and #MakeSocialsSocialAgain or #DIDay networked actions.
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On the tech stack level we work together with the #CoopCloud Federation, sharing the work to build easily deployable and maintainable cooperative cloud services, as a “configuration commons”. So we recently became members of @coopcloud. We also hope they, and all of you interested, join this process, and become members of the DemocraticTech.Fund. We haven’t yet worked out all the details yet, but the vision is there and working groups are starting up. Feel welcome to join and connect your work. We’re in it for the long run, together.
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Comparing to existing funds. We’re close to @nlnet and @sovtechfund Fund, but where they focus on the core tech development and maintenance, we intent to drive the social capacity. And instead of relying on government funding, we are bottom-up, community-first and then, on our terms, will welcome governments to match the collective effort.
Show threadGert V 🇵🇸Feb 26
@fkinstitute @nlnet @sovtechfund If you can find a government that lets you take their money and set your own priorities, you will have won a lottery, because it would be rare.
Show threadWouter Tebbens ⁂Feb 26
Cc @DigitalCoup @platformcoop @ntnsndr @ela @andreas @yala @abaratsits @_elena @coopdescommuns @Framasoft @framaka