DevelopmentalCommons

The future is inherently a Commons in that no one party can absolutely control it - it is the cumulative result of all relevant actors. A DevelopmentalCommons acknowledges this fact and builds a CollaborationPlatform among the key stakeholders for bringing something new into the world - i.e. entrepreneurs, funders, service providers, and consumers or the public interest.

• Individual and shared interests of key stakeholders in DevelopmentalCommons:
  

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Context

Challenge (or Problem)

How can we bring together all the pieces needed for innovation and change in such as way as to:

• Maximize the unique contribution of all parties.
• Not have any one party co-opt the benefits for their own interests. (Or, stated conversely,

Examples

• Example

Forces

• Force

Design Solution

Create a framework for realizing stakeholders' individual & shared aspirations. Create a set of agreements and services that:

• furthers the interests of all stakeholders, collectively and individually;
• is distributed throughout a network of inter-dependent parties;
• does not force but maximizes opportunities for participation.

Implement the services such that they:

• Are open to all parties, on all levels.
• Respects and encourages self-determination by all parties.
• Can not be owned or controlled by any one party. They be implemented by one party or subset of the whole, but always under the sanction of the whole.
• Supports role clarification by stakeholders rather than imposing roles on any party
• Enables emergent organization of whole by Free action of stakeholders

Resulting Context

Creates a context inwhich to identify and develop projects that express the common interests of the stakeholders. Key functions that accomplish this include ProjectTracking^?, FundingPool, ServiceLinkage^?, and KnowledgeCommons.

Rational

• In reality, a developmental commons already exists implicitly within the relationships between all the stakeholders and is expressed through our overlapping interests, shared knowledge, and coordinated action.
• It operates as a set of unspoken agreements which defines the “game” of development and largely defines the potential, or limitation, of our individual endeavors.

Examples

References & See Also

• See ReclaimingTheCommonsSlideShow

Contributors

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• LynnwoodBrown