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color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>In 2017, we are seeking a host city to help us host and build the next Living On The Edge. LOTE is an international UnConference organised by community members from Edgeryders. It is a meeting of people from around the world who are exploring the leading edge of science, social policy, and modern living. So far, LOTE events have been organized in Italy, France, and Belgium; each bringing together over 60 activists, hackers, thinkers, artists, and makers from all around the globe. We have succeeded in creating a unique platform for online and offline meetings between stakeholders from the government, the successful start-up community, and the Edgeryders network. LOTE events are uniquely crafted to create synergies between hosting communities and a broad network of changemakers, both through offline meetings and through access to the vast database of knowledge that the initiatives gathered on the Edgeryders website provide. <span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:“Times New Roman”,serif;
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color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>LOTE6: The Edge of Care<span style='font-family:“Arial”,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
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color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>To serve the needs of all our participants and be consistent with our core theme- Care, LOTE6 will involve several separate but mutually cohesive tracks of enquiry: physical (body exercising, manual work, therapy etc.), personal (development and growth), and professional/intellectual enquiry. The details of these tracks will be developed and honed over the year by Edgeryders event management team in collaboration with our partners and you, our gracious hosts.<span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:“Times New Roman”,serif;
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color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>What makes LOTE6 special and why do we need your support?<span style='font-size:
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color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>For 2017 LOTE6 is taking a hands-on approach. Inspired by the Pop-up Care Village event carried out in San Francisco, (<span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
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color:#1155CC;background:white’>http://tinyurl.com/z6ast93<span style='font-family:“Arial”,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:“Times New Roman”;
color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>, <span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:“Times New Roman”,serif;
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color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’> ) we are looking to create an event that combines the Edgeryders’ online community resources and knowledge with local on-the-ground initiatives: The OpenCare PopUp village. <span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:“Times New Roman”,serif;
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color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>The OpenCare PopUp village<span style='font-family:“Arial”,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
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color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>We propose to invite those who are already pioneering work in these areas; improving the lives of people in the host city, in the wider country, as well as their peers from all over Europe and the rest of the world. They will come together as partners and co-creators of LOTE6 presenting the fruits of their effort and demonstrating the ability of civil society, social entrepreneurship, and open source innovations to accelerate the solving of complex issues. <span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:“Times New Roman”,serif;
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color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>We have experience of connecting to these types of initiative through our work on the Open&Change project. We brought together groups of initiatives in Brussels, New York, Thessaloniki, and Berlin, now we are looking to extend our network into your city; helping you to raise international awareness of the great work that your citizens and organisations are undertaking in your city. Edgeryders event coordinators have skills at finding and reaching out to organisations and initiatives that operate on the fringes as well as in the mainstream. The OpenCare PopUp village will seek to engage public institutions and local businesses in a dialogue about how to provide the best method of access to these products, services, and spaces to disenfranchised members of their communities. As always, Edgeryders will be working on sustainable, long lasting ideas that can support these synergies after the main events end.<span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:“Times New Roman”,serif;
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color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>Why are we reaching out to new places?<span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
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#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>Using Coral Reefs as our model, Edgeryders proposes <span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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color:black;background:white’>a new kind of connective layer as an enabler of social and political renewal<span style='font-family:
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background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>. One that is distributed, hyper-local and transnational at the same time. <span style='font-family:“Arial”,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:“Times New Roman”;
color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>We are building a network of appropriate physical infrastructure in different locations, embedded in an online conversation and equipped with collective tools that help us make sense of our interactions. You can read more about our plans here: <span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:“Times New Roman”,serif;
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color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>Our first Reef prototype is focused on supporting people and initiatives contributing towards making health- and social care accessible for all, open source, privacy-friendly and participatory. We want your city to be a part of our Reef.<span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:“Times New Roman”,serif;
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color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>The aim of the Edgeryders Reef is to set up in an international space where people can live a good life on little money. A space for up to 20 people, where community members would live and work. Some people will be based permanently, others will be doing temporary residencies to work on projects. The focus is on experience-based learning and key tracks will evolve through an ongoing relationship with, and contribution to the local community. <span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:“Times New Roman”,serif;
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color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>What benefits are there for the host city?<span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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- #333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>What are we looking for?<span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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- #333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>What can you expect between now and LOTE6?<span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
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#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>Send an email expressing your intention to host the event to Natalia: <span style='font-family:“Arial”,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:“Times New Roman”;
color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>natalia@edgeryders.eu<span style='font-family:“Arial”,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:“Times New Roman”;
color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>, please include any information on how you can provide the necessary support and infrastructure for the event. <span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>We are looking forward to hearing from you - the deadline for expressions of interest is 30th January 2017.<span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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- #333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>How to apply?
- #333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB’>What can you expect between now and LOTE6?<span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height: