Theme: Reorganising the provision of goods & services to secure material basis of livelihoods
Focus Healthcare: We have seen similar stories play out in different countries around access to masks, ventilator spare parts, access to testing etc. Across global south and global north - crises hit differently - but they do hit. So how do we avoid these situations in the future? How do we make sure that we have the fundamental requirements to stay alive when crisis hits? In this series of listening sessions and follow up discussions we explore credible paths moving forward based on real life cases, not pie in the sky scenarios. And we will map out what actions we can do depending on : 1) The central State is reliable partner or 2) We are on our own and 3) Whether we can rely on cohesion and solidarity in in the situation 4) or Low cohesion/empathy such as for refugees or minorities. We will end it with a webinar during which we present the findings, as well as proposals for possible collaborations and partnerships between participating individuals and organisations who have participated in the process.
On the platform: Discover, discuss and make sense of case stories. We knew years ago that healtcare systems all over the world were ill positioned to handle a massive crisis. Over 2 years we have been collecting stories of how individuals and groups all over the world are mobilising to care for people where state and market were failing to do so. We now have a huge repository of examples that we can learn from. These are first hand stories by the protagonists themselves - many of whom are on the edgeryders community platform and can be reached to answer questions, provide additional input or possibly even be engaged in new initiatives. The curated collection of summaries will be released on a dedicated blog.
At the listening session: We will invite protagonists of some of these initiatives featured in the series of case stories on the platform ahead of the event. In order to ensure a high quality discussion - we expect participants to have read and commented on at least 3 of the featured stories so that we know that people have some common foundation for a meaningful conversation.
Webinar: Present the findings. Same answer in both cases, different paths to get there. that Decentralisation + collective intelligence: self-selection and community
The Curated Blog Content: Long form text #1, Draft, Long form text #3: Draft, Research paper on whether fringe/citizen driven alternatives/responses born out of the crisis can be integrated into the European Welfare System/ become a reliable alternative, Presentation: Non Zero Sum Provision of Health and Social Care, Presentation: Harvesting Collective Intelligence, Escaping failing institutions through evasive entrepreneurship.
Selection of case stories: (full repository here) - Insulin Microbrewery in Milan, Open Rampette also in Milan, Cytostatic network in Romania, Cultural & Religious conventions in Syria, etc (pick examples from within & outside, Fritidsresor during Tsunami, ZAD medic response team in France, Revolutionary Memories and Building New Worlds in El Salvador