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Festival of Commons
7 – 8 March 2O2O

Festival of Commons <br/> 7 – 8 March 2O2O
Andrea Couvert March 9, 2020May 30, 2020 Activism Read more

Cissie Gool House Commons Festival

Cissie Gool House Commons Festival

The organization of the festival took place within the Monitors group Training activity that is supported by the Woodstock Resident Association and from the Heinrich Böll Foundation – Cape Town office. The Monitoring group was recently established within the occupation.

Andrea Couvert December 17, 2019May 30, 2020 Activism Read more

Co-design workshop – Kids as seeds of change

Co-design workshop – Kids as seeds of change

“Kids as seeds of change” is a series of initiatives supporting the establishment of a Reggio Emilia inspired Early Childhood Education Centre in Samora Machel (Philippi), and is part of the Open Design Afrika festival. One of the initiatives will

Andrea Couvert October 26, 2019May 29, 2020 Activism Read more

Open Design – Cape Town as a Democratic Common

Open Design – Cape Town as a Democratic Common

We believe it important to recognize the City as a Commons. The principal function of the City is to be the common house of the people who live there, the place where social life is built, where the varying needs

Andrea Couvert October 19, 2019May 30, 2020 Activism Read more

Civic Action for Public Participation – Timeline

Civic Action for Public Participation – Timeline

17 August 2017
First meeting, eight Civic Associations in Cape Town met to explore the possibility of a 
Civic-led By-law on participation
Observatory Community Centre

 9 September 2017
Co-design workshop attended by 20 participants from 10 civic structures brainstormed broad principles for a

Andrea Couvert October 18, 2019May 29, 2020 Activism Read more

Proposal for a new Municipal By-law on Public Participation in Cape Town

Proposal for a new Municipal By-law on Public Participation in Cape Town

People’s Bylaw Manifesto for a new Civic Participation Bylaw in Cape Town On the 17th August 2017, eight Civic Associations in Cape Town (Bo Kaap Civic Association, Observatory Civic Association – OCA, Phillipi Horticultural Association, Pinelands Ratepayers Association, Sybrand Park

Andrea Couvert October 1, 2019May 30, 2020 Activism Read more

Free, Fair and Alive – The insurgent power of the Commons

Free, Fair and Alive – The insurgent power of the Commons

The commons is a hardy, resilient mode of coordination and production that has existed since the dawn of human history. But in modern times, the commons has been largely eclipsed by the market/state and unsustainable fantasies of economic growth, consumerism,

Andrea Couvert August 30, 2019May 29, 2020 Activism Read more

Neighbourhood Innovation Labs

Neighbourhood Innovation Labs

The Woodstock Residents’ Association and the Salt River Residents’ Association proposes the creation of a Neighbourhood Innovation Labs. The NIL would be a neighbourhood-based partnership with the City of Cape Town to: co-design activities and explore possible solution for Woodstock

Andrea Couvert January 11, 2019May 29, 2020 Activism Read more

Friends of Thandolwethu NPO

Friends of Thandolwethu NPO

The association “Friends of Thandolwethu” was formed as a vehicle to support a dream: assist members of the local community in setting up and running the Thandolwethu Early Childhood Development Centre in Samora Machel township, on the outskirts of Cape

Andrea Couvert November 26, 2018May 30, 2020 Activism Read more

The City as a Democratic Common

The City as a Democratic Common

The City as a Democratic Common Saturday 27 October 2018 10am to 4pm Observatory Community Centre Rawson St, Observatory, Cape Town The event is free RSVP at civics.capetown@gmail.com by the 24October In 2017, the Civic Action for Public Participation (CAPP)

Andrea Couvert October 27, 2018May 30, 2020 Activism Read more
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