KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
Changing the productive matrix of Ecuador
TOWARDS AN OPEN COMMONS-BASED
Michel Bauwens

PRIVATE
LABOR
AS
VALUE
CREATOR
PRIVATE
CORPORATION
CAPTURE
VALUE
Market state
as
external regulator
Civil society
as
rest category
TRADITIONAL PROPRIETARY CAPITALISM
Michel Bauwens

Peer
Production
EMERGENT P2P UNDER COGNITIVE CAPITALISM
Netarchical
Corporate
Platform
Exclusionary
Financialization
Capture of valueCreation of value
Michel Bauwens

Contributory
Commons
THE POST – CAPITALIST SCENARIO
CIVIL
SOCIETY
ETHICAL
ECONOMY
Solidary
Economy
PARTNER
STATE
Reformed
Corporation
STABLE COMMONS ALLIED TO SOCIAL
ECONOMY
Common Good
Enabling & Empowering
Michel Bauwens

ENABLING PRACTICES
OPEN KNOWLEDGE
COMMONS
MATERIAL INFRASTRUCTURES
INMATERIAL INFRASTRUCTURES
EDUCATION
&
CULTURE
SCIENCE
INDUSTRY,
AGRICULTURE
& SERVICES
CIVIC
COMMONS
•Open CourseWare (Mooc’s)
•Open TextBooks
•Open Source/Free software
•Open Access
• Biodiversity &
Seed commons
• Open Design
• Open Machining
•Open
Government Data
• Participatory
Legislation
• Participatory
Budgeting
“Ponto de
Cultura”
Universal
Broadband
Internet of
Resources
Internet of
Energy
Internet of
Manufacturing
Commons-Based
Public
Services
Fablabs
Global Villages
Hacker & MakerSpaces
MicroFactories
Coworking
Social Care Solidarity
Coops
Open
Certification
Natural Resource Trusts
Community Land Trusts
Open Company Formats
Open Venture Funding
Open Value Accounting
Crowdfunding & Social
Lending
Public-Commons
Partnerships
Michel Bauwens

HIGH LEVEL
INTEGRATIVE
EXPERT GROUPS
VOLUNTEER CIVIC
EXPERTS
20-25 TOPICAL
EXPERTS
SCIENTIFIC INPUT
CIVIC INPUT
GLOBAL AND LOCAL
ADVOCACY
ORGANIZATION
ECUADORIAN
WORKSHOPS
Cognitive Capitalism Group
Monetary Reform Group
Planification Experts
October 2013
February 2014
INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT
Subjective & Cultural
Change
Human
Capacities
Commons Based
Productive Capacities
Institutional
Innovations
Technical
Infrastructure
Other Physical
Infrastructures
M
A
R
C
H
C
O
N
F
E
R
E
N
C
E
Open Education
Policy
Open Science Policy
Open Culture & Arts
Open Design for
Industry
Open Access Policy
Digital Rights
Open Infrastructurec
Privacy & Data
Ownership
Open Venture
Funding
Agricultural
Knowledge Policy
Service Industry
Knowledge
Open Health Care
Housing Commons
Michel Bauwens

Is
RESEARCH PLAN
Michel Bauwens
I. Introductory Phase
* Defining the scope of subject area
*Summarize how the Ecuadorian national plans (2009-2013 ; 2013-2017) considers policies for
these domains
* Identify key experts and practitioners in the various domains, both outside and inside Ecuador
II. Global Research Phase
* Look for principles, goals and objectives as proposed by FLOK communities
* Look for successfull implementations outside of Ecuador
* Look for the most interesting experiments outside of Ecuador
* Look for policy frameworks and implemetations outside of Ecuador
III. Ecuadorian Research Phase
* A survey of ecuadorian resources and development to build the new P2P national infrastructure
* Look for principles, goals and objectives as proposed by FLOK communities in Ecuador
* Look for successfull implementations inside Ecuador
* Look for the most interesting experiments inside Ecuador
* Look for policy frameworks and implentations inside Ecuador
IV. Policy Formulation Phase
* Provide a synthetic overview of the research results
* Provide visually effective presentation material
* Provide a synthetic overview of constructive proposals and policy formulations to be
incorporated in the strategic document.

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