Alternative finance and new business models for active citizen participation to (co-)finance development of sustainable and smart cities

1. Community Finance in cities
Alternative finance and new business models for active citizen participation
to (co-)finance development of sustainable and smart cities
18-11-2019Ronald Kleverlaan | Managing Director European Centre for Alternative Finance | www.uu.nl/ecaf

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Power of the crowd
An involved community to tackle societal challenges

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Energy Transition
Challenges: NIMBY, high-risk pre-financing, profits external partners

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Windfarm Nijmegen-Betuwe
1.076 local investors for € 18,5 million windfarm

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United Downs
£5,2 million crowd investment
£2.4M £10,6M

6. Social housing
Local food production
Challenges: small scale projects, sales for farmers

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Herenboeren
200 local citizens invest €2.000 each to start and own their own farm

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Social housing
Challenges: bottom-up projects difficult to finance

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Knarrenhof
Small groups of elderly people co-finance local private+social housing

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Nature based solutions for urban sustainability goals
Challenges: alternative business models and non-financial returns

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