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Communities Convergence The First Danube Convergence

Communities Convergence The First Danube Convergence. An ancient custom. The tribes converge and scatter as blood through a heart.

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Communities Convergence The First Danube Convergence

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  1. Communities Convergence The First Danube Convergence

  2. An ancient custom The tribes converge and scatter as blood through a heart. " To converge is an ancient custom; it means to reunite, to reconnect, to share, to celebrate, to cooperate, to learn, to support, to dream and act as a single community that speaks with the same voice and loves as one heart! What is the greatest joy in life if not to share its miracles with others?"

  3. What is it all about MOVEMENT to develop a prototype for building up communities of practice and bioregional networks. PLATFORM PILOT PROJECT

  4. What has been done to start the pilot: http://www.communitiesconvergence.org Website It started 3 months before the event. Communication The peer-funding campaign that took place before the convergence provided 640 euro Fundraising

  5. Outcomes and lessons learned As a pilot project for a bio-regional convergence and support networks between communities of all kinds this exercise was a success. The main intentions were met: people found each-other and connected common work, some communities welcomed new members and different communities from the bio-region shared knowledge and opportunities.

  6. A gift economy experience Our gifts Gifts of others and 2058 Euro

  7. Next Steps Urban Communities Convergence Berlin – May 2014(Bumblebees project in collaboration with Ecobasa.org) 2nd Danube Communities Convergence in Hungary – June 2014( We support the birth of the Danube Bioregional Alliance ) Business and Entrepreneurial Communities Convergence in Portugal – Autumn 2014

  8. Empower us to keep on giving We are peer-funding and inviting collaborators! www.communitiesconvergence.org www.facebook.com/communitiesconvergence

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