Communities Convergence The First Danube Convergence

Communities ConvergenceCommunities ConvergenceThe First Danube Convergence

" 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?"

An ancient custom

The tribes converge and scatter as blood through a heart.

What is it all about

to develop a prototype for building up communities of practice and bioregional networks.

MOVEMENT

PLATFORM

PILOT PROJECT

What has been done to start the pilot:

Website

Communication

Fundraising

http://www.communitiesconvergence.org

The peer-funding campaign that took place before the convergence provided 640 euro

It started 3 months before the event.

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.

Outcomes and lessons learned

A gift economy experience

Our gifts

Gifts of others

and 2058 Euro

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

Empower us to keep on giving

We are peer-funding and inviting collaborators!

www.communitiesconvergence.orgwww.facebook.com/communitiesconvergence