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Platform Cooperativism Consortium About Vision & Advantages How Platform Co-ops Can Benefit You The Platform Cooperativism Consortium PCC Solidarity Collaboratory Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy People Community Voices Blog Community Stories Events 2024 Mombasa 2023 Thiruvananthapuram 2022 Rio de Janeiro 2021 Berlin 2019 NYC 2018 Hong Kong 2017 NYC 2016 NYC 2015 NYC 2014 NYC 2009 NYC Courses Overview Log In Resources Library Directory Tools Research Platform Co-op School Contact Language Afrikaans Bahasa Indonesia Català Deutsch English Español Euskara Français Italiano 日本語 Polski Português Svenska Türkçe Русский हिन्दी বাংলা ગુજરાતી മലയാളം 中文 (香港) Login × Your username/e-mail Your password Remember me Platform Cooperativism Consortium A hub that helps you start , grow , or convert to platform co-ops. What Is a Platform Co-op? Platform cooperatives are businesses that sell goods or services primarily through a website, mobile app, or protocol. They rely on democratic decision-making and shared platform ownership by workers and users. Learn About Our Vision & Advantages What is a co-op? A cooperative is defined as an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise. What is a platform? A platform is an online application or website used by individuals or groups to connect to one another or to organize services. A Tangible Alternative Platform cooperatives are an alternative to venture capital-funded and centralized platforms, putting stakeholders before shareholders. Platform co-ops are based on principles including: Broad-based ownership of the platform , in which workers control the technological features, production processes, algorithms, data, and job structures of the online platform; Democratic governance , in which all stakeholders who own the platform collectively govern the platform; Co-design of the platform , in which all stakeholders are included in the design and creation of the platform ensuring that software grows out of their needs, capacities, and aspirations; An aspiration to open source development and open data , in which new platform co-ops can lay the algorithmic foundations for other co-ops. Stakeholders, Not Shareholders Platform co-ops create fair and dignified working conditions for users and workers, offering profits for the many, not the few. The Best of Two Models Building on the almost 200-year-old history of cooperatives, and the digital platform model, platform co-ops combine and reconfigure the best features of these two models to create a distinctive, innovative approach. A Global Movement New platform co-ops are emerging every day, organizing in diverse sectors such as childcare, data entry, urban recycling, and home services. Find Out How Platform Co-ops Can Benefit You Find Out How Platform Co-ops in Action Blog Post-Mortem for Ampled May 12, 2024 Blog [ICDE Report] Thai Delivery Reimagined May 7, 2024 Blog June 13th, 12:15 pm ET Apr 30, 2024 Blog From Squat to Co-op Apr 25, 2024 Blog Public-Cooperative Partnerships Apr 17, 2024 Blog [ICDE paper] Driving Economic Justice: Cooperative Taxis in San Diego Apr 7, 2024 Blog A Story of Tech-Forged Food Solidarity in Kerala Apr 7, 2024 Blog Waking Up to Data Apr 4, 2024 Blog [ICDE paper] Food Commons: Nurture vs. Capture Apr 3, 2024 Blog Legislating on Data Commons: What It Should (Not) Be Apr 3, 2024 Blog [ICDE paper] Legalize Global Co-Ops Apr 2, 2024 Blog Seeding Tomorrow: Generative AI, Farming Data, and the Commons Mar 29, 2024 Blog [ICDE Report] Cooperative Roots for Climate Justice Mar 29, 2024 Blog [ICDE Essay] Principles for a Cooperative Technopolitics Mar 29, 2024 Blog Lessons from Failed Platform Co-ops Mar 26, 2024 Blog Cooperative DAOs Shift Management from Hierarchies to Networks Mar 26, 2024 Blog [ICDE Report] Regenerative Co-op Farming in Madagascar Mar 26, 2024 Blog Why Worker Cooperatives in the Tech Sector? Mar 25, 2024 Blog The Need for Collective Action for Digital Tractor Lending Platforms in Ghana Mar 23, 2024 Blog Coding for a Fairer World. The Chasqui Platform Story Mar 23, 2024 Blog Advancing Alternative Digital Futures for Online Sex Work Mar 22, 2024 Blog Why French Nannies Are Building Their Own Platform Cooperative Mar 22, 2024 Blog Platform Cooperativism and the Political Philosophy of Workplace Technologies Mar 20, 2024 Blog Shaping the Future of E-Hailing in Kenya Mar 18, 2024 Blog Cooperatives for All? Refugees in the Platform Economy Mar 17, 2024 Blog The 2024/2025 Cohort of ICDE Research Fellows Mar 15, 2024 Blog Navigating Political and Economic Realities Through Governance at CoopCycle Mar 14, 2024 Blog Synergies Among Fair Trade and Cooperative Economic Principles Mar 14, 2024 Blog Symposium June 8th at The New School Mar 14, 2024 Blog Why Your Cooperative Needs More Young People: A Urgent Call to Action Mar 12, 2024 Blog Charting the Course to a Commons-Oriented Economy with Open Cooperativism Mar 4, 2024 Blog Tech Cooperatives (Founders Unplugged) Jan 18, 2024 Blog Democratizing Social Media Dec 21, 2023 Blog A Way to Go: Creating a Support System for Platform Cooperative in Thailand Dec 21, 2023 Blog Open Call for Applications for the 2024-2025 ICDE Fellowship Program Dec 15, 2023 Blog Platform Cooperatives x Fairwork Dec 13, 2023 Blog The Thiruvananthapuram Declaration on A New Innovation Ecosystem for Our Collective Digital Futures Dec 13, 2023 Blog Scaling Solidarity with Digital Resilience Dec 8, 2023 Blog Platform Cooperatives in France. Plateformes Coopératives en France Aug 4, 2023 Blog The Pioneers of Cooperativism and Climate Justice: Owen, Fourier, Du Bois Jun 6, 2023 Blog Musician Cooperativism at Groupmuse Jun 5, 2023 Blog Incorporating International Platform Cooperatives in the Global South May 26, 2023 Blog A Thai Multi-Stakeholder Platform Co-op for Plastic-Free Food Delivery May 25, 2023 Blog A Cooperative Learning Approach to Forest Management in India May 24, 2023 Blog The Ubuntu Path of Abundance: A Platform Co-op Network Guiding the Journey of Regenerative Agriculture in Madagascar May 24, 2023 Blog Revisiting Cooperative Principles: Digital Frictions May 24, 2023 Blog Driving Economic Justice: The Public Option May 23, 2023 Blog Open Food Network: Non-Capitalist Approaches in France and the United States May 23, 2023 Blog Supporting Grassroots Women in Hong Kong May 19, 2023 Blog Cooperativas de plataforma y de la economía digital en Costa Rica: ¿un escenario promisorio? May 12, 2023 Blog Platform Cooperatives in Costa Rica May 12, 2023 Blog Cooperatives Should Embrace the Opportunities of AI May 12, 2023 Blog Understanding Democratic Decision-Making in Cooperatives May 5, 2023 Blog Pancasila Economics and Cooperatives: The Path to Digital Economic Democracy in Indonesia May 5, 2023 Blog Reflections on Platform Cooperativism in India (as part of Platform Co-op School) Apr 24, 2023 Blog Exploring Italian Social Cooperatives with Vera Negri Zamagni: Lessons for Platform Cooperatives Mar 27, 2023 Blog Scaling Platform Co-ops with Token-based Financing Mar 24, 2023 Blog Data Intermediaries: An Urgent Need for Democratic Ownership and Governance Mar 24, 2023 Blog Meet Our 2023/2024 Fellows Mar 21, 2023 Blog [ICDE Report] DAOs and Platform Cooperatives: Lessons from the Commons Mar 20, 2023 Blog [ICDE Report] State and Local Policy Foundations for Data Cooperatives in the San Francisco Bay Area Mar 20, 2023 Blog [ICDE Report] The Potential for Platform Cooperatives in the Mondragon Ecosystem Mar 20, 2023 Blog [ICDE Report] Walking Backwards Into a More Cooperative Digital Future Mar 20, 2023 Blog [ICDE Report] Lessons From Italy: The Italian Platform Cooperative Ecosystem and the Role of Municipal Institutions Mar 20, 2023 Blog [ICDE Report] How Do Platform Co-ops Work? 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