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	<h1>Welcome LEDGER projects</h1>

	<b>The European Venture Builder for Human-Centric Solutions: LEDGER (Next Generation Internet, Europe)</b>

	<h2>5th July 2019, Amsterdam, 16:00-19:00, Pakhuis De Zwijger, free entry!</h2>

	<img src="img/ledger-juryday-2019.jpg" alt="LEDGER project Jury Day 2019">

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		At the <a href="https://dyne.org">Dyne.org foundation</a> we love
		to develop free and open source software and we see our efforts as
		part of a community of hacktivists and enablers. We encourage the
		appropriation of technology to weave narratives of empowerment for
		people. We want to raise awareness on the importance of <b>technical
		sustainability</b>; we want to enhance <b>people's control on how data
		and algorithms are developed</b> and condition everyone's life. We
		dream of a new, open and inclusive European model for
		<b>technological sovereignty</b>.
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		Our culture is <b>sharing and caring</b>, our mission is the <b>stewardship of the knowledge commons</b>: for a free world where we can all learn from each other, take and recombine empowering elements in new architectures and designs for the common wealth. What sometimes is hard to get is how to divide the gains fairly, how to imagine and implement ways that turn the economic strength of the common values into <b>sustainable and successful projects and ventures</b>.
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	<p>
		Our European observatory on <a href="https://AlgoSov.org">Algorithmic Sovereignty</a> reached significant success in divulging findings and concerns of diverse European research and development projects. The <a href="https://dcentproject.eu">D-CENT</a> made clear how participatory processes can be facilitated by accessible technological means; the <a href="https://decodeproject.eu">DECODE</a> project is researching societal uses for decentralised technologies and crypto innovations; the <a href="https://commonfare.net">Commonfare</a> project is leveraging bottom-up community projects of wealth developments through information exchange and participatory budgeting processes.
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		Now with the <a href="https://LEDGERproject.EU">LEDGER European project</a> we are raising the bar of our agency with the opportunity to fund and mentor new teams that develop <b>"human-centric" solutions that are purpose-driven and socially useful</b>. Beneficiaries receive up to <b>200.000 EUR equity free</b> to work hard and deliver a working implementation of their ideas in 9 months.
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		The winners by alphabetic order are the following: 
		<ul>
			<li><a href=https://cobox.cloud/>CoBox</a> Building Blocks for a
			Cooperative Cloud, by a team of individuals. </li>
			<li><a href=https://consento.org/>Consento</a> providing data
			privacy powered by Humans for Humans, by Georepublic UG.</li>
			<li><a href=https://decentralized.science/>Decentralized
			Science</a> a distributed Open Science publication system, with Open
			Access infrastructure, a reviewer reputation network and
			transparent peer reviews, by a team of individuals.a distributed
			Open Science publication system, with Open Access infrastructure, a
			reviewer reputation network and transparent peer reviews, by a team
			of individuals.</li>
			<li><a
			href=https://www.freeel.io/offer/electraseed-fund>Electraseed
			Fund</a> which aims at accelerating clean energy access at digital
			pace and scale, by Freeelio UG. </li>
			
			<li><a href=https://prosume.io/>The Energy Commons Protocol</a> an
			interoperable protocol for a decentralised, sustainable and
			human-centric energy sector, by Prosume SRL.</li>
			
			<li><a href=https://ereuse.org/>Ereuse</a> which aims at reusing
			electronics ensuring final recycling (a transition to a
					collaborative and circular consumption of electronics), by
			Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.</li>
			
			<li><a href=https://tracelabs.io/>Food Data Market</a> an inclusive
			Data Marketplace for Sustainable Food Production, Equal
			Distribution of Gains and Digital Sovereignty of Citizens and
			Farmers, by Prospeh d.o.o.</li>
			
			<li><a href=https://heimdall.cloud/>Heimdall</a> which provides a
			self-hosted privacy-focused cloud alternative by decentralisation
			of services, by a team of individuals.</li>
			
			<li><a href=https://www.the-equitable-project.org/>House.coop</a> a
			turnkey cooperative to regain control of our housing, by a team of
			individuals. </li>
			
			<li>iGive2, which decentralises chronic disease management with a
			community-based human centred platform that motivates healthy
			living and self-care, by iBreve Ltd.</li>
			
			<li><a href=https://www.merits-system.com/>Merits</a> the platform
			for the eco-centric economy which facilitates the creation of
			social and economic ecosystems centred on caring for people,
			communities and nature, by Merits Srl SB.</li>
			
			<li><a href=https://www.incitytogether.io/>oneHEALTH</a> which will
			challenge proprietary health data of apps and wearables by unifying
			them via a blockchain based interoperable registry, by Eurob
			Creative.</li>
			
			<li><a href=https://projectaiur.com/>Project Aiur</a> a knowledge
			validation engine combining blockchain and AI technology, by Iris
			AI AS.</li>

			<li>Synergy, a toolkit, running on a distributed ledger, providing
			financial services for cooperatives: micro-funding, loyalty,
			transactions, by Synetairismos Ergazomenon Sociality.</li>

			<li><a href=https://www.unifiedscience.eu/>Unified Science</a> an
			academic collaboration platform for empowering researchers to boost
			their impact, get rewarded for contributions, and control privacy,
			by Mesensei Oy.</li>

			<li><a href=https://worldbrain.io/>WorldBrain.io</a>  which battles
			misinformation and social polarisation with collective web
			intelligence, by WorldBrain UG.</li>

			</ul>
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	<p>
		The event on the 5th of July is our "Welcome Bootcamp" for these teams:
		the beneficiaries of the LEDGER fund will present their projects, selected
		for their ethical values, quality and delivery capacity.
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	<p>
		You are invited to come along with colleagues, students and friends to
		learn more about these projects. It can be particularly interesting
		for those thinking to engage the call, since <b>next year we will
		award again 16 new teams</b>. At this event you will have a complete
		overview of the winners with focused, presentations short and to
		the point, to get to know what matters best in our broad agenda.
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		<b>Entry is FREE and drinks too</b> - Dutch borrel style! RSVP via <a
		href=https://dezwijger.nl/programma/welcome-event-ledger/?flush=true>Pakhuis
		de Zwijger</a>. If you have questions, want to RSVP for big groups or like to meet with our Dyne.org team before the start of the event, please send a mail to info@dyne.org with subject LEDGER. We hope to see you and most importantly wish that teams of people that are working to develop <b>Free and Open Source technology for ethical goals</b> gets
		a growing support in Europe.
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