From #Resistance to #Reimagining Governance: 6 Shifts that can Improve the Way we Solve Public Problems

By Stefaan G. Verhulst, Open Democracy

What matters is the effort to move beyond mere resistance and onto a more substantive engagement with rebuilding – to ask what comes next, and to harness the current disenchantment and loss of faith in a more productive manner. It is said that moments of crisis are also moments of opportunity. There is little doubt that we face a crisis of governance at the moment; this is also a chance to design a new and improved government.

Felix Beltran on how Barcelona en Comu are Reimagining Democracy

By Rob Hopkins, Rob Hopkins blog

While the media is full of the story of the declaration of independence of Catalonia and the subsequent response by the Spanish national government, what is not being told so much is the very real, and remarkable, story of the municipalist approach that has risen there, and elsewhere in Spain.

Food Sovereignty: This is What Anarchy Looks Like

By Boyan Atzev, Resilience.org

Anarchy is completely misunderstood amongst the larger public.

Innovations in Governance: An Interview with Gianni Dominici

By Hillete Warner, Shareable

For over two decades, Rome’s FORUM PA has been experimenting with novel forms of engagement in Italy and beyond. Through its annual Expo, the organization encourages public administrators and citizens alike to discover what community empowerment, the Web 2.0 and sharing have to do with social innovation.