Distributed cooperatives for radical workplace democracy.

The DisCO Project is a friendly and carefully planned approach for organisations that want to create and share value in ways that are cooperative, commons-oriented and rooted in feminist economics.This is some text inside of a div block.

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Self-organised teams empowered by distributed governance.

A DisCO (Distributed Cooperative Organisation) is an organisational model for cooperative groups, offering an alternative to DAOs (Decentralised Autonomous Organisations) that combines cooperativism, the commons, P2P and feminist economics.

It aims to prototype new and radical forms of ownership, governance, entrepreneurship, and value accounting meant to counteract pervasive economic inequality.

the DISCO framework

Open cooperative

Combining open-source and commons principles with the cooperative and social solidarity movements.

Commons + P2P

Self-organised systems stewarding resources to meet human needs while leveraging the power of networks.

Open value accounting

Enables value sovereignty by rewarding meaningful contributions to projects, rather than wage labour.

Feminist economics

Challenges normative economic abstractions while factoring reproductive and care work.

APPLICATIONS

DisCO Floor

Educational Resources & Legal Tools

DisCO’s educational web platform will house educational resources for cooperators to set up DisCOs anywhere.

- DisCO learning journey (interactive MOOC course).
- Knowledge base (via semantic wiki) with practical tools.
- DisCO Handbook.
- Articles, videos, audiobooks, infographics.
- Program to create interactive DisCO governance models.
- Guidance on existing legal structures for co-ops.
- Directory of DisCO cooperatives worldwide.

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DisCO Deck

Value Tracking Platform

The DisCO economic model highlights value and its distribution in the workplace, and accounts for care and reproductive work. The DisCO Deck, or platform, will be the interface and back end for a DisCO’s “Community Algorithmic Trust” (the DisCO CAT).

This will be a user-friendly, accessible online tool with a balanced integration of Web 3.0, distributed ledger and blockchain technologies.

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DisCO Experience

Research and Pilot Projects

The development of the above will happen together with real cooperatives experimenting with the DisCO model, taking into account their needs and requirements.

Pilot projects lined up are characterised by their geographic diversity and variety of orientations, yielding a range of case studies for the development of the DisCO Floor and Deck.

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DISCO PILOTS

DisCO LABS present a diverse geographical and cultural focus, sharing their specific experiences and co-building the DisCO PROJECT together as a DisCO Federation.