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Transition Geneva Region website soon to launch

One of our key partners for implementing complementary currencies is the Transition Network. CommunityForge built the Transition Geneva Region website, which will launch in june.
A collaborative portal which will :
-increase the visibility of actors of the transition movement
-give them the means to collaborate effectively
-give them the tools to build momentum, and a sense of community and a common goal
-make a local currency central to this mouvement.
http://transitiongeneveregion.net/

Community Forge board member Jem Bendell on Al Jazeera

Jem Bendell, Board member of CommunityForge, helped produce an episode of 'Counting the cost' called 'Money for Nothing' this weekend. It features a discussion on mutual credit, banking and money creation, with a view on Shariah money creation from Tarek El Diwany, followed by an interview with Dave Fishwick, a UK millionaire celebrated for founding local savings and loan company, but prohibited from banking per se.

CForge welcomes Ezra Ricci to our team

Ezra Ricci became part of the team on November 1st.
He will be working with CForge on both the Geneva Currency Project (20 hours/week), and the funding requests for our currency implementations in developing countries, such as Kenya (4 hours/week).
He adds to the team :
-his experience in running NGOs
-his academic career in economic research
-his intimate knowledge of the social economy in Geneva
and his keen interest for Currencies as a means to build sustainable economic solutions

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