1.
#BuenConocer Summit
Designing public policies for a commons oriented society
Quito,
Ecuador
will
host
the
“Buen
Conocer”
Summit
from
May
27th
to
the
30th,
2014.
This
event
is
the
result
of
a
process
of
El
Buen
Conocer
/
FLOK
Society
project.
Based
on
the
National
Plan
for
Good
Living
(Buen
Vivir),
the
project
is
the
cornerstone
of
the
Ecuadorian
productive
matrix’s
change
that
aims
to
find
an
alternative
model
to
capitalism.
A
team
of
international
experts
performs,
since
late
2013,
an
open
research
to
build
public
policies
proposals,
which
will
sustain
this
transition.
The
research
has
had
the
participation
of
well-­‐known
experts,
civil
society,
academics
and
national
and
international
researchers,
among
others.
At
this
Summit,
through
collaborative
work,
all
the
participants
will
elaborate
a
set
of
strategic
public
policies.
The
intention
is
to
reach
an
agreement
over
those
policies
that
will
build
a
Social
Knowledge
Economy
in
Ecuador,
based
on
the
commons
and
free
technology.
The
Buen
Conocer
/
FLOK
Society
project
has
prepared
an
international
event
that
contemplates
two
spaces;
one
of
them
is
open
to
the
public,
with
conferences
and
plenary
sessions
where
all
citizens
are
invited
to
participate;
and
the
other
one
is
reserved
for
working
groups
where
the
participants
will
discuss
and
contribute
to
the
strengthening
of
the
public
policies
documents.
These
working
groups
will
be
formed
by
10
-­‐
12
persons.
The
list
of
participants
combines
Ecuadorian
communitarian
leaders
(as
Fander
Falconí),
local
researchers
and
personalities
(as
Rafael
Bonifaz
/
Free
Software
Association
of
Ecuador,
Carlos
Correa
/
Creative
Commons
Ecuador)
and
global
specialists
(as
Brazilian
Marcelo
Branco,
American
Langdon
Winner,
Italian
Massimo
Menichilleni
or
Colombian
Carolina
Botero,
among
others).
After
the
Summit,
Buen
Conocer
/
FLOK
Society
team
will
incorporate
the
participants´
contributions
to
the
original
documents
in
order
to
come
up
with
the
final
policy
papers
that
will
be
deliver
to
Government´s
officials.
Once
this
is
done,
several
pilot
projects
will
be
activated
throughout
Ecuador
to
test
the
commons
oriented,
free
and
open
prototypes
suggested
by
Buen
Conocer
/
FLOK
Society.
The
opening
of
the
Buen
Conocer
Summit
will
be
held
on
Tuesday
May
27th
2014
at
18:00
at
the
Eugenio
Espejo
Convention
Center.
Ecuador
is
the
first
country
in
the
world
that
is
building
public
policy
betting
on
free
knowledge.
For
this
reason,
we
would
like
to
spread
this
Ecuadorian
initiative
through
interviews
with
our
spokespeople.

2.
More
information:
www.cumbredelbuenconocer.ec
,
https://floksociety.co-­‐
ment.com
(to
see
and
coment
in
our
open
research)
and
http://www.floksociety.org/
Press
Contact:
Nathalia
Sánchez
comunicación@floksociety.org
(593)
986116312