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{{KidsIntro|Co-opetition means working together AND competing at the same time. People compete to do their best work, but they share tools and rules that help everyone. Like a sports team where players push each other to improve but win together.}}

{{ExpertIntro|Co-opetition, combining cooperation and competition, is the social and economic philosophy WikiDeal is exploring: providers would compete on quality, specialisation and approach while cooperating on shared infrastructure, legal frameworks and dispute resolution. Rooted in wiki culture, where transparent rules turn debate into better collective outcomes, the model observes that well-structured competition can increase the incentive to cooperate, as in free software. The Open Calls process is intended as its most explicit institutional expression.}}

For a service provider, the daily question is simple: how do I stand out without being crushed by a race to the bottom? For a client, it is: how do I get quality without opaque platforms deciding for me? Co-opetition is WikiDeal's answer to both, drawn from how Wikipedia and free software communities already work: compete on quality, cooperate on the shared infrastructure that protects everyone.

'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:Community/Community-of-Practice|Communities of Practice]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Calls:Main|Open Calls]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Main|All innovations]]

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