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m AI-Admin-Assistant moved page Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Public-Funding to Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Para-public-Funding: Rename to Para(public) Funding: covers public + para-public (gov, inter-gov agencies, public-interest foundations) |
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{{KidsIntro|This page explains how WikiDeal can also receive money from public institutions — as gifts for the common good, not as investments expecting profit.}} | {{KidsIntro|This page explains how WikiDeal can also receive money from public and "para-public" institutions — governments, inter-governmental agencies and public-interest foundations — as gifts for the common good, not as investments expecting profit.}} | ||
{{ | {{ExpertIntro|WikiDeal can accept public and para-public support (government & inter-governmental agencies, public-interest foundations, calls for proposals) — but only as '''donations / grants against deliverables''', never as return-on-investment. Ynternet.org has a strong track record (20+ FP7/Horizon 2020, ~100 LLP projects), yet research calls rarely fit WikiDeal's wiki culture. Strategy: '''apply, but never depend''' — the primary engine is the agile "wiki mode" (donations + rewards via the bonding curve). Public money is welcome as a '''provision fund''', channelled through pre-purchased subscription years, with no voting rights.}} | ||
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= Para(public) Funding: Position & Strategy = | |||
''From WikiDeal, the Wikipedia of e-commerce — [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Main|Economy Portal]]'' | ''From WikiDeal, the Wikipedia of e-commerce — [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Main|Economy Portal]]'' | ||
This page covers '''public and para-public funding''': support that comes not only from public institutions, but also from '''governmental and inter-governmental agencies''' and '''para-public foundations''' pursuing '''public-interest objectives''' — the support of projects serving the common good. In practice this often takes the form of '''responses to calls for proposals''', with the recurring difficulty that such calls rarely fit precisely into WikiDeal's approach. | |||
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== The key principle: donation, not investment == | == The key principle: donation, not investment == | ||
Public funding can run '''in parallel''' with private support. But it must take one form only: '''donation / grant against deliverables, in service of the commons''' — and in '''no case''' a guaranteed return on investment. | Public and para-public funding can run '''in parallel''' with private support. But it must take one form only: '''donation / grant against deliverables, in service of the commons''' — and in '''no case''' a guaranteed return on investment. | ||
This is the number-one point. WikiDeal steps entirely outside the logic of investment funds: there are '''no guaranteed shares, no stock options, no shareholder return'''. The counterpart is a '''reward if the project succeeds''', not control over equity. | This is the number-one point. WikiDeal steps entirely outside the logic of investment funds: there are '''no guaranteed shares, no stock options, no shareholder return'''. The counterpart is a '''reward if the project succeeds''', not control over equity. | ||
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<blockquote>A pure grant model — which, for a cold start, is actually well suited. | <blockquote>A pure grant model — which, for a cold start, is actually well suited. | ||
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== A track record in public programmes == | == A track record in public programmes == | ||
The Ynternet.org Foundation is no newcomer to public funding. It has filed: | The Ynternet.org Foundation is no newcomer to public and para-public funding. It has filed: | ||
* '''20+ projects''' under '''FP7 / Horizon 2020'''; | * '''20+ projects''' under '''FP7 / Horizon 2020'''; | ||
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== Why public funding would still help == | == Why public funding would still help == | ||
Public funding would nonetheless be welcome. If the '''bonding curve''' continues to be used, public money creates a '''provision fund''' for the Ynternet.org Foundation — a reserve to '''prevent risks and stimulate trends'''. | Public and para-public funding would nonetheless be welcome. If the '''bonding curve''' continues to be used, public money creates a '''provision fund''' for the Ynternet.org Foundation — a reserve to '''prevent risks and stimulate trends'''. | ||
Concretely, the first prototype currently runs at an '''average ×50''': for each franc of support, the reward is on average fifty times greater. | Concretely, the first prototype currently runs at an '''average ×50''': for each franc of support, the reward is on average fifty times greater. | ||
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== How donations are channelled: pre-purchased subscriptions == | == How donations are channelled: pre-purchased subscriptions == | ||
WikiDeal accepts public funding and donations — including from '''foundations''' or others wishing to support this kind of approach — without giving them priority. The mechanism is deliberately simple: funders '''allocate the benefit as years of subscription''', pre-purchased for '''target audiences'''. The money goes directly into '''pre-purchased subscription years''', which in turn '''further stimulates private funding'''. | WikiDeal accepts public and para-public funding and donations — including from '''foundations''' or others wishing to support this kind of approach — without giving them priority. The mechanism is deliberately simple: funders '''allocate the benefit as years of subscription''', pre-purchased for '''target audiences'''. The money goes directly into '''pre-purchased subscription years''', which in turn '''further stimulates private funding'''. | ||
Two points must be stated clearly: | Two points must be stated clearly: | ||