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WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?

Building a

Real-Time Public Ledger Organization

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RTPLO

is a fully decentralized organization that follows the governance of

the 4th sector - P2P decentralized economy.

This RTPLO offers civic services to local municipalities

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WHAT IS THE 4^TH SECTOR?

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HISTORY

The 4th Sector term was proposed by Sensorica during their effort to create a legal framework for the Collaborative Economy in Quebec, Canada. Sensorica published the 4th Sector Rationale in 2019 to inform this initiative. This was done in the context of the NOICE project.

The NOICE project's main goal was to create a special economic zone in Montreal, Canada, to explore and experiment with p2p practices, Collaborative Economy, Commons-Based Peer Production.

The term 4th sector was strategically chosen by Sensoricans to relate to the past development of the 4th sector in Quebec and make it easier for politicians to digest.

It provided a roadmap based on the historical achievements of Le Chantier de l'Economie Sociale (https://chantier.qc.ca/), a Quebec advocacy group that help institutionalize the social economy in Quebec and throughout Canada. This lead to the creation of social economy ministries at the provincial and the federal level.

Motivation

The p2p, open and collaborative economy cannot be subsumed to the social economy.

The legal forms created to channel efforts in the social economy are not adequate for open network type organizations that are prevalent in the p2p sphere.

Moreover, the governance and economic models used in the p2p economy do not map into the social economy.

The 4 ^th Sector Rational

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RTPLO

An RTPLO is a P2P, decentralized organization with a Public Ledger that can be accessed in Real-Time.

It is also able to offer services similar to its counterparts in the first 3 sectors.

For-benefit
Meritocratic - Sweat Equity
1 man - 1 vote.

�RTPLOs do not employ or buy any specific assets - Instead it opens the door for collaborators to contribute:

Time
Assets
Resources
Man-hour contributions
Money

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WHAT MATTERS HERE?

Ownership

Value

Economic Organization

Structure

Operations

Management

Transparency

Reward Mechanism

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Legacy Economy

Peer-to-Peer

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GOVERNANCE

Openness: All and every collaborator takes part in governance and voting.
Access: Meritocracy, i.e. the more the input (work, time, contributions…),

The higher the responsibilities.

Planning: NRP (Decentralized Human Resources/Materials) Software.

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CIVIC SERVICES

Waste Management
Water Distribution
Rainwater collection
Solar energy
Water and energy grid systems
Fire Detection

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Micro - Factory

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COLLABORATIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT

Our RTPLO’s 1^st project will be to install a plastic and waste recycling Micro-Factory in Miziara, North Lebanon.

Our aim is to build the Micro-Factory and its components using P2P open-source socioeconomic tools inherent to the RTPLO.

The Micro-Factory will include:

Injection Moulding
3D Printer
Shredder
Sheet Press
Extruder
CNC Router

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PHASE I - INITIALIZATION, RESEARCH, AND MOBILISATION

The aim of this research is to conduct a baseline data collection, socio-economic research, and in-depth analysis of the geographical, social, and administrative landscape of the region. �

This research guideline will allow PlastiSkul to help set achievable and realistic targets, create a project design, and determine the progress for setting up a micro-factory in Lebanon.

Establishing baseline socio-economic data of the village

The baseline survey would commence at the start of the project to provide a greater understanding of local communities along with waste generation and types prevalent in the area

The research would be conducted to collect data and analyse the stakeholders, population, waste generation, plastic waste types, PlastiSkul catalogue feasibility, and market linkages.

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We are in agreement for first evaluating local conditions and identifying opportunities that would make the operation sustainable within the local ecosystem.

Carpe Verum and our RTPLO favors participatory action research (PAR) to incorporate a more diverse view of the local situation and build relations and stimulate appropriation / adoption at the same time.
This PAR, as mentioned earlier, is inspired by Sensorica OVN.

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PHASE II - ESTABLISHMENT & OPERATIONALISATION OF PSK MICRO-FACTORY

With the ‘waste to raw material to product’ approach, Plastiskul micro-factory provides a replicable model of sustainable plastic waste upcycling. Establishing micro-factories would be the critical component of this phase by focusing on suitable machines from PlastiSkul catalogue to maximise the potential of plastic recycling and upcycling in the village.
Individuals would be mobilised from the waste worker communities with an aim to train them on waste management practices and techniques along with the latest collection and sorting mechanism.
The training of the mobilised individuals would then be trained for specialising in plastic waste management through focusing on plastic collection, segregation, and cleaning.
Additional community based workshops would be scheduled simultaneously to address a range of social issues, taboos, and opportunities on health and environment thematic areas.
The individuals mobilised in the 1st phase would be trained holistically in all aspects of micro-factory operations included and not limited to machine installation and operations, safety, product designing, testing products, market testing of products, prototyping solutions, and business functions like quality control, sourcing, and packaging.

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We are in agreement that the flow of materials needs to be established (collection, transformation / upscaling and distribution).

Our experience suggests that it is very difficult to reach economic sustainability by emphasizing on a product-based approach (i.e. selling of upscaled plastic products):

This may come from the shortcomings on the demand side, as it may be difficult to find a niche market for what is possible to produce locally.
This may also come from the supply side, the volume of intake waste materials may not be sufficient or their quality may not be adequate.

We favor a network and multi-value system approach. In other words, we propose the creation of a small ecosystem around the locally created upscaling capacity, which can involve schools (educational programs), artists (creation of public works of art), artizans (product oriented) and other local businesses, which may want to incorporate some of the materials in their own manufacturing processes.

This document distributed by Sensorica to local authorities in Quebec, Canada.

Sensorica’s OVN infrastructure allows such an ecosystem to form and operate.

Develop our local participatory economy of recycling - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g-7Xopde463xW0dGSDwZudhWlUFLzBhnJLzxOBxDEqE/edit#heading=h.pefzp5pvo96h
Sensorica OVN Infrastructure - http://ovn.world/index.php?title=NRP-CAS

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PHASE III - TRANSITIONING TO COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE�

�The phase 3 of Plastiskul initiative in Lebanon will engage the selected individuals to help them transition the micro-factory as a community enterprise and own these micro-factories. PlastiSkul would provide support for marketing, product design, documentation, and reporting throughout this phase through a hand holding approach.

�We agree on the fact that this upscaling economic activity must be co-owned by the local community.

Being a P2P decentralized organization, our RTPLO proposes a collaborative entrepreneurship model, which would be implemented from the start.

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RESEARCH OBJECTIVES�

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Stakeholder Mapping	Population mapping	Waste Assessment Lebanon & targeted region	PSK Programmes	Market Linkages
Stakeholder mapping for research would allow PlastiSkul to gain information on the relevant stakeholders in Lebanon, map them, and visualize the relationship that exists between these stakeholders.	Mapping socio-economic trends in the local area, current economic conditions of the targeted individuals, challenges and barriers faced by them, and current income earning capacity.	Waste assessment of Lebanon and the targeted region would be carried out to determine the extent of the plastic waste crisis, the kind of attitudes present socially towards plastic waste, and identify different types of plastic waste being generated.	To explore the potential need, impact, and outcome of PlastiSkul catalogical programmes in Lebanon and the targeted region.	To ensure financial sustainability and feasibility of PlastiSkul micro-factory in Lebanon, there is a need to conduct in-depth assessment of existing and potential market linkages, acceptability of upcycled products, and feasibility of upcycled products in Lebanon and for exports.
Further on in-depth analysis of the data would allow PlastiSkul to create an impactful analysis.	This objective of the research would allow us to analyse the positive economic impact that the PSK Micro-factory would have in the targeted region.	This objective towards research would allow PlastiSkul to create the ideal mix of machinery needs w.r.t. To maximise impact over all types of plastic waste generated in Lebanon.	These programmes explore various dimensions of interventions for plastic waste crisis like waste worker capacity building, developing microentrepreneurship, upskilling waste workers, sensitisation and outreach for students, and online foundational courses.	This would be critical to ensure the micro-factories are profitable and the value addition can be spread across the supply chain.
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We would achieve this objective through participatory action research.	We would achieve this objective through participatory action research.	We would achieve this objective through participatory action research.	Use a multi-value system approach, incorporating various incentives for participation (not just baked on money) and attract a multiplicity of benefits (reputation, tax exemptions, learning experiences, artistic expression). This approach would be embodied by a network of open & collaborative enterprises built around a micro-factory (a makerspace and the entrepreneurial ecosystem around it). This network is a more complex entity than a micro-factory embodied as a traditional corporation, but this complexity is dealt with by using the OVN IT infrastructure (the OVN model), which helps structure and coordinate relations and operations within this local ecosystem. The OVN model has been designed for collaborative entrepreneurial ecosystems built around shared utilities such as fablabs and makerspaces, allowing even strong interfaces between these ecosystems.

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Sensorica’s novel OVN model has encountered adoption resistance:

People are not yet accustomed with the newly emerging network economy reality and p2p culture. Strong bias towards traditional/legacy models
Funding agencies do not understand and trust novel P2P organizations like open networks.

This is why we think that a collaboration between PlastiSkul and Sensorica would be beneficial to both organizations and especially to CarpeVerum, as we can better navigate the local reality using more degrees of freedom.

PlasticSkul presents an intuitive, tested and proven approach, which can be more easily accepted by funding agencies and can be easily understood and operated by locals.
Sensorica presents a model that can allow operations to reach sustainability below market levels (by using a multi-value and multi-incentive system, and accounting for a more diverse range of benefits).

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