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economy

on the way to the Frans Halsbuurt

Opportunity-projects0 active
Citizen leaders0
QuarterQ4 2026

the recommendations of
310+ scientific contributors
have been combined into eight opportunities

eight opportunities

opportunity-projects from citizen leaders are submitted within one of these eight opportunities

Finance & trade
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Reform the WTO, create a new (SDR) reserve currency, and strengthen the position of indebted countries.
Post-growth & circularity
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Steer towards human wellbeing instead of GDP growth and reduce the absolute global demand for raw materials.
Human-centric AI
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Use AI to complement (not solely replace) human labor and invest in fair, universal digital infrastructure.
Social policy
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Strengthen livelihood security through a shorter workweek, job guarantees, strong safety nets, and education in critical thinking.
Redistribution & taxes
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Introduce wealth taxes and heavy carbon taxes (with dividends), and immediately abolish fossil fuel subsidies.
Climate justice
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Provide climate finance to the Global South via grants (not loans) and shrink material consumption in the wealthy North.
Agile governance
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Prevent protectionism, apply flexible regulation with hard red lines, and strengthen international cooperation.
Green infrastructure
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Design renewable energy technologies (such as batteries) to be circular from the start and reform the food system towards regenerative land use.
Opportunity-projects from citizen leaders1
0 citizen leaders taking part
04Social policy

retraining programme towards healthcare and technical jobs for residents

exampleunder review

Together with local small businesses and a vocational college, residents set up a short retraining programme for jobseekers, with a job guarantee at three participating companies.

economymigration
€9,6003 Jul 2026
02Strengthening the local economy

neighborhood cooperative for shared purchasing by local entrepreneurs

examplein vote · 25d

Fifteen small entrepreneurs in the Frans Halsbuurt pool their purchasing through a cooperative, achieving economies of scale normally only available to large chains. A local accountant guides the legal setup.

€8,500 requested16 citizen leaders voted
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Growth path
quarterareatarget amount
Q4 2026
Three neighborhoods
Frans Hals · Gerard Dou · Vermeer
to be determined
Q1 2027
De Pijp
to be determined
Q2 2027
Amsterdam
to be determined
Q3 2027
the Netherlands
to be determined
further quarters → Europe, the world