Challenge: How to involve residents in a community savings supporting social initiatives?

CoTown BV – CoTown Kasmoni Community Exchange: Empowering Amsterdam’s Shared Prosperity

The Community Credits and Savings pilot project aimed to develop a community platform and offline activities to facilitate resource sharing, funding opportunities, and collaboration tools between local corporates and governments for social impact projects, local businesses, non-profits, and residents. The pilot involved extensive feedback sessions and co-creation workshops to ensure the platform meets community needs. Key features include the creation of a digital platform and a series of offline activities and events to strengthen social bonds in Amsterdam Zuidoost. The pilot successfully engaged the target group, resulting in a comprehensive report about the project concept and the specifications of the community platform ready for further development and broader implementation. Future plans include additional research and workshops, community events and collaborative prototype development to ensure ongoing improvement and adoption.