We want to deepen our understanding of what business models are being used, how, and where, to support open hardware initiatives. If you are working on open hardware and would be willing for us to interview you, please get in touch. The original research for the blueprints on LocalEconomies.org focussed
The Ukrainian Maker Association (UMA) has released a translation of the LocalEconomies.org collection of business models for makerspaces for use by their members. Several of Ukraine’s makerspaces have closed down since the start of the war in February 2022, largely due to the people running them either leaving the country
LocalEconomies.org was launched in December 2023 on a community call hosted by the Internet of Production Alliance. Created with the kind support of UKAID via the Research and Innovation Systems for Africa Fund, this website allows the Open Catalogue of Business Models content developed in the MAKE project to become