3b Bilateral collaboration For both the Netherlands and Argentina: The combination of both, the methodically and integrated Dutch approach and the flexible and fast Argentinean way, could be of great value for the results of the cooperation. The exchange of knowledge learning from other local perspectives both will put sharper focus on local qualities and inspire new ideas by giving access to a larger knowledge base. For Argentina (Latin America): • The international collaboration can help increasing the value and liability of local bottom-up initiatives, like it happened with the Tango in the beginning of the 20th century, that by being recognised in Paris made it more valuable and recognised in its own land. As in The Netherlands many bottom-up initiatives are being considered valuable laboratories for new solutions by large companies and government, we think an exchange around these examples can help rising the image of the creative industry or bottom-up initiatives toward more collaboration between sectors (cross-overs). • Certain technologies and knowledge from The Netherlands related to specific themes like water management, circular economy or integrated approaches, are interesting concepts to be adapted and considered in the Latin American context. For The Netherlands (Europe): • The opportunity of learning about development challenges in Latin America and the market that it opens.
A Goood Foundation · Hola Argentina!
Collaborative Vision Brainstorm with Amartya Management Team at the Dutch Embassy in Buenos Aires.
Cooking up ideas for the presentation of Gunter Pauli in September 2016, with Amartya, Carlos Levinton and Club de Roma Capítulo Argentino.
• Learning the qualities of working and living in an always shifting society which forces to act with flexibility, fast action, continues adaptation of plans.
that came to finish ‘their work’ or ‘their papers’, and took time from them and without leaving any benefits.
• Experimenting and Learning by doing can be ‘faster’ than in The Netherlands because of the availability of pilot grounds and differences in legislation. • Certain successful social innovation strategies and the combination of social and low-technology systems developed in Argentina could be a great value for some social challenges in The Netherlands, like refurbishing socially deprived neighbourhoods (with social problems like loneliness among the elderly), or temporary housing e.g. for students or refugees .
Important considerations for a successful bilateral collaboration Starting a collaboration where both parts are equal and can benefit from each other is crucial. The fact that we came with questions like which are your challenges and needs and how we could help to tackle them together, was very welcome. Several organisations had bad experiences with the posture of external international parties,
The government workers we spoke with, as well as the people from PAU in Rosario, Amartya, Pampa Organica and others, all prefer a bottom-up approach supporting biodiversity reconstruction, with small scale pilots that can be replicated and upscaled, over an exclusive topdown large scale one-size-fits-all approach. The last important consideration is based in the financial structure of the bilateral corporation. All parties acknowledged that for a level playing field in the corporation as well the financial structure should come from both parts. Within Argentina funding possibilities are maybe not as widespread as in the Netherlands, but nonetheless all parties had external financial sources. Main objective however is to develop a sustainable business model, in which all gain.
Our role · New role of designers From A Goood Foundation we explore a new role of designers. We see our own role in this international collaboration as connector and mediator between local
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