CoProduction

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Co-Production

• An Introduction

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History of a Concept

• Elinor Ostrom, political economist 1970
• Adding Social Capital 1980s
• Edgar Cahn, Scholar-Practitioner 1980
• Core Economy (Collective Efficacy, ABCD)
• Co-Production as partnership but what kind?
• Example Schools in Nigeria
• Core Economy as Anchoring Concept

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The Size of The Core Economy

• 40 of productive work occurs outside the market
  economy (Becker, Folbre)
• 1.9 trillion value of household work in the US
  in 1998 (25 of GDP)
• 225 billion national value of informal care
  giving in 2000, 340 billion in 270
• The Core Economy Huge, virtually invisible

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The Core Economy as Underlying Operating System
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The Nigeria Example The Core Economy and
Co-Production

• Co-Production as partnership
• Paid / Unpaid
• Two economies production, consumption,
  distribution
• Price, Measure for measure, cognitive, calculated
  /Unpriced, give-and-take, psychological, felt
• Two kinds of life world with own ethos, culture
• Core Economy as Alternative Center of Gravity

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Co-Production With the Core Economy at the Center

• The 5 Core Principles/Values
• Assets
• Redefining Work
• Reciprocity
• Community
• Respect

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Two Main Routes

• Collective Efficacy (Core Economy of the
  Community)
• Specific Area of need, such as health, education
• Ultimate aim is to weave as complements

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Implementation Challenge

• The power/centrality of the monetarized economy
• Invisibility of the Core Economy

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Implementation Challenge As Experienced at
Different Levels

• Executives, Governance and Policy-Makers
• Grass-Roots/Recipients of Professional Services
• Managers and Professionals
• Volunteers

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Implementation

• Implementation will always be system-specific
• Executives, governance and policy-makers Use 5
  principles to place explicit value on the Core
  Economy when allocating directing fiscal, human
  resources Structure rewards incentives Send
  strong signals
• Grass-roots recipients-- Bring the 5 core
  values to life
• Managers and Professionals -- See how
  credentials, professionalism, specialization and
  formal systems play out in the core economy
  Adhere to the 5 core principles of Co-Production
  Actively support the development of a strong core
  economy dynamics
• Volunteers Seen in context of core economy

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Where to Start?

• The Core Economy as Center of Gravity
• Use the 5 core principles as a guide
• Go where the energy is
• Look for a good fit
• Keep in mind the two strands generalized and
  targeted and start with one, knowing the
  ultimate aim is to have both
• All levels at all times top-down/bottom-up

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Examples from TBUSA

• Youth Court
• Cross-Age Tutoring
• Eldercare
• Wraparound
• Community Health
• Mental Disabilities
• Collective Efficacy
• Any area you choose..