Links for January 21st

These are my links for January 21st:

• CHIEMGAUER: Aktuell – Chiemgauer is the name of a REGIO community currency started on 2003 in Prien am Chiemsee, Bavaria, Germany. It is named after the Chiemgau, a famous region around the Chiemsee. Christian Gelleri, a high school teacher, started this project with his students who are in charge of designing and printing vouchers, administration, accounting, advertising and other services. Now it is supported by a German regional currencies' network called Regiogeld e. V. (regiomoney-association).
• Digital Money Forum: Local money for local people – In Germany and Austria, a new type of voucher is in use since 2003. Instead of aiming at customer loyalty for commercial enterprises, these vouchers aim at creating customer, producer and trade loyalty for a region. The “Regional Currency Complements” for which the term "Regio" is being used by about 50 initiatives, which belong to the Regiogeld Verband (Regional Money Federation) have a number of common features.
• Chiemgauer – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia – Chiemgauer is the name of a REGIO community currency started on 2003 in Prien am Chiemsee, Bavaria, Germany. It is named after the Chiemgau, a famous region around the Chiemsee.

  Christian Gelleri, a high school teacher, started this project with his students who are in charge of designing and printing vouchers, administration, accounting, advertising and other services. Now it is supported by a German regional currencies' network called Regiogeld e. V. (regiomoney-association).

• Regiogeld e.V.: Regiogeld e.V. – Regional Money Federation, Germany is a network of community/ local/ regional currencies.
• SOL Project – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia – The SOL Project is an innovative French complementary currency designed to promote a "solidarity economy". The project is being financed by the European Commission and pilot tested in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Ile-de-France and Bretagne. Instead of paper money it uses an electronic currency system with IC cards. SOL was initiated by Patrick Viveret and Dominique Picard and received praise from then president Jacques Chirac. Supporters believe that SOL will raise the standard of living for low income participants while building the local economy.
• [sol-reseau.coop] – The SOL Project is an innovative French complementary currency designed to promote a "solidarity economy". The project is being financed by the European Commission and pilot tested in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Ile-de-France and Bretagne. Instead of paper money it uses an electronic currency system with IC cards. SOL was initiated by Patrick Viveret and Dominique Picard and received praise from then president Jacques Chirac. Supporters believe that SOL will raise the standard of living for low income participants while building the local economy.
• https://ec.europa.eu/ employment_social/equal/data/ document/200604-se-etg2-t1b. pdf – A report about the SOL Project in France (community/ local currency network)
• Germans get by without the euro – Telegraph – There will soon be 65 regional currencies in operation alongside the EU's, but the financial authorities are not worried yet, writes Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
• Earth Intelligence Network – Public intelligence in the public interest.