Ajutor
An assembly is a group of members of an organization who meet periodically to make decisions about a specific area or scope of the organization.
Assemblies hold meetings, some are private and some are open. If they are open, it is possible to participate in them (for example: attending if the capacity allows it, adding points to the agenda, or commenting on the proposals and decisions taken by this organ).
Examples: A general assembly (which meets once a year to define the organisation's main lines of action as well as its executive bodies by vote), an equality advisory council (which meets every two months to make proposals on how to improve gender relations in the organisation), an evaluation commission (which meets every month to monitor a process) or a guarantee body (which collects incidents, abuses or proposals to improve decision-making procedures) are all examples of assemblies.
CROSSING TERRITORIES: COMMONS ROUTES
Connecting African and Mediterranean Soil communities advancing regenerative stewardship, territorial justice, and commons-based futures.
🌍 Present Your Initiative & Collaboration NeedsDespre această adunare
What knowledge never reaches international conferences because a visa was denied?
What regenerative practices remain invisible because the communities developing them cannot easily cross borders? What if collaboration did not depend on mobility alone?
CROSSING TERRITORIES: COMMONS ROUTES was created within the SoilTribes Community of Practice to connect African and Mediterranean initiatives working at the intersection of soil stewardship, territorial justice, commons governance, migration, community resilience, and regenerative futures.
The initiative emerged from a simple observation. While the SoilTribes Bootcamp series creates valuable opportunities for collaboration and experimentation, many Community of Practice members from African territories face significant barriers to participating in international exchanges. Yet some of the most innovative and inspiring responses to ecological, social, and territorial challenges are being developed precisely in these contexts.
Rather than treating this as a limitation, CROSSING TERRITORIES: COMMONS ROUTES seeks to create an alternative route for participation, visibility, and collective learning.
This pathway runs in parallel to the SoilTribes Bootcamp series and adapts some of its methodologies to an online and distributed format. Through community storytelling, challenge mapping, peer exchange, and collaborative reflection, participants will explore how different territories are responding to shared challenges while remaining rooted in their own local realities.
Process Objectives
→ Amplify voices and experiences that face barriers to participating in international mobility programmes.
→ Connect African and Mediterranean Community of Practice members around shared territorial challenges.
→ Adapt selected SoilTribes Bootcamp methodologies to online and distributed contexts.
→ Surface community-led initiatives that can inspire the wider SoilTribes ecosystem.
→ Prepare a collective showcase during the SoilTribes Community of Practice Meetup.
Scopul acțiunii
Policy, Advocacy and Territorial Justice Actions
Actions aimed at influencing public policies, institutional practices, rights frameworks, resource allocation, land governance, environmental protection, migration policies, or community recognition through campaigns, coalitions, citizen mobilization, participatory governance, community organizing, legal action, or dialogue with public authorities.
→ Land and water rights campaigns
→ Advocacy for pastoralist, Indigenous, migrant, or refugee communities
→ Community-led territorial planning and stewardship
→ Food sovereignty and agroecology movements
→ Environmental and climate justice coalitions
→ Participatory policymaking and citizen assemblies
→ Protection and governance of commons and collective resources
→ Campaigns addressing extractive industries and land grabbing
→ Community monitoring, transparency, and accountability initiatives
→ Local, regional, national, or transnational policy influence efforts
🌱 CROSSING TERRITORIES: COMMON ROUTES - What emerged from our first exchange
Our first session brought together initiatives from across Africa and the Mediterranean to start a collective conversation around soils, territories, and the communities connected to them.Through the Mentimeter reflections, a shared picture started to emerge. Across different territories, participan…
When Borders Interrupt Participation: Kuku’s Proposal for Regenerative Futures in Kakuma
Kuku Alesam Majub had planned for months to attend the SoilTribes Bootcamp. His proposal, Grounded Futures: Refugee-Led Soil and Sustainability Action, was rooted in a clear and urgent vision: to transform the difficult conditions of Kakuma Refugee Camp into a living classroom for regeneration, food…
🌍 A new route is opening
A new route is opening within the SoilTribes Community of Practice.CROSSING TERRITORIES: COMMONS ROUTES: AFRICA & THE MEDITERRANEAN brings together initiatives rooted in diverse landscapes, cultures, and territories that are shaping regenerative futures from the ground up.🌾 Restoring soils💧 Protecti…
Referință: soiltribes-ASSE-2026-06-11