We are

The EMN is a space to strengthen the emerging municipalist ecosystem in Europe and its capacity for social and political transformation from the ground up.

We are a project that brings together organizations and individuals to create supporting structures and generates political spaces that want to promote municipalism, social and environmental justice, and the feministization of politics.

We believe that the local scale is a key component of a bottom-up strategy to build and strengthen power in opposition to the neoliberal onset, which promotes nationalism, precarization of life, and antidemocratic ways of wielding power.

WHY
Who and where are the political and social actors currently composing (or could compose) the present and the next municipalist wave? And which political configurations could support urban constituencies towards building socially and ecologically just cities? This mapping project aims to identify and examine this configuration without establishing strict criteria in the selection of civic…
4 April 2021
HOW
This mapping project aims to reflect the current state of the European municipalist movement identifying established and emerging municipalist initiatives in different parts of Europe. The process will develop a transversal analysis of each organisation’s challenges and propose alternatives to find commons threads and possible collaborations. The outcomes will provide access to information and documentation…
29 March 2021
WHAT
Maps have become a method to representing the complexity we inhabit. Projects, initiatives, books, and articles from different fields that use terms, elements, or methodologies taken from cartography that show the potential of drawing a map that configures a physical or mental territory where it is possible to guess trajectories, plan routes and locate objectives.…
8 March 2021

FoP self-assessment: a guide to start a feministisation process in your organisation
This guide is an introduction to a process created in order to introduce the concept of Feministisation of politics within a group, collectivity, community and provide a common frame for the identification of each organization’s needs and weaknesses in this area.
14 November 2023
POWER: What building power in a feminist way means?
How can we feminise power through municipalism? What empowerment means for the feminization of politics? Does our organisation analyse how leaderships are constructed, the tools to manage conflict, or how decisions are taken within organisations?
27 July 2021
RESOURCES: How to reach the means for feminist objectives?
How do we ensure to have the means to reach feminist objectives? Do our organisations map how feminist resources are distributed and redistributed? Who is deciding over these resources, and how are decision-makers made accountable? Finally, is feminism challenging the traditional ways of raising and expanding resources?
26 July 2021

INTRODUCTION: What is the Feministization of Politics all about?
Introduction to the topic of the feminization of politics and the FoP group has done until now. What are we talking about, and why is it so necessary?
26 July 2021
CARE: Do political organizations take care about care?
What care represents in political organisations? Which tasks do we consider care tasks? What is the relation between care and responsibilities? Does our structure recognise care as a core value?
26 July 2021
RESOURCES: How to reach the means for feminist objectives?
How do we ensure to have the means to reach feminist objectives? Do our organisations map how feminist resources are distributed and redistributed? Who is deciding over these resources, and how are decision-makers made accountable? Finally, is feminism challenging the traditional ways of raising and expanding resources?
26 July 2021
POWER: What building power in a feminist way means?
How can we feminise power through municipalism? What empowerment means for the feminization of politics? Does our organisation analyse how leaderships are constructed, the tools to manage conflict, or how decisions are taken within organisations?
27 July 2021

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