Back in 2003, the idea of creating a local, complementary currency linked to the installation of a telecenter in the beach of Pipa was supported by the Presidency of Brazil, as part of the "Know Global" conference cycle. Bernard Lietaer was one of my mentors in the process and we actually wrote a paper proposing the design of an educational currency in Brazil - the proposal was later included as part of the City of Knowledge´s final reports to the National Institute of Information Technology (Civil House, Presidency of Brazil, 2006) and, more recently, to the Ministry of Science and Technology´s Projects Financing Agency (FINEP). We are still struggling to make it happen in Pipa and elsewhere and hope to promote the both "CCs" (complementary currencies AND creative commons) along with our CC (Cidade do Conhecimento or "City of Knowledge") agenda. We can mail these reports to those interested.

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