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Third Industrial Revolution Consulting Group
evaluate current and projected economic, social and environmental impacts of the new
modes of collaboration.
4.7 Develop a web-based platform to operate Sharing Economy activities. A digital platform
to operate Sharing Economy activities should be developed. This could be designed as a
national one-stop shop of all the things related to the Sharing Economy. First, the platform
should be used to track and measure Sharing Economy activities to facilitate the task of
providing essential economic statistics to the government and assessing taxes. To serve its
purpose, the use of the platform should be mandatory for every participant in the Sharing
Economy (intermediation websites, owners / workers, sellers / buyers, providers /users,
etc.). Blockchain technology could be used as tool for registering purposes, in order to
build in security in value chains and record the transactions. Secondly, the platform should
be used to inform all actors of the Sharing Economy about their legal rights and
obligations. Specific information should be broadcasted for each platform’s operators,
providers and users. Finally, the platform could be linked to the CoIN platform (see
proposal 5.1).
5 Financial
5.1 The government should take the lead in assembling a COIN platform that enables
citizens to participate in the Sharing Economy: The Sharing Economy is as much, if not
more, about harnessing and leveraging human, social, civic, and intellectual forms of
capital, as securing sufficient financial capital. The collaborative innovation/collective
intelligence network (COIN) platform performs key educational, informational and
motivational services that help build the Sharing Economy. The platform simultaneously
fosters a one-stop shop of all things related to the Sharing Economy, as well as facilitates
lively interaction among citizens already active in or desiring to become active in some
facet of the Sharing Economy. The COIN platform should be jointly administered by
government and a non-profit organization to share insights, activities, new apps, peer-topeer
exchanges, collaborative learning spaces, post queries and retrieve FAQs on
specialized topics. The platform provides a continuously updated inventory of Sharing
Economy activities in Luxembourg.
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