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| Key | Value |
| --- | ----- |
| **id** | regen-commons-mandates |
| **name** | Mandates |
| **description** | A clearly defined area of responsibility the organization is committed to upholding through its roles, actions, and structures. |
| **temporal_focus** | Present and continuous |
| **scope** | Defines the organization's functional responsibility |
| **function** | Guides strategic focus, resource allocation, role design, and partnership alignment |
| **test** | If this mandate were abandoned or neglected, the organization would no longer be fulfilling its reason for existing — even if other work continued. |
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- Steward Regen resources as a shared commons.
- Maintain transparent protocols for membership, funding, and resource use that support collective trust.
- Curate, protect, and activate shared resources so they generate value for the whole.
- Enable recognition of contributions and reciprocal value flows across diverse archetypes and participants.
- Facilitate collaborative processes and spaces that align efforts and allow new forms of coordination to emerge.
- Safeguard legitimacy through accountable governance, cultural integrity, and conflict transformation.