The Network exists to establish and steward the field of open civic innovation by convening likeminded peers. The network is not just a collection of actors; it is a **global commons**: a shared field of collaboration where open civic innovators, organizers, and patrons experiment together in the open, exchanging knowledge, cultivating trust, and building civic capacity. Its core functions include: - **Incubating Practice** → creating safe-to-fail spaces for open civic innovation. - **Weaving Community** → building trust and solidarity across diverse contexts. - **Stewarding Culture** → holding ourselves accountably to shared ethos, ethics, and design principles. - **Scaling Knowledge** → curating and distributing resources and stories through the commons. - **Resourcing Efforts** → mobilizing diverse forms of capital to sustain experiments and infrastructures.