FairPNP is an alternative collaborative platform that supports participatory lodgings

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The Spanish young man Seto Veracruz and his seven colleagues plan to publish their collaborative project of launching a collaborative platform in several European countries where he and seven others, including programmers, designers and researchers, created a platform called FairBnB, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands.

The FairPNP Cooperative is an intermediate rental platform between the hostel owner and the traveler who is looking for a temporary place of residence and is scheduled to begin operation by April and May 2019 in five pilot European cities: Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Barcelona Valencia in Spain, in addition to Bologna and Venice in Italy. The platform collaborates with municipalities to make the rental process more smooth, sustainable and able to benefit all parties.

Veracruz, 33, the policy and legal coordinator for the platform, said: "The idea of ​​the platform started in Bologna, central Italy two years ago. With the help of many of the project's supporters and a large network of contributors, To include two other European countries.

The platform is intended to be a substitute for other business platforms, focusing on participatory work beneficial to society and giving priority to interest to people.

Speaking of the advantages of the FairBNP platform and making it different, Veracruzo mentioned three main advantages topped by legal transparency. The platform has worked closely with the municipalities, giving it unprecedented legitimacy. Platformers believe that it is necessary to accept With the laws of the governmental institutions while working to provide a transparent and legal output.

The second feature is the work of the team. The platform is based on cooperation and multiple interests to make the other parties both host and hostel neighbors partners in this investment. When investing the property through the owner and resident, the idea can be spread to the ocean so that neighbors become partners in the investment process. Ensures positive action towards everyone and mutual benefit.

The platform also intends to invest in development projects in the communities of the countries where they invest, by offering 50% of the commission paid by travelers to the platform to these projects, which gives a third advantage to its work.

Security of user data
"We know the sensitivity of this issue, but as a platform we are authorized to use user data and information to inform them of our services and keep them up-to-date on the platform," Veracruz said when asked about the security of their users' information and data, especially after the series of scandals of using user information and selling them to other platforms.

"We are fully aware that we are responsible for the security of this data, which is subject to the General Data Protection Directive of the European Union (GDPR)," Veracruz said. "This law is very strict with respect to user data.

On the outlook of the platform, Veracruz stressed that FairPNP is seeking to establish a new era for the cooperative economy and make this area more realistic, especially as it is a project based on clear cooperation and capable of promoting and spreading.

The platform also aims to increase the positive impact of all participating parties in order to attract new investors, as well as the main objective it seeks to achieve is the priority of passengers for convenience and benefit.

Veracruz explained the concept of collaborative consumption on which the platform is based, noting that the work within the FairPNP is based primarily on the mutual interaction between the user and the host, complementing each other. The platform works to achieve this through diligent work seeking solutions, It is now in the process of launching an electronic site and application in addition to its presence on social networking sites, which requires accuracy and continuous work.

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Hundreds of housing units are waiting for the moment to begin to receive passengers. The platform is still looking for unusual investors to invest in a purely social project. Investors then receive profits that are determined and distributed according to law.

He now invests 6% in the FairPNP platform, and the investor has a voice that gives him the right to choose the platform manager. If he wants to leave, he can take the capital he invested before leaving.

The platform will provide everyone with an overview of the prices. For the commission, the passenger will only pay for the platform, which will be an important difference for the host.

Veracruz says that the platform receives many emails from investors and participants in America and Canada, which seeks to open up other horizons on the other side of the world. There are also some from the Middle East and Arab countries, but the goal of the current platform is to spread in Europe and provide a successful model for this type From participatory work first.