This charter addresses IT and EDV (electronic data processing) structures within the TEIKEI network.
This includes digital systems, data structures, interfaces, platforms, technical processes, documentation logics, and other information technology foundations that support or enable the network.
This charter specifies the overarching Charter for Actors in the TEIKEI Network for the IT & EDV domain.
This charter does not stand alone.
It is based on the TEIKEI Manifesto 2030 and the Ten TEIKEI Principles.
The TEIKEI Manifesto 2030 outlines the network's long-term orientation, including:
The ten TEIKEI principles form the shared foundation for collaboration, supply, and development across the entire network. These include:
This charter translates this shared foundation into the concrete practice of the respective role within the network.
This means:
The structures, decisions, and processes described here must not be considered or implemented in isolation from the ecological, social, and community goals of the TEIKEI Manifesto or the ten TEIKEI principles.
Even where a role is not directly involved in agricultural production, it remains part of a system built on ecological responsibility, regenerative practices, and community-supported supply.
This results in:
The roles, tasks, and attitudes described in this charter can only be fully understood in the context of this shared foundation.
Therefore:
The TEIKEI Manifesto 2030 and the ten TEIKEI principles are not an optional background but a shared foundation that must be read, understood, and upheld in practice by all participants.
IT & EDV help ensure that information, processes, interfaces, and tools remain functional, traceable, and useful.
They are not a neutral layer but significantly shape how transparently, connectively, and adaptively the network can operate in practice.
At the same time, they carry a special responsibility:
Digital systems map core functions of food supply, financial flows, and information flows.
These functions are fundamental to the operational capacity of the entire network.
In the TEIKEI context, digital infrastructure is not an end in itself.
Therefore:
Designing, maintaining, and controlling digital systems comes with special responsibility.
Because:
Those who develop, operate, or administer systems potentially influence core network processes.
This includes, among other things:
This results in a clear understanding:
The network recognizes that IT & EDV can hold a powerful position.
Similarly, those who develop and maintain these systems are aware that exploiting this position creates imbalance.
Using this position to exercise power contradicts TEIKEI’s principles and is unacceptable.
The role of IT & EDV includes:
IT & EDV share responsibility for ensuring that traceability and transparency are technically supported and not hindered.
This includes:
The purpose of this charter is to establish IT & EDV as a supportive, structure-bearing, and trust-relevant infrastructure within the TEIKEI network.
It provides guidance on how digital systems and technical processes can be designed to strengthen transparency, connectivity, traceability, and community sustainability—without creating dependencies that endanger the network’s balance.
By signing this charter, the undersigned confirms that this charter has been read, understood, and will be upheld in practice.
The signature expresses the willingness to act in the TEIKEI network in accordance with the principles, responsibilities, and forms of collaboration described here, and to further develop this practice together with other participants in the network.
This confirmation does not replace further agreements if required but documents the shared commitment to this charter as a binding foundation for collaboration.
Company Name:
Name of Responsible Person:
Role / Function:
Location:
Date:
Signature:
If relevant, additional agreements, role descriptions, or operational arrangements can be documented separately and attached to this charter.
Future adjustments to this charter should be made transparently and, where possible, in dialogue with the affected participants in the network.
One level up: 07 - Charter for Actors in the TEIKEI Network
Author: Felix Schröder, with assistance from AI (ChatGPT)
Creation: written by Felix Schröder › formatted in Markdown by ChatGPT › published by Felix Schröder › layout adjusted by Claude
Created: 2026-03-18 · Last updated: 2026-06-09 · Questions or feedback? support@teikei.us