This Charter is addressed to regions and regional entities within the TEIKEI Network.
Regions are geographic, organizational, and legal spaces where provision, collaboration, and development take place in concrete terms.
They bring together:
Regions are thus the places where the network becomes practically effective.
This Charter does not stand alone.
It is based on the TEIKEI Manifesto 2030 and the ten TEIKEI Principles.
The TEIKEI Manifesto 2030 describes the network's long-term orientation. This includes, in particular:
The ten TEIKEI Principles form the common foundation for collaboration, provision, and development across the entire network.
This Charter translates this common foundation into the concrete practice of regions and regional entities.
Therefore, the following applies:
Regional structures must not be developed or operated in isolation from the network's ecological, social, and community goals.
Regions are independent, vibrant units within the network.
They enable:
Regional entities can take on tasks that individual projects cannot sustainably manage alone.
These include, for example:
However, regional entities do not replace projects.
They create the framework in which projects can operate sustainably in the long term.
Regional entities support projects without dissolving their independence.
This means:
Example:
TEIKEI Hellas can support Greek project circles such as TEIKEI Olive and TEIKEI Fruit without these project circles needing to become separate companies.
Regions are independent but not isolated.
This results in:
Regions bear responsibility for shaping their structures.
This includes:
Regional entities serve not only organizational purposes.
They also protect:
They are responsible for ensuring that these foundations can be preserved and further developed in the long term.
Many project circles have emerged from concrete work.
This includes practical development, producer relationships, logistics, communication, member coordination, and operational responsibility.
As the network evolves, the question arises of how such established project areas can be transitioned into sustainable regional structures.
Regional entities help make this transition visible and accountable.
This Charter provides guidance for regions and regional entities within the TEIKEI Network.
It ensures that regions can act independently while remaining part of a connected, learning, and community-supported system.
It strengthens regions as a foundational organizational level between projects, communities, farms, the Agora, and the Europe-regional network.
One level higher: Manifesto and Charter at TEIKEI
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: 2026-06-09 · Last updated: 2026-10-11 · Questions or feedback? support@teikei.us