1. Overview

The Shared Resources Programme enables private individuals to share underused assets — housing, vehicles, and food — with WikiDeal community members who need them: digital nomads, students, and WikiDeal incubators starting their activity.

Unlike commercial platforms, this programme is built on genuine contribution, not Transaction. Donors contribute to the community ecosystem and receive a small token of appreciation in WIL Miles (Ring), while the majority of the value goes to strengthening the community. There are no fees, no intermediaries extracting margins.

The programme operates through evidence-based automated guidance: step-by-step checklists, photo documentation, and structured forms ensure quality while keeping the human element central. Human intervention is always possible.

2. What Can Be Shared

🏠 Housing

• Spare rooms in a primary residence
• Apartments available during travel or extended absence
• Chalets and secondary residences (the main focus for ecological impact)
• Co-living spaces with shared amenities

🚗 Vehicles

• Cars (city cars, family vehicles)
• Bicycles and electric bikes
• Scooters and mopeds
• Cargo bikes for local delivery and transport

🥗 Food

• Surplus food from gardens and allotments
• Prepared meals shared within a community kitchen
• Pantry sharing within a building or neighbourhood cluster

3. Beneficiaries

The programme targets three primary beneficiary profiles:

4. Contributions in Return

Beneficiaries are expected to provide meaningful contributions in exchange for using shared resources. Contributions are not "payment" — they are community acts that build trust and value for all members:

• 🧹 Cleaning & Tidying — leaving the space in better condition than found, with photo evidence
• 🔧 Repairs & Maintenance — small fixes, routine maintenance of vehicles or housing
• 🎬 Video Tutorials — how to use a specific house, appliance, or vehicle (greatly increases future usability)
• 🍼 Babysitting — childcare services for the donor family
• 🗺️ Strategic Deployment Advice — help expanding WikiDeal in the local area
• 🤝 Working Group Participation — contributing to WikiDeal governance and development discussions

All contributions are logged, documented with photo evidence or digital proof, and validated through the WikiDeal evidence-based process.

5. Donor Rewards

Donors who share resources receive a small token of appreciation:

• ~10% of estimated value is returned as WIL Miles (Ring) — the WikiDeal internal currency
• The remaining ~90% is a genuine Donation to the community ecosystem — it funds operations, incubators, and the bonding curve
• WIL Miles can be used within the WikiDeal ecosystem for services, memberships, or community contributions

6. Promotion & Discovery

The Shared Resources Programme is promoted primarily through street fundraisers at festivals and public events, connecting with the Street Fundraising marketplace. This creates a natural loop: street fundraisers promote the programme, and shared resources become a tangible benefit for the community they build.

Discovery pathways:

• Geo-located map of available shared resources (housing, vehicles)
• Profile matching: beneficiary needs matched to available donor resources
• WikiDeal incubator network: local User Groups manage a portfolio of shared resources in their territory
• QR codes at festivals and community events linking to the programme

7. Ecological Impact

The programme's highest ecological potential lies in secondary residences. In many European countries, 10–20% of residential property sits empty for 8–11 months per year. Making these resources available to community members:

• Reduces demand for new construction
• Reduces hotel and short-term rental carbon footprint
• Distributes economic value into rural and peri-urban territories
• Creates social fabric across different socioeconomic groups

Vehicle sharing reduces individual car ownership, supporting ecological transition in urban and peri-urban areas. This programme feeds directly into the WikiDeal Real Estate Programme for more structured management of secondary residences.

8. Evidence-Based Process

All shared resource interactions are documented through WikiDeal's evidence-based automated guidance system:

• 📸 Photos required at check-in and check-out for all housing and vehicles
• ☑️ Checklists — state of the property/vehicle before and after use
• 📋 Step-by-step automated guidance — the system walks both donor and beneficiary through each stage
• 🤖 AI-assisted matching and scheduling — suggests optimal pairings based on needs and availability
• 👤 Human review always available — a WikiDeal team member can be called at any step

9. Methodology: ~70% Mathematical / ~30% Human Sensitivity

WikiDeal's hybrid approach applies here:

• ~70% algorithmic: matching scores, availability calendars, contribution tracking, photo validation, checklist completion rates, WIL Miles calculation — all automated and transparent
• ~30% human: trust assessment, conflict resolution, edge cases, community judgement calls, local knowledge — always involving a human WikiDeal facilitator

This balance ensures efficiency at scale while preserving the human trust that makes peer-to-peer sharing possible.

10. Cautious Communication

Communication principles:

• Never promise specific financial returns — WIL Miles are symbolic, not investment
• Always mention that human support is available — this is not fully automated
• Be honest about maturity: this programme is in early exploration phase
• Share failures and learnings as openly as successes

11. Related Programmes

• 🙋 Street Fundraising — promotes the programme at events
• 🏡 WikiDeal Real Estate Programme — structured management of secondary residences
• 👥 User Groups (Rings) — local teams managing shared resource portfolios
• ✅ Socio-Economic Success Criteria — how we measure success