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Citizenfund invites you to take back control of finance.<\/span><\/h3>\n
The Citizenfund offers everyone the opportunity to take back control of finance and become an actor of change by financially supporting the companies of tomorrow.<\/span><\/h5>\n
By putting a fraction of your savings into our fund,
\nyou support ambitious entrepreneurial projects with a social or environmental impact beneficial to society.<\/h5>\n
By investing, you become a de facto associate of the Citizenfund.<\/h5>\n

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The subscription of shares is a way of\u00a0<\/span>making your savings available\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>rather than a speculative investment or a philanthropic donation. The social return of your investment is guaranteed, and a financial return of up to 6% is possible (according to our CNC approval, Royal Decree of 8 January 1962, art.1), but is in no way guaranteed.<\/span><\/p>\n

In concrete terms, any natural person or legal entity who wishes to do so is free to subscribe for one or more cooperative shares. We have two types of shares:<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u2022\u00a0B shares at \u20ac250<\/strong> (+\u20ac10 one-off management fee per share) for everyone<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0C shares at \u20ac50<\/strong> (+\u20ac2 one-off management fee per unit) for persons under 26 years of age at the time of subscription.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Citizenfund operates according to the cooperative governance principle <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00ab 1 person = 1 vote<\/strong>\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n

Each cooperator has the same voting power<\/strong>, regardless of the type of share and the amounts invested, for both investment decisions and internal governance.<\/p>\n

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I BECOME A COOPERATOR <\/a><\/p>\n

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As a cooperator, you own a share of the Citizenfund.<\/span><\/h3>\n

You can then vote<\/strong> for projects<\/strong> to be financed and for governance decisions<\/strong>, on the principle of 1 person = 1 vote.<\/p>\n

You can also take on other roles:<\/p>\n

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EXAMINATOR<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

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You join our selection committee as an elected cooperator or as an expert in a specific field.<\/span><\/p>\n

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OBSERVER<\/span><\/h3>\n

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You are following up on one of the projects financed by the Citizenfund.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ADMINISTRATOR<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

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You represent cooperators B and C on the Board of Directors.<\/span><\/p>\n

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At any time, and depending on your availability, you can also respond to our calls to make your skills available to the Citizenfund, or submit projects with a societal impact.<\/h3>\n

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Our triple-checking process<\/span><\/h1>\n

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At Citizenfund, it’s our cooperators who choose the companies the fund finances.<\/span><\/h3>\n

The triple-checking process we’ve put in place means we can rely entirely on the collective intelligence to make financing decisions.<\/p>\n

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1.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>After an initial meeting and screening by the operational team, the Selection Committee verifies that the entrepreneur and his project correspond to the Citizenfund’s values by evaluating it on 5 criteria<\/a>.<\/h5>\n

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2.\u00a0<\/span>Our cooperators-investors meet the entrepreneur and his project and challenge them in a friendly manner. They then vote during 10 days on our site for or against the financing of the social enterprise by the Citizenfund. If the majority is in favour of the project, it will be financed. The majority wins.<\/span><\/h5>\n

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3.\u00a0<\/span>An elected cooperator-investor then takes over by becoming an observer. His role is to monitor a financed project, hand in hand with the entrepreneur and the Citizenfund’s operational team.<\/span><\/h5>\n

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TO FIND OUT MORE<\/h2>\n

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\u2022 Presentation of the Citizenfund \u2022<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Information note \u2022<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Investment policy \u2022<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Internal regulations \u2022<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 Activity report Citizenfund 2018<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>2019<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>2020<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>2021<\/a> \u2022<\/span><\/p>\n

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Do you still have questions?<\/h2>\n

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Read our\u00a0FAQ<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or CONTACT US<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

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In concrete terms, any natural person or legal entity who wishes to do so is free to subscribe for one or more cooperative shares. We have two types of shares: \u2022\u00a0B shares at \u20ac250 (+\u20ac10 one-off management fee per share) for everyone \u2022\u00a0C shares at \u20ac50 (+\u20ac2 one-off management fee per unit) for persons under 26 years of age at the time of subscription.   The Citizenfund operates according to the cooperative governance principle \u00ab 1 person = 1 vote\u00a0\u00bb. Each cooperator has the same voting power, regardless of the type of share and the amounts invested, for both investment decisions and internal governance. [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation=”slideInRight”] As a cooperator, you own a share of the Citizenfund. You can then vote for projects to be financed and for governance decisions, on the principle of 1 person = 1 vote. You can also take on other roles: [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” parallax=”content-moving” el_class=”padding-tb45 parallax-light”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css_animation=”slideInUp”] EXAMINATOR [\/vc_column_text][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-glasses” color=”custom” size=”xl” align=”center” css_animation=”slideInUp” custom_color=”#4d7475″][vc_column_text css_animation=”slideInUp”] You join our selection committee as an elected cooperator or as an expert in a specific field. 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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation=”slideInUp”] At any time, and depending on your availability, you can also respond to our calls to make your skills available to the Citizenfund, or submit projects with a societal impact. [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1612179714270{background-image: url(https:\/\/sandbox13.linksoftware.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/citizenfund-bruxelles-projet-participatif-cooperative-impact-positif-membrescott-graham-5fNmWej4tAA-unsplash.jpg?id=1609) !important;}” el_id=”tripleen”][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation=”slideInLeft”] Our triple-checking process [\/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=”” color=”white”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation=”slideInRight”] At Citizenfund, it’s our cooperators who choose the companies the fund finances. 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