• The city of Lausanne has supported the easyswap project from its start, most notably through its social service department. This support moreover, permitted easyswap to begin its activity in October 2008 and to serenly conceive its development.

• The Canton de Vaud, through the unemploymend department, authorized 5D, Lausanne's subsidized temp agency, to develop the initial version of easyswap.

• After Lausanne, Morges was the second city to have wished to set up a partnership with easyswap, and thereby provide the easyswap service to its population.

• Pregny-Chambésy, was the third city to have wished to set up a partnership with easyswap, and thereby provide the easyswap service to its population.

• UniNE, due to its partnership with easyswap since May 2010, becomes the first university of Switzerland to provide its students with a community on easyswap, specifically dedicated to them. Objectives of this partnership: To offer students an innovative service, while equipping the UniNE with a tool able to participate in reinforcing the identity and cohesion of the university community, in a logic of sustainable development.

• The WWF and the IUCN are easyswap partners since June 2010, and thus the two first world-organizations for the protection of nature and environment to offer to their members, and their close relatives, a dedicated community on easyswap.org. Objectives of this partnership: Providing the WWF and IUCN personnel, with an innovative service, able to generate and fluidify the exchange of knowledge and goods among employees, as much as promoting the usage of already manufactured goods, in an attempt to reduce their ecological footprint.

                                  

• 5D allowed easyswap to be launched on October 2008. Even if the collaboration between easyswap and 5D is now over, without the investment of all 5D team, easyswap would never be what it is today.

• Moreover, the Cities Initiative, a federal Conference regrouping 52 Swiss cities, supports easyswap and promotes it among the collectivities that compose it.

Our corporative partners

• Not only has the notable support of the Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (Cantonal Bank of Vaud) given easyswap the opportunity to announce its launch to the press, but also has assured easyswap a presence in Second Life, on one of its islands.

• With its support, Copy Quick has given easyswap different advantages in matters of printing.

Our private or community partners

• A lasting partner, with whom easyswap could take part in several events; Nice Future and easyswap have undoubtedly many future synergies to imagine and to develop together.

• easyswap and the association AVEC are from now on partners, within the framework of the MACIT project (citizen participation missions); the objective of the partnership being – to allow persons beneficiary of social welfare to carry out, on a voluntary basis, a constructive mission within the easyswap association.

• The Joker association is engaged in simplifying access to new information and communication technologies,
  particularly to computers and the internet. Joker is active in the three major areas of digital inclusion (e-Inclusion):
  
  • Technology: furnishing of computing facilities.
  • Social opportunities: opening of meeting places for practice and the sharing of experience.
  • Education: provision of basic computer courses.

• Giraf Productions created 5 short animations for version 1.0 of easyswap. Though no longer in keeping with today's easyswap, these animations made us laugh very much throughout the beginnings of easyswap.

• Troc-Actif is the first LETS to have given the possibility to all its members to register on easyswap. The easyswap version 2.0 places at their disposal a specifically dedicated community on easyswap.

Our media partners

• Within the framework of a media partnership with LaFamily.ch for the years 2009 and 2010.

• Within the framework of a media partnership with Leclimatentrenosmains.org for the years 2009 and 2010.

• Within the framework of a media partnership with Larevuedurable.com for the years 2009 and 2010.

Webmastering and design

• Pierre-Auguste Lambelet joined the team of easyswap in the year 2009 with the aim of developing version 2.0 of the site easyswap.org. Convinced by the relevance of the project, he continues to supply to the easyswap association his know-how and ideas in order to improve the features of easyswap.org.

• A consulting agency and graphic workshop in one, alafolie develops bespoke ideas. Curious and gifted with strong aesthetic sense, its graphic designer explores trends and forms to create logos, promotional materials, annual reports and web sites… For written pieces, illustrations, photography, as much as web-creations, alafolies relies upon its network of competence. Rigor and accuracy of communication are alafolie’s work base, fluidity and imagination its leading thread. alafolie’s guiding principle? Open-mindedness…

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