Partago

Partago was a Belgian cooperative based in Ghent that operated a fleet of electric shared cars and cargo bikes for its members. Founded in 2015 by five citizens from Ghent with different professional backgrounds, it was driven by an ideological goal: to contribute to a sustainable society by offering electric car-sharing as a mobility solution. The cooperative worked with local governments to accelerate the transition to electric mobility, and its board was seated in Ghent. Membership was structured on cooperative principles. Every user was a co-owner of the cooperative: to join, one had to buy at least one share in the cooperative company Partago. That share granted voting rights at the general assembly under the principle of one-person-one-vote. After completing registration, members could reserve cars via a web app or mobile app. Cars were opened wirelessly with a smartphone — no key — via a 4G or Bluetooth connection. Payment was by direct debit (Coop Formule) or prepaid. By 2022, together with roaming partner CoopStroom, Partago had around 116 electric shared cars under management in Belgium. Its vehicles were located in several provinces, including East Flanders (Ghent and Wetteren), Antwerp (Boechout, Bonheiden, Brasschaat, Hemiksem, Lint, Mortsel and Wijnegem) and Flemish Brabant (Beersel, Halle and Leuven). In West Flanders, CoopStroom was active, and thanks to the CEDAN network those cars could be used by Partago members and vice versa. From July 2022, Partago offered an online map where interested people could commit to a new electric shared car at a proposed location; if there was sufficient interest, Partago placed a car there. Partago was a co-founder, alongside other cooperatives, of the CEDAN network (Coöperatief Elektrische DeelAuto Netwerk). In 2018 it founded the European cooperative The Mobility Factory together with eight other European cooperatives, and subsequently transferred its IT platform to that new entity so the platform could be further developed cooperatively for the benefit of all European cooperatives. In 2020 it began a collaboration with CoopStroom, a citizen cooperative run on the same cooperative principles, so that each other's members could use each other's fleets. At the end of 2023, Partago had sold or transferred around twenty cars to CoopStroom. On 9 July 2024, the bankruptcy of the organization was registered. Note: the current website at partago.be presents guitar-related content (acoustic, electric and bass guitars, blogs and a guitar assessment), which does not match the historical car-sharing cooperative described in the encyclopedic record. The brand dossier here follows the documented Belgian car-sharing cooperative.

Partago was founded in 2015 by five citizens from Ghent, each with a different professional background. The initiative was started from an ideological standpoint: the goal was to contribute to a sustainable society by delivering mobility solutions, specifically electric shared cars. The board of the organization was seated in Ghent. In 2018, Partago founded the European cooperative The Mobility Factory together with eight other European cooperatives. Partago subsequently transferred its IT platform to this new entity, with the aim of having the platform further developed in a cooperative manner for the benefit of all European cooperatives. In 2020, Partago started a collaboration with CoopStroom, a citizen cooperative managed with the same cooperative principles as Partago, with the goal of letting each other's members use each other's vehicle fleet. By 2022, together with roaming partner CoopStroom, there were around 116 electric shared cars under management in Belgium. Partago was, together with other cooperatives, a co-founder of the CEDAN network (Coöperatief Elektrische DeelAuto Netwerk). In West Flanders, CoopStroom was active; thanks to CEDAN, those cars could also be used by Partago members and vice versa. From July 2022, Partago had an online map where interested people could commit to a new electric shared car at a certain proposed location. If there was sufficient interest, Partago placed a car there. At the end of 2023, Partago had sold or transferred around twenty cars to CoopStroom. On 9 July 2024, the bankruptcy of the organization was registered. As of July 2022, Partago cars were located in the provinces of East Flanders (Ghent and Wetteren), Antwerp (Boechout, Bonheiden, Brasschaat, Hemiksem, Lint, Mortsel and Wijnegem) and Flemish Brabant (Beersel, Halle and Leuven). As of May 2026, the Partago cars had been removed in Boechout and Wijnegem. Note: the current website at partago.be presents guitar-related content, which does not match the historical car-sharing cooperative described in the encyclopedic record.

• 2024

  Bankruptcy registered on 9 July 2024.

• 2023

  Around twenty cars sold or transferred to CoopStroom by year-end.

• 2022

  Around 116 electric shared cars under management in Belgium together with CoopStroom; online map launched in July.

• 2020

  Partago starts collaboration with CoopStroom for mutual fleet use.

• 2018

  Partago co-founds The Mobility Factory with eight other European cooperatives and transfers its IT platform to it.

• 2015

  Partago founded by five citizens from Ghent.

Cooperative, member-owned electric car-sharing focused on sustainable mobility.

• Electric shared cars

• Cargo bikes

• Cooperative membership shares

1. 1Partago: de wereld van gitaren ontdekkenpartago.be
2. 2Partago - Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Partago - Wikipedia (Dutch)nl.wikipedia.org