Status.

Cooperativa Integral Sulitânia, CRL (NIF 518771571) is a cooperative registered in Portugal under the Código Cooperativo. It was founded in June 2025.

Work at Quinta da Fornalha in Castro Marim began in May 2023. Sulitânia is winding down its work at that site and seeking a new location. Its experience in living together, regenerative practices and shared governance provides the foundation on which Syntrociety builds.

Sulitânia is currently the legal basis for formal cooperation around the federation in formation.

Syntrociety connects the idea of independent Labs with shared foundations for cooperation and learning. The Charter and Practice are published. SYFERS brings together a method, a framework and digital tools; its parts are being developed further. Publishing a framework does not itself establish the availability of every tool.

The federation is not yet a separately registered legal entity. It has no NIF of its own or filed statutes. A formal Council at federation level is in preparation.

The next phase needs more Labs, workable agreements between them and a suitable legal form. We want that form to reflect the cooperation that actually develops.

Sulitânia is a registered cooperative. The federation’s separate legal entity is in preparation.

You can read and discuss the Charter, Practice and SYFERS framework. Heal the System shares the thinking behind the work. Check individual tools and activities for what is available and what is still developing.

For formal cooperation, Cooperativa Integral Sulitânia, CRL is currently the legal counterparty. Agreements must specify who signs, what obligations apply and how any later transfer or extension to the federation would be arranged.

An initiative considering membership can follow the Become a Lab route. The Charter describes the shared principles and the thirty-day exit clause. Further formal cooperation must be recorded in writing.

For municipalities, regulators and other partners, each project remains subject to its own rules and procedures. The name federation or Lab does not itself determine what is permitted in a place.

This is the intended sequence. There are no fixed dates for the next stages. Progress depends on cooperation, resources and the legal arrangements.

• Stage 1. Current stage. Sulitânia is registered, winding down work at the previous site and seeking a new home. The Charter, Practice and SYFERS framework are published. The federation is taking shape.
• Stage 2. Another Lab joins. A second cooperative adopts the Charter. The Labs involved develop their cooperation and responsibilities further.
• Stage 3. A separate legal entity. The appropriate legal form, statutes, representation and contributions are developed and registered. Existing relationships are transferred according to the conditions of the agreements involved.
• Stage 4. Cooperation between several Labs. Labs work together through the federation, organise shared decision-making and continue building the network of people and partners involved.

Anyone contributing time, knowledge or money should be able to understand who they are working with and what already exists. We therefore make the cooperative, the substantive foundations and the future legal entity separately visible.

Truth and Openness are Charter principles. This page applies them to the federation itself: we name the current stage and what still needs developing.

Have a question or a proposal? Write to hello@syntrociety.org or geral@sulitania.pt. Sulitânia handles correspondence on behalf of the federation in formation.

We update this page when the legal position or stage changes. The version and date at the top show when the text was last revised.

For a contract, investment or partnership, the current legal position must always be confirmed in the agreements themselves. This page presents the public account of where things stand.