Power Group Purchasing™ © – Governance Five™

Custodianship – Ecosystem and IP Protection

Custodianship defines authorship, lawful use and ecosystem boundaries for the Power Group Purchasing™ © Governance, Procurement and Stakeholder-Engagement System and Framework. Independently and civilian-authored by C. Kechagias (ABN 30 492 616 774). Use under licence only.

Overview – The Power Group Purchasing™ © Ecosystem

The Power Group Purchasing™ © Ecosystem is a licensed governance and stakeholder-participation environment protecting fairness, transparency and accountability across community, enterprise and government settings.

It operates as a closed loop of licensed participation within ethical, procedural and reporting boundaries defined by the Framework.

The ecosystem includes documentation, flow models, templates, diagrams and the five-stage methodology Govern – Engage – Aggregate – Deliver – Evolve™ © together with licensing schedules and program structures that enable traceable, reason-based decisions.

The Framework recognises Sovereign Capability, Social Value and ESG-aligned principles as interconnected measures of ethical governance and responsible participation. Where ESG terminology is not formally adopted, equivalent concepts of fairness, transparency, national resilience and public accountability apply. This ensures lawful, apolitical and globally consistent use of the Framework across all jurisdictions.

Authorship and Governance Custodianship

Comparable or derivative systems may operate only under licence or written authorisation from the Custodian. Power Group™ © functions as the humanitarian, non-commercial extension under the same custodianship.

Protected works and components

Category	Examples	Notes
Core methodology	Five-stage model, governance logic, decision flows, role definitions, scoring and aggregation principles	Protected as an original System and Framework under copyright law.
Documents & templates	Guides, checklists, stakeholder maps, evaluation forms, participation protocols	Licensed for use by approved participants only.
Visuals & diagrams	Process diagrams, stage icons, framework schematics, training slides	Reproduction requires attribution and licence.
Licensing schedules	Fee schedules, tier definitions, PVF and value-alignment rules	Integral to governance integrity and trust.
Marks & terminology	Power Group Purchasing™ ©, Power Group™ ©, named stages, distinctive phrases within the Framework	Use must not mislead or imply authorisation where none exists.