Citizen participation? Hell no!

Citizen participation? Hell no!

on Apr 29, 2021
The game ‘Citizen participation? Hell no!’ is meant to put everything on the table, to speak out, frankly, honestly, about all the challenges that are to be faced internally within public authorities (but not only) for not implementing citizen participation. Because we know that the problem of citizen participation is not so... [read more]
High democratic quality design / Design haute qualité démocratique

High democratic quality design / Design haute qualité démocratique

on Oct 7, 2020
EN | What does design have to do with democracy? Beyond politics, intellectual debates and governance, democracy also takes place around us in our daily lives. Do everyday products, public or private services contribute to increasing the average level of democracy in our society? Or, on the contrary, do they represent... [read more]
Do we need participatory democracy to save democracy?

Do we need participatory democracy to save democracy?

on Sep 27, 2020
Everyone acknowledges today that democracies around the world are increasingly challenged. The number of issues they have to face – and have difficulties to respond to (social justice, economic stability, climate change, etc.) – put our democracies at risk.
Innophobia : do not innovate

Innophobia : do not innovate

on May 11, 2020
Innovating in the #publicsector? That’s too complicated! Here is our last mini #game called #Innophobia All the reasons why innovation is so hard in #publicinstitutions Game in Fr+En avalaible in our shop for download.
Phasing-in : Amorçage d'un processus d'innovation publique

Phasing-in : Amorçage d’un processus d’innovation publique

on Jul 15, 2019
L’amorçage d’un processus d’innovation publique c’est l’amorçage d’un changement. Or, toute transformation de pratiques, de méthodes et d’outils au sein d’une structure, quelle qu’elle soit, prend du temps. Plutôt que d’essayer de « décréter » le changement, il convient de l’enclencher lentement, progressivement ; il s’agit d’une stratégie de “phasing-in“.... [read more]
Take care of your city’s public services!

Take care of your city’s public services!

on Jul 10, 2018
  “The society is changing at a high speed and the municipality has to change to reconnect with it” declared Fleur Imming, Deputy Mayor of Social Affairs, Life and Districts of the city of Amersfoort (Jégou, F., Bonneau, M. 2015). This average city (150 000 inhabitants) located in The Netherland... [read more]
Scenario stretching game

Scenario stretching game

on Jan 30, 2018
Do you know what is “Scenario-stretching”. Not yet? Well, “Scenario-stretching” is a tool, developed by SDS, to co-create disruptive, surprising and out-of-the-box scenarios and solutions.
We all have a good reason not to evaluate [public policies]

We all have a good reason not to evaluate [public policies]

on May 18, 2017
In local sustainable development projects (local authorities, municipalities, intermunicipal associations, urban areas, etc.), tons of actions are carried out, but the impact of these actions is rarely evaluated. Indeed, there is a tendency to verify whether actions have been completed or not, but local administrations tend not to closely look at the... [read more]
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URBACT CITIES – WHY EXPERIMENTING MATTERS
all projects / Case studies / selected work

[ENGLISH] “Experimenting before deploying”, “testing to verify hypotheses”, this is the logic behind the Small Scale Actions (or Testing Actions) that have been integrated into the URBACT method. As a... [read more]

by admincg on Apr 18, 2023 • No Comments
[ENGLISH] “Experimenting before deploying”, “testing to verify hypotheses”, this is the logic behind the Small Scale Actions (or Testing Actions) that have been integrated into the URBACT method. As a... [read more]
Collecting citizens' voices in Brussels (BE)
Case studies / selected work

Post by Christophe Gouache 2021 is the centenary of the fusion of the former communes of Laeken, Neder Over Hembeek and Haren to the City of Brussels (Belgium). For this... [read more]

by admincg on Aug 10, 2021 • No Comments
Post by Christophe Gouache 2021 is the centenary of the fusion of the former communes of Laeken, Neder Over Hembeek and Haren to the City of Brussels (Belgium). For this... [read more]
Cité Educative Lyon 8e
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Education is a vast and complex sector. There are hundreds of stakeholders from the national education ministry to each school, of all different levels of education, from nurseries to kindergarden... [read more]

by admincg on Jan 19, 2021 • No Comments
Education is a vast and complex sector. There are hundreds of stakeholders from the national education ministry to each school, of all different levels of education, from nurseries to kindergarden... [read more]
Active Citizens for greater participatory democracy
all projects / Case studies / selected work

To download the publication, click on the picture below or go to the bottom of the page to get the link. Citizen’s participation in small and medium EU cities The... [read more]

by admincg on Dec 11, 2019 • No Comments
To download the publication, click on the picture below or go to the bottom of the page to get the link. Citizen’s participation in small and medium EU cities The... [read more]
Inventing Marcoussis 2038 with citizens
all projects / Case studies / selected work

Imagining the future of a village together with citizens by Christophe Gouache How can you build and plan the future development of a village if you don’t involve citizens in... [read more]

by admin on Jan 30, 2019 • No Comments
Imagining the future of a village together with citizens by Christophe Gouache How can you build and plan the future development of a village if you don’t involve citizens in... [read more]
Territorial agri-food policy - BIOCANTEEN
all projects / Case studies / selected work

Info coming soon !

by admin on Jan 30, 2019 • No Comments
Info coming soon !
VILCO - Co-creating urban resilience
all projects / Case studies / selected work

[english] How could the local power and citizen organizations better collaborate to foster resilient local dynamics in favor of the environnement? Many citizen initiatives have taken place in the Brussels... [read more]

by admincg on Dec 13, 2017 • No Comments
[english] How could the local power and citizen organizations better collaborate to foster resilient local dynamics in favor of the environnement? Many citizen initiatives have taken place in the Brussels... [read more]
Design of public services at INET
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[english] Training people to apply the design approach to the public action field, in a classroom-like setting, is quite a challenging wager which often leads to frustration. On the contrary, exclusively... [read more]

by admincg on Dec 13, 2017 • No Comments
[english] Training people to apply the design approach to the public action field, in a classroom-like setting, is quite a challenging wager which often leads to frustration. On the contrary, exclusively... [read more]
Innovation Action-based training at SMEDAR
all projects / Case studies / selected work

[english] Thanks to this on-field application this training is trully action-based – contrary to standard classroom training. Together with SMEDAR and the city of Rouen’s mixed syndicate for waste disposal,... [read more]

by admincg on Dec 13, 2017 • No Comments
[english] Thanks to this on-field application this training is trully action-based – contrary to standard classroom training. Together with SMEDAR and the city of Rouen’s mixed syndicate for waste disposal,... [read more]
NATCONSUMERS - Reducing residential energy through natural language feedback
all projects / Case studies / selected work

How could we be more reasonable consumers? How could we adapt/modify our behaviors towards more responsible and sustainable use of energy in households? Energy saving is not a very sexy... [read more]

by admin on Jun 3, 2017 • No Comments
How could we be more reasonable consumers? How could we adapt/modify our behaviors towards more responsible and sustainable use of energy in households? Energy saving is not a very sexy... [read more]
A game to teach design thinking to kids
all projects / Case studies / selected work

ChangeMakers created Empatheia, an innovative computer learning game that can be easily implemented in formal and non-formal education settings. The main goal of the game is to help children develop... [read more]

by admincg on Jan 13, 2017 • No Comments
ChangeMakers created Empatheia, an innovative computer learning game that can be easily implemented in formal and non-formal education settings. The main goal of the game is to help children develop... [read more]
COMPASS - Responsible research and innovation
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Responsible Innovation COMPASS is an EU-funded H2020 project that supports Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) from emerging technology industries to manage their research, development and innovation activities in a responsible and inclusive... [read more]

by admincg on Jan 13, 2017 • No Comments
Responsible Innovation COMPASS is an EU-funded H2020 project that supports Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) from emerging technology industries to manage their research, development and innovation activities in a responsible and inclusive... [read more]
Public innovation lab SPW Wallonia
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[english] “The gap between what our administration preached as general executive manager of economy, employment and research and it’s actual ability to innovate, kept on growing.” says Isabel Quoilin, DGO6’s... [read more]

by admincg on Jan 13, 2017 • No Comments
[english] “The gap between what our administration preached as general executive manager of economy, employment and research and it’s actual ability to innovate, kept on growing.” says Isabel Quoilin, DGO6’s... [read more]
Evaluation of sustainable policies
all projects / Case studies / selected work

[english] Why don’t we assess the executed public policies of our inlands? What is preventing it from happening? Why does it never/hardly ever happen? How could we ensure that the... [read more]

by admincg on Jan 13, 2017 • No Comments
[english] Why don’t we assess the executed public policies of our inlands? What is preventing it from happening? Why does it never/hardly ever happen? How could we ensure that the... [read more]
Zero Carbon Universities - Campuses of the future
all projects / Case studies / selected work

[english] What is a zero carbon campus? What does it mean ? What does it look like ? How is that different from a traditional campus? What is better in... [read more]

by admin on May 3, 2016 • No Comments
[english] What is a zero carbon campus? What does it mean ? What does it look like ? How is that different from a traditional campus? What is better in... [read more]
CIMULACT - Citizen and Multi-Actor Consultation on Horizon 2020
all projects / Case studies / selected work

CIMULACT: Engaging all of Europe in shaping a desirable and sustainable future Citizens to provide concrete and unique input to the European Union’s research and innovation agenda CIMULACT stands for... [read more]

by admin on May 3, 2016 • 1 Comment
CIMULACT: Engaging all of Europe in shaping a desirable and sustainable future Citizens to provide concrete and unique input to the European Union’s research and innovation agenda CIMULACT stands for... [read more]
Action-research on Juvenile justice in Guadeloupe
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Participatory action research for the staff intervening with minors entrusted by a court decision both in the public sector and the voluntary sector and concerned with the care of violent... [read more]

by admin on May 3, 2016 • No Comments
Participatory action research for the staff intervening with minors entrusted by a court decision both in the public sector and the voluntary sector and concerned with the care of violent... [read more]
Reuse of vacant spaces – REFILL – Urbact project
all projects / Case studies / selected work

More info coming soon.

by admin on Jan 7, 2016 • No Comments
More info coming soon.
Social innovation in cities – Urbact capitalisation
all projects / Case studies / selected work

URBACT II (2007-2013) is a European exchange programme promoting sustainable and integrated urban development in line with the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy. It enables European cities to work... [read more]

by admin on Jan 12, 2015 • No Comments
URBACT II (2007-2013) is a European exchange programme promoting sustainable and integrated urban development in line with the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy. It enables European cities to work... [read more]
Visions+21 toolbox
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To enable local authorities to build upon the national working group reflections on “Rio+20 and after : The future of Agenda 21″ and lead a prospective exercise of their own Local Agenda 21, a... [read more]

by admin on Aug 14, 2014 • No Comments
To enable local authorities to build upon the national working group reflections on “Rio+20 and after : The future of Agenda 21″ and lead a prospective exercise of their own Local Agenda 21, a... [read more]
Sustainable food in urban communities [urbact]
all projects / Case studies / food / local sustainable transition / selected work / sustainable living

  The URBACT Thematic Network “Sustainable Food in Urban Communities” is a project involving 10 European cities that wish to grow, deliver and enjoy more sustainable food: they are looking for joint,... [read more]

by admin on Nov 6, 2013 • 1 Comment
  The URBACT Thematic Network “Sustainable Food in Urban Communities” is a project involving 10 European cities that wish to grow, deliver and enjoy more sustainable food: they are looking for joint,... [read more]
Agenda 21 France / Rio+20 : the future of Agendas 21
all projects / Case studies / selected work

How can we (re)design local governance to facilitate local sustainable transformations?

by admin on Jan 15, 2013 • 3 Comments
How can we (re)design local governance to facilitate local sustainable transformations?
CORPUS Sustainable Street 2030
all projects / Case studies / evidencing / exhibition / selected work / sustainable living

Walking on a street of a sustainable city in 20 years from now…

by admin on Jan 15, 2013 • 1 Comment
Walking on a street of a sustainable city in 20 years from now…
Sustainable Lifestyles 2050 (SPREAD)
all projects / Case studies / selected work / sustainable living

What is a sustainable lifestyle? What will a sustainable future mean for the way we live, move, and consume? How do we know if our lifestyles are sustainable or not?... [read more]

by admin on Jan 8, 2013 • No Comments
What is a sustainable lifestyle? What will a sustainable future mean for the way we live, move, and consume? How do we know if our lifestyles are sustainable or not?... [read more]
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