With online meetings, we often make the mistake of just copying what we usually do in face-to-face meetings. But instead, we should look at what online meetings are best suited for and for which face-to-face meetings are not! Another important[…]
Catégorie : Social innovation
UTOPANG, A DROP OF WATER IN BEIJING!
François Jégou, Strategic Design Scenarios, November 2019 (Version française à la suite) « We community collaborators have many ideas, but they are like a cloud. During these two days of work with the design[…]
INVENTIO @ SUPERDEMOCRATIE…
(English version below) Le Sénat de Belgique accueille SUPERDEMOCRATIE du 1er au 31 octobre 2017. Initiative conjointe de M HKA, BPS 22, BOZARS et VUB CROSSTALKS cette exposition présente des œuvres contemporaines et des commentateurs invités autour des thèmes INVESTIGATIO,[…]
Que pensent les acteurs publics et les initiatives citoyennes des moyens d’améliorer leur collaboration ?
La collaboration entre autorités publiques et initiatives citoyennes ne fonctionne pas bien. Pourtant, elle peut s’améliorer. D’entrée de jeu, le ton de l’atelier « gouvernance » organisé par l’équipe du projet VILCO dans cadre des Rencontres des initiatives citoyennes durables à Bruxelles du 13[…]
HQD DESIGN (HIGH DEMOCRATIC QUALITY)
What does design have to do with democracy? Democracy is usually a matter of politics, of debate of ideas, of governance but democracy is hidden also in the folds of our daily life. This workshop aims to examine products,[…]
THE FUTURE OF ME
THE FUTURE OF ME in a sustainable world: a forward-looking game in which you are both the main player and the main focus! THE FUTURE OF ME IN A NUTSHELL… The project « THE FUTURE OF ME » proposes that we think[…]
BIBMARKT MATCH-MAKING
Eight o’clock: people crowd in front of the entrance to De Centraale. Inside it is full: a long line of people waits in front of the counters to withdraw their places. A concert ? A show ? Not at all.[…]
Back from Helsinki Design Week…
As a foreign visitor a Design Week is not an easy to use service: 250 events spread all other the city and along more than one week is difficult to grasp in a short 2 days visit… So this article[…]
Design des politiques publiques: un exercice pratique…
Comment les villes peuvent-elles mieux collaborer avec les citoyens? Comment adapter la gouvernance et les politiques publiques des municipalités pour tirer au mieux parti de l’innovation sociale? Les transformations en cours dans la ville d’Amersfoort/NL et l’exemple d’autres villes Européennes[…]
Killing the powerpoint and the keynote!
What will you bring home from the URBACT City Festival in Riga? was the question asked by the moderator Sally Kneeshaw at the final panel of participants representing various levels of local, national and EU governance. Typical question where you[…]
Stakeholders process ‘in piazza’?
…one of the many lessons learned from Sustainable Food in Urban Communities URBACT thematic network was the very different cultures of participation and stakeholder processes accross our partner cities. Where it is pretty straight forward in Amersfoort/NL or Bristol/UK for[…]