“To get familiar with design-based approaches, we consider that the best way to learn is through action-training formats. As designers, skills and competencies are mostly gained through ‘learning by doing’. Therefore, a classroom is rarely the right place for that.”
In order to contribute to the transformation of practices , SDS is proposing multiple design-centered training opportunities. In terms of training, Strategic Design Scenarios is currently active through:
- Action-training at INET (Institut National des Etudes Territoriales – National Institute of Territorial Studies) in Strasbourg (Fr) on Participatory approaches and design of public services
Audience: Directors of City/Regional Administrations
Format: 20 hours (3 full days of action-training) - Training courses at Sciences Po Lille (Fr) on Design and public innovation
Audience: Political Science Master Degree students
Format: 18 hours (6 x 3hours) - Training courses at La Cambre Design School (Be) on Sustainability & design
Audience: Design Master Degree students
Format: 30 hours - Conferences, lectures and keynotes – Introducing design practices in policy making, Design applied to public innovation, Design of participatory processes, Design and participatory foresight
Audience: Experts, researchers, practitioners, civil servants, citizens
Format: 30-120 min
SDS also conducts in-situ action-training sessions with local public authorities as well as national ones. If you are interested by a training, feel free to contact us.
Our methods
We offer various methods and formats of training:
- Interactive and participatory conferences/lectures/keynotes
- Action-training workshops/sessions
- Fishbowl conversations
- Live action-exhibitions
- Roleplay
- Serious/provocative games
- etc.
List of some conferences/ lectures/ keynotes
Training of European Urban Initiative (EUI) staff about design thinking | Lille, France | June 2024
Training for EU Cohesion Policy managing authorities about participatory process and citizen engagement –Keynote & workshop | European Institute of Public Administration | May 2024
Lecture to elected officials and heads of departments of the County Authority of the Reunion Island (Conseil Départemental 974) on participatory democracy and design of public policies | Reunion Island, France | November 2022
Citizen participation? What an idea! – Co-organising and co-facilitating 2 european days of debate, workshops and lectures on participatory democracy – European Parliament of Strasbourg, France – Conseil National des Villes – ANCT – June 2022
Training of city heads of departments and elected officials of the city of St Quentin on design-based & participatory policymaking | St Quentin, France | May 2022
Annual seminar of directors of the City of Agen – Design applied to public innovation and participatory processes | Keynote – Agen, France | November 2019
National Policy Evaluation Days – Société Française d’Evaluation – Exploring the links between design-based investigation practices and police-investigation practices | Keynote & workshop – Sciences Po Bordeaux, France | June 2019
Annual seminar of directors of the City of Lyon – Design practices applied to public innovation and investigation of public policies through design and police based practices – Conference – Lyon, France | June 2019
Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels – Design for collaborative cities | Round table with Ezio Manzini, Virginia Tassinari, Alessandro Rancati & Giovanna Massoni – Brussels, Belgium | May 2019
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) – Rethinking governance and the future through participatory approaches – keynote | Seminar : Engaging Communities In Research – Methodologies for Understanding Today Complex Urban Environments | January 2019
IFAPME – Institut wallon de Formation en Alternance – Design & innovation applied to the public sector – Training directors – Charleroi, Belgium | September 2018
Let’s talk about design & politics – Introduction to Designing public policy – keynote – at MAD (Fashion and Design Platform) | Brussels, Belgium, March 2018
Euro-metropolitan City of Lille, Housing Department – Public innovation by design – How to apply design thinking approaches to better collaborate with users in housing policies? – conference | Lille, France | March 2018
IWEPS – Institut Wallon de l’Evaluation, de la Prospective et de la Statistique – FUTURAMA – Participatory foresight and democracy – keynote | Namur, Belgium | February 2018
3rd Technology Assessment Conference – Cork – Stimulating conversations about the future in citizen-based participatory processes – keynote | May 2017
EU Parliament – Civic Innovation Network – ” Bridging civic innovation and politics ” – Experts panel | March 2017
Conference-summary on the National Day of the Club EcoQuartier, Cité of Sciences and Industry, Paris, France | 2017
Home Automation Scenario Building Workshop for AAB Technology, Product Services Systems, Milan Politecnico, Italy | 2017
Inaugural Conference, French Agronomy Association, Mirabel, France | 2017
Moderator of URBACT roundtable, JERU 2017, National Day of the French National Agency for Urban Renovation (ANRU), Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, France | 2017
Keynote Pradel AFA (Annual Agronomy Association Congress), Mirabel, France | 2017
Conference NATCONSUMERS, ICLEI Brussels, Belgium | 2017
Moderation URBACT conference, JERU 2017 (National Urban Renov. Symposium) Paris, France | 2017
Conference Leuven Irish Institute, Leuven, Belgium | 2017
Conference Unusual Suspect Festival, Social Innovation Exchange, London, UK | 2017
Conference and workshop Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Brussels, Belgium | 2017
Workshop DutchGov for 120 civil servants from Dutch Ministries, Brussels, Belgium | 2017
Conference, High Democratic Quality design HackBelgium, Brussels, Belgium | 2017
Conference, research seminar, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland | 2017
Keynote, FIP-explo research seminar, ANR (French Nat. Research Project), Paris, France | 2017
And many more…