Life is complex, especially our coexistence. The New City, the city of the future, will only succeed with the help of radically cooperative planning. What does cooperative planning mean? Does it mean that politicians and administrators plan together, citizens and politicians, or somehow everyone? The conference "New.City.Participation," on July 6 in Munich, seeks answers. We have invited representatives from the Netherlands, the most densely populated country in the EU. And we ask ourselves: How do they do this in practice?
... what does the new city look like?
With the polder model, the Netherlands follows a tradition of incorporating as many individual perspectives as possible into public planning. The people of the Netherlands have clear ideas about what they want. For example, people formulate their wishes on topics such as sustainable food supplies or mobility. Initial answers are available, developed through exchanges between political decision-makers, administration, and the public.
What is the current state of cooperative planning in Germany? Representatives from citizens' initiatives, administrations, and municipal councils describe the current situations in Potsdam, Coburg, and Nuremberg. Finally, in UrbanLabs, we're testing communication formats such as gamification and simulation games to address these diverse topics.
We organized the conference on behalf of the Federal Agency for Civic Education (BpB) and the Consulate General of the Netherlands. It took place on Friday, July 6, at Werk1, Grafinger Straße 6, 81671 Munich. Registration was via the Federal Agency's website. You can also find the detailed conference program there, or send us an email.