Participation
Participation formats, participation and co-creation can accompany (strategic) processes
We are convinced that urban development and place branding processes must be conceived, developed and implemented cooperatively from the outset. With analog or digital formats for involvement, participation or co-creation.
Bürger:innen, aber auch Stakeholder und Multiplikatoren werden zu Mitgestaltern, übernehmen Verantwortung, bringen ihre Perspektiven ein und tragen zu transparenten, offen diskutierten Lösungen bei. Auch die Planung von Stadtentwicklern oder Stadtvermarkten kann mit Hilfe von Beteiligungsformaten nachvollziehbar kommuniziert werden. Dadurch entsteht im besten Fall eine breite Basis und Akzeptanz für Projekte.
Folgende Beteiligungsformate nutzen wir – in Kooperation mit unseren Partnern (eine Auswahl):
- Bürgerforen
- Workshops
- Arbeitskreise
- runde Tische
- Zukunftswerkstätten
- Fokusgruppen
- Open-Space-Formate
- kartenbasierten digitalen Umfragen
- World Cafés
- Stakeholderinterviews
Wir als Stadtmanufaktur arbeiten im Bereich Beteiligung und Co-Creation mit einem erfahrenen Netzwerk zusammen. Dabei denken wir das Thema immer mit – im Stakeholdermanagement, in der strategischen Kommunikation, für Ihre Stadt.
Our approach to stakeholder and actor participation
When it comes to participation, there are formal and informal processes that need to be considered. Apart from legally prescribed participation procedures, such as those that exist in urban development and construction planning, there are rarely normatively regulated processes. This presents both opportunities and risks.
Depending on the objectives and possible constellations of stakeholders, it is important to involve them in a meaningful and targeted manner in steering and steering committees. More important, however, are informal committees and platforms in which a topic must be set and positively supported. As the stakeholders mainly come from voluntary structures, an offer with a high “benefit and/or fun factor” is crucial.
However, it can also be formal bodies that require or demand involvement, otherwise it is urban social networks that need to be approached. Sometimes it can be discussions in large groups, in small groups or in 1:1 exchanges.
It is crucial that this is a continuous exchange in which both sides can contribute and represent their respective perspectives and that a concrete result is achieved at the end.
This is not a one-way communication, but a way of working together that is based on reciprocity. It is important to listen to, understand and assess the needs and perspectives of the other person.