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Gesine Schwan on Municipal Development Councils in the Citizen Participation Handbook

Gesine Schwan has contributed an article on municipal development councils to the new edition of the Kursbuch Bürgerbeteiligung.

Democracy requires democrats

How can we support citizens in their self-efficacy as political subjects and arm them against the simplistic populism of the AFD? In the podcast "Politisches Feuilleton" by Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Daphne Büllesbach presents the model of municipal development councils and describes how they become places of political education and activation where democratic...
A banner for the blog entry "Re:Match project: First relocation & admission via matching successful!" from July 2023 for a migration project of the Berlin Governance Platform.

Re:Match project: second relocation & admission via matching successful!

With the help of an algorithm-supported process, we successfully matched and relocated a group of 26 Ukrainian asylum seekers from Poland with the German municipalities this week.

Municipal Development Councils - four new municipalities chosen!

On 6 June 2023, our expert jury selected four municipalities for the new project cycle 2023 - 2025. Until April 2025, the Berlin Governance Platform will support the cities of Cottbus, Duisburg, Frankfurt (Oder) and the joint municipality of Meinersen in establishing the new participatory approach "Municipal Development Advisory Board" on site.

Transit Talk #11 - Has municipalism failed?

For the podcast Transit Talk by the Institut Solidarische Moderne, our Managing Director Daphne Büllesbach discussed the municipalist movement and how cities can become places of successful transformation with political scientist Raul Zelik, Lisa Jaspers from the Municipalism Working Group and Gesine Schwan, President of the Berlin Governance Platform.

Discussion round "Climate. Politics. Social."

In a panel discussion, we will present the results of our Social Actors project and offer a platform for an exchange of experiences between social policy actors on their role in the socio-ecological transformation.

Hoyerswerda Municipal Development Council: plans for the "Grüner Saum"

Hoyerswerda is a partner municipality in the pilot project Municipal Development Councils. Since January 2023, around 30 volunteer councillors in Hoyerswerda have been working on an overall concept for the green seam.
A screenshot of the WDR article "Düsseldorf tests system for refugee distribution" The Re:Match project was portrayed in a new WDR audio report, among other things about the project status in our partner municipality Düsseldorf and our goal of piloting a needs-based and individualised distribution mechanism using an algorithm.

WDR: "Düsseldorf tests system for refugee distribution"

The Re:Match project was portrayed in a new WDR audio report, among other things about the project status in our partner municipality Düsseldorf and our goal of piloting a demand-oriented and individualised distribution mechanism using an algorithm.
A banner for the blog entry "Re:Match project: First relocation & admission via matching successful!" from May 2023 for a migration project of the Berlin Governance Platform.

Re:Match project: first relocation & admission via matching successful!

With the help of an algorithm-supported process, we successfully matched and relocated a group of 20 Ukrainian asylum seekers from Poland with the German municipalities this week.

Westfalen-Blatt: Kalletal takes a closer look at health care

The Kalletal Municipal Development Advisory Board (KEB) has now met for the first of four meetings in the Kalldorf village community centre. The discussions focussed on healthcare provision in the community.
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