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From diversity of interests to basic consensus: four further processes successfully completed

Four municipalities, four unanimous resolutions - the conclusion of another round of municipal development councils shows how local participation can succeed.

Relocation via matching: How do Re:Match partner municipalities rate the data-supported matching of asylum seekers and cities?

Re:Match partner municipalities report on their experiences and assessments of the data-supported matching of people seeking protection and cities.

"It really sparked off for some"

How municipal development councils promote local engagement and motivate citizens to actively participate in local politics - a review of the processes of the model project for VORAN.
Logo and a municipality from the Berlin Governance Platform's Re:Match pilot project in four colours. The individual pieces of the symbol match with the others to create a matching whole.

Re:Match in its second year: new matching and relocation phase successfully implemented

In the 2nd project phase of Re:Match, German municipalities once again welcomed Ukrainian protection seekers after our algorithm calculated the best available matches between cities and protection seekers.

"Migration policy must focus on people seeking protection and municipalities in order to work"

In an interview with Radio Fluchtpunkt on Antenne Münster, BGP speaker Lea Rau discusses EU migration policy.

Why our democracy needs a "living basic consensus"

Berlin Governance Platform founder Gesine Schwan illustrates how municipal development councils strengthen democracy and the common good.

"Democracy is manual labour"

In an interview with Deutschlandfunk, BGP Managing Director Daphne Büllesbach discusses the "state of health" of European democracy.

Combined expertise: Joint development of municipal strategies for sustainability & climate adaptation

In a new article for the Citizen Participation Network, Inga Lutosch and Laura Gerards Iglesias explain the experiences and potential of municipal development councils with regard to the development of municipal sustainability and climate adaptation concepts.

Strengthening democracy at local level

Gesine Schwan & Laura Gerards Iglesias in an interview on local development councils with DEMO, the social democratic magazine for local politics.
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