The aim of the “Participatory Development Strategy for Lusatia” project funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) is to integrate questions of culture and identity into the structural change process and to promote trust through participation. The project aims to support the handling of the diversity of perspectives as well as arguments and justifications as the basis for cooperation and shaping the future. As part of the nine-month project, in addition to the Trialogue in Berlin, two workshops took place in Lusatia, at which a total of around 70 actors from politics and administration, business, civil society and science as well as cultural workers were present.

The results of the discussions, the presentation of various participation projects and options for action are summarized in the report.

The report is available in German.