Every year thousands of international participants from government, politics, civil society and other change-making organisations join the Creative Bureaucracy Festival and celebrate outstanding examples of innovative public administrations. The year started with the festival’s Digital Kick-Off Day on 21 March 2024. The live festival will take place on 13 June 2024 in Berlin. Get your ticket now!
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Now Live: Dive into the 2024 Festival Programme!
08.05.2024
The 2024 Creative Bureaucracy Festival programme is now live. Enter our programme calendar and explore our lineup of more than 200 speakers from almost 40 countries, 83 English and German language sessions with several formats such as keynotes, panels, workshops, round tables and even a cruise. Join over a thousand creative minds from around the…
First Festival Programme Highlights
23.04.2024
Prepare to fuel your creativity as we reveal the initial glimpses of the forthcoming programme for the seventh edition of the Creative Bureaucracy Festival, scheduled for June 13, 2024, in Berlin— only two months away! In our new venue at Festsaal Kreuzberg Berlin, we’re introducing new stages, formats, and plenty of opportunities to learn, listen,…
Digital Kick-Off Day Videos & Podcasts now online!
04.04.2024
How can we tap into students’ potential to bridge urban-rural divides? What might an effective national strategy for managing social spending entail? How can grassroots initiatives address pressing challenges like water scarcity? And in what ways can fellowship programmes help to promote digital innovation across entire continents? Almost two weeks ago, we explored groundbreaking projects…
Here are the six Community Voting Winners
26.03.2024
We are overwhelmed by the number of inspiring projects from the public sector! A huge thank you to all the creative bureaucrats who shared their great initiatives with us. In total, more than 90 projects and initiatives were presented by over 150 speakers from 30 countries. This is an incredible diversity and a testament to…
Thank you & let us know what you think!
22.03.2024
We are blown away by all the amazing public sector projects — huge thanks to all the creative bureaucrats who shared their inspiring initiatives! Here are our highlights: 💎 40 Project Showcases – 20 from the DACH region and 20 from the rest of the world 💎 150+ speakers with projects from more than 30…
CAST YOUR VOTE!
15.03.2024
Your voice counts! The Digital Kick-Off Day Community Voting is now live until 21 March. Which topics from this year’s Project Showcases spark your interest the most? Explore the lineup, join us live on 21 March, and select your favourite session. The top six sessions (three german language and three english language Project Showcases) with…
Secure Your Early Bird Festival Ticket!
07.03.2024
Secure your Early Bird Festival Tickets now for the Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2024 on 13 June in Berlin! Join us and over a thousand participants from government, politics, civil society and other change-making organisations to celebrate examples of innovative public administrations from all over the world. Our complete festival programme and all speakers will be…
Digital Kick-Off Day – Programme Revealed!
20.02.2024
The Digital Kick-Off Day is right around the corner and we’re excited to announce that the full programme for the 21 March 2024 is now available online. Join us and a diverse community of creative bureaucrats for a day full of inspiring project showcases, engaging workshops and thought-provoking podcast episodes. Be sure to register in…
REGISTER NOW FOR THE DIGITAL KICK-OFF DAY 2024
08.02.2024
Join us for our first major event of the year, the Digital Kick-Off Day on 21 March 2024. Don’t miss out and register now for free to watch the livestream! This year the programme features three distinct categories and includes over 90 Project Showcases, Digital Workshops, and Podcast Episodes representing more than 25 countries from…
New Year – New Location
24.01.2024
Brace yourselves for exciting news about our live festival in June. The Creative Bureaucracy Festival will return on 13 June 2024 in Berlin with a brand-new location. After two great years at Radialsystem, and with growing interest, we’re expanding to accommodate yet more creativity and collaboration. On 13 June, we will welcome you in Berlin…
Creative Bureaucracy Festival @ Innovate 2023
12.12.2023
The Creative Bureaucracy Festival team visited Vienna at the end of November and had the privilege of participating for the first time at Innovate 2023 – the conference on innovation management in the public sector in Austria. There were many special encounters with long-time friends of the festival and new Austrian connections. Together with our…
The Creative Bureaucracy Festival Jury 2024
16.11.2023
Say hello to the twelve outstanding individuals who will support us in crafting a new festival programme that sparks imagination, challenges the status quo, and showcases bold projects for the greater good – the Creative Bureaucracy Festival Jury 2024! Our global jury excels in digital transformation, city development, innovative project implementation, service design, shifting power balances,…
The 2024 Call for Participation is now open
12.10.2023
The Call for Participation for our 2024 programme is now open. We are calling all creative minds and public sector innovators from all over the world and at all levels to show us your contribution to strengthening democracy. Send us your application until 15 December 2023 in three different categories to become part of our Digital…
Watch the Mainstage Programme online
27.06.2023
Couldn’t join us in Berlin, or missed some of the talks on our mainstage? The entire German and English speaking programme of the mainstage is now available on our YouTube channel for you to watch and share.
Thank you!
23.06.2023
What a fantastic day we had! Once again you managed to far exceed our expectations. Thank you to everyone who was there with us last Thursday and to everyone who contributed to the inspiring programme and experience of the 6th Creative Bureaucracy Festival. Let’s recap! We welcomed more than 1,300 participants onsite in Berlin as…
Walking the Talk: Another City is Possible (Publication)
22.06.2023
How can we scale our collective ability to shape better places for us all to live, work and exist in harmony with each other and nature? In a joint publication with the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt’s RISE Cities program we invited four sets of guest authors involved in this year’s Creative Bureaucracy Festival to share…
Creative Bureaucracy Festival Award Recipients 2023
05.06.2023
Once again, we are immensely proud to recognise exceptional people and projects that are making a real difference in the public sector and improving people’s lives. The Creative Bureaucracy Festival Award honours innovators within or associated with the public sector. This year, for the first time, we will be presenting awards in five categories to…
Young Faces – Young Spaces Award 2023
01.06.2023
The Young Faces – Young Spaces Award will be presented at the Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2023 for the second time, and for the first time with a European focus. This special award honours the creative involvement of young people in the design of public spaces. The award will take place during the Closing Session (18:00-19:00 CEST)…
The Festival Programme Is Now Live
04.05.2023
We’re finally here: the brand new programme of the 6th edition of the Creative Bureaucracy Festival is now live. See all speakers, sessions and formats that will shape our festival and make it louder, bolder, and more inspiring than ever! Discover the dynamics behind a bureaucracy of “impact, trust, futures, networks, unlearning, action, justice, and…
Festival Tickets Available
05.04.2023
Every year over 1,000 international participants striving for the common good – from government, politics, civil society and beyond – join us to share and celebrate outstanding examples of innovative public administrations. Be one of them! When? The festival takes place on 15 June 2023 in Berlin. We start off with our grand opening…
All Digital Kick-Off Day Sessions Online
28.03.2023
The Digital Kick-Off Day was pure joy and you can now watch all sessions online! Thank you to every project, session speaker and guest in front of the camera and thank you to all partners, jury members and organisers for bringing the day to life with us! Last but not least, thank you to every…
SIX WINNERS FOR BERLIN
24.03.2023
We saw dancing fruits, police stations that are now community centres, a container in a market place that houses the local administration, we learned how lawmaking can work in the digital world and much more! 40 sessions with over 100 speakers from 20 countries – it was a great pleasure to bring this day to…
THANK YOU AND SEE YOU IN BERLIN: 15 JUNE 2023
23.03.2023
Thank you for this great start to the festival season! Thanks to everyone in front of and behind the screens, to all our partners & to the best team there is! The creative bureaucracy community has once again shown that innovation in the public sector is no exception – so many inspiring projects were presented today…
CAST YOUR VOTE
17.03.2023
Now it’s your turn! From now until the end of our programme on 23 March the Digital Kick-Off Day community voting is open. Which of the topics or projects catch your attention the most? Which entry do you find the most interesting, relevant, engaging or forward-thinking within the world of creative bureaucracy? Browse the programme, be there…
The Digital Kick-Off Day Programme Is Now Live
23.02.2023
Only one month left until the Digital Kick-Off Day on 23 March 2023, 9:00 – 17:00 (CET)! The complete programme is now online. To join us and many brilliant creative voices online, make sure you register in advance through our Eventbrite page. You will receive a confirmation to save the date in your calendar and…
Register now for the Digital Kick-Off Day 2023
14.02.2023
Are you ready for a new year of public sector innovation with us? It’s time to get started! Register now for free for the first of our core activities this year, the Digital Kick-Off Day on 23 March, 9:00 – 17:00 (CET). Discover 40 digital sessions in German and English from around the world with additional…
Partnership for Creative Bureaucracy Forum by BG Be Active association
20.12.2022
“Public administrations can be flexible, proactive, and innovative. YES – they also employ people who are open and ready to listen to us, as long as we find the right approach to them,” representatives of the administration, business, and civil society organizations united around this opinion during the “Partnership for Creative Bureaucracy” forum on 16…
4th Digital Workshop: Let’s create an economy for people and the planet, together!
13.12.2022
On 1 December 2022 the fourth and final of this year’s four online workshops from our new Digital Workshop Series took place. The event was moderated by Jakob Hafele, co-founder of workshop host ZOE Institute for Future-fit Economies. The climate and biodiversity crisis, together with growing social polarisation, have made increasingly clear that people are…
THE CREATIVE BUREAUCRACY FESTIVAL JURY 2023
01.12.2022
The Creative Bureaucracy Festival Jury 2023 is here! 16 remarkable and inspiring figures who are shaking and shaping the public administration world. We will strive harder than ever to develop a festival programme that empowers the imagination, questions the established, and features bold projects for the common good. With the support of our Jury, we…
REGISTER NOW FOR THE FOURTH & FINAL WORKSHOP
18.11.2022
“Let’s Create an Economy for People and the Planet Together!” – We invite you to the 4th workshop in our Digital Workshop Series. Be quick and don’t miss your chance to secure one of the limited spots for the final creative exchange of this year.