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Save the Date: 5 June 2025 | Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin + Online

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THE LARGEST FESTIVAL FOR PUBLIC SECTOR INNOVATION.

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 starts with the festival’s Digital Kick-Off Day on 13 March 2025. The live festival takes place on 5 June 2025 in Berlin.

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Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2025

Find out more information about the upcoming festival in 2025

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Call for Participation

Submit your project and become part of the programme

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About us

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LATEST NEWS & UPDATES

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The 2025 Call for Participation is now open

Submit Your Proposal: Call for Participation Open Until 6 December

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ENS Students at Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2024

To reflect on the sessions and experiences at the festival, students prepared reports on a selection of talks that they visited.

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Is Creative Bureaucracy getting anywhere? (Publication)

At the 2024 festival, Laura Sobral released an inspirational step-by-step guide to creative bureaucracy.

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Sustainability in public procurement

A study reveals that only 13.7% of municipal contracts in Germany meet sustainability criteria.

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DARP workshops: Efficient funding management & sustainable school IT

Two free online workshops on efficient funding management and sustainable school IT.

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Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2024 Photos and Videos

Explore photos and videos from the Festival 2024 – relive the highlights!

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Thank you Creative Bureaucrats!

Thank you for making the 7th Creative Bureaucracy Festival a huge success!

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The Creative Bureaucracy Festival Awards 2024

The Creative Bureaucracy Festival Awards honour innovators within or associated with the public sector.

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I’m delighted that so many people with good ideas are meeting at the Creative Bureaucracy Festival to discuss ways to improve government & public administration.

Frank Walter Steinmeier