The festival’s online event in March
Digital Kick-Off
12 project showcases and 20+ workshops spanning Africa, Europe, Latin America, North America, Asia, and Oceania.
The Digital Kick-Off marks the starting point of the Creative Bureaucracy Festival year. From 3–5 March 2026, it brings together public servants, innovators, and changemakers from around the world for three days of online Project Showcases and digital workshops. As a free, global event, the Digital Kick-Off highlights practical examples of creative bureaucracy in action and sets the tone for the festival programme leading into the live event in Berlin in June.
The community voting starts 27 February, simply follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn for the latest updates.
What to expect
Digital Workshops
The Digital Kick-Off features a curated selection of interactive online workshops in German and English. These sessions focus on hands-on exchange, practical tools, and shared learning, offering participants the opportunity to dive deeper into methods, challenges, and experiences from across the public sector.
There is no cost to participate in the workshop programme.
Digital Workshops
The Digital Kick-Off features a curated selection of interactive online workshops in German and English. These sessions focus on hands-on exchange, practical tools, and shared learning, offering participants the opportunity to dive deeper into methods, challenges, and experiences from across the public sector.
There is no cost to participate in the workshop programme.
Projekt Showcases & Community Voting
Discover innovative approaches to public sector transformation from the DACH region and around the world. Watch the short project videos, explore bold ideas in action, and vote for the projects you want to see live at the Creative Bureaucracy Festival. Two projects – one German-language and one English-language – will be selected by community vote and invited to present on 11 June in Berlin.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIGITAL KICK-OFF 2026
The Digital Kick-Off 2026 takes place from 3–5 March 2026. Project Showcases and digital workshops are spread across the three days, with activities running throughout the day.
The Digital Kick-Off is a free, online event.
Project Showcases are published via the Creative Bureaucracy Festival’s Instagram and LinkedIn channels.
Digital workshops take place online and are hosted on various platforms by the respective partner organisations. You can sign up for workshops via our programme calendar and the Creative Bureaucracy Festival Eventbrite. Workshops will be available starting the middle of February.
The Digital Kick-Off features Project Showcases and digital workshops highlighting creative bureaucracy in action.
Project Showcases present innovative public sector initiatives from both the DACH region and the international community and are shared as short, pre-recorded videos. German-language projects are published on 3 March via LinkedIn and Instagram, international projects on 4 March. The programme concludes on 5 March with the announcement of six jury favourites and two winning projects of the community voting—one German-language and one international.
Alongside the Project Showcases, a curated selection of digital workshops in German and English takes place across the three days, offering hands-on exchange, practical tools, and peer learning.
Workshops will be available starting the middle of February.
The Digital Kick-Off is free of charge and open to everyone.
- Project Showcases & voting:
To follow the Project Showcases and take part in community voting, simply follow the Creative Bureaucracy Festival on Instagram and LinkedIn.
- Digital workshops:
Participation in workshops requires registration via Eventbrite. Registration will be available starting in mid-February.
Creative solutions in policy and bureaucracy go hand in hand. We need both if we want to build trusted and effective democratic institutions.
Joseph Langner, Co-Managing Director, JoinPolitics
COMMUNITY VOTING