The festival’s online event on 13 March
Digital Kick-Off Day
The first of our core activities of the year is the Digital Kick-Off Day, which offers a packed programme of inspiring examples of creative bureaucracy in action. It is a free online event for everyone across the globe with jury-selected sessions from our global Call for Participation – kicking off a new year of public sector innovation and offering an additional platform for forward-thinking ideas and projects prior to the live festival in Berlin.
The Digital Kick-Off Day on 13 March this year was a huge success! With 30 Project Showcases and 15 Digital Workshops from 15 countries, the event brought together a global audience. 1,500 viewers from around the world tuned in via livestream and over 6,500 votes were cast in the Community Voting.
In the end, six Community Voting winners and two Jury Favourites are invited to present on the festival’s big stage on 5 June in Berlin.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIGITAL KICK-OFF DAY 2025
The Digital Kick-Off Day took place on Thursday, 13 March 2025. The programme as well as the digital workshops ran from early morning until late evening. News about the next Digital Kick-Off Day will follow.
The Digital Kick-Off Day is a free event which was streamed live on our website. The digital workshops took place on various platforms organised by our partner hosts.
The programme showcased public sector innovations and various projects and initiatives that demonstrate effective bureaucracy hacking in action. The livestream was split into two parts: a German language half and an English language half. The German language programme focused on projects from the DACH region and the English programme on projects from all other parts the world. Each half included welcoming sessions, talks, interviews and the presentation of the successful Call for Participation project showcases. Digital workshops took place throughout the day in different time slots.
The Digital Kick-Off Day is free of charge. The programme was livestreamed on our website.
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
