The largest festival for public sector innovation!

Every year over a thousand international participants from government, politics, civil society and other change-making organisations join us to share and celebrate outstanding examples of innovative public administrations.

The Creative Bureaucracy Festival will return on 5 June 2025 in Berlin to rethink principles, processes and practices of our public institutions. Once again we will welcome creative minds, public sector innovators and creative changemakers from all over the world.

In 2024 we welcomed more than 1,850 participants onsite in Berlin as well as about 2,500 viewers who joined us via our  livestream. In 83 English and German speaking sessions, more than 200 speakers and project participants from around the world shared their expertise on administrative innovations. You can watch all sessions of the programme of the Impact Stage from 2024 on our YouTube channel here.

Prior to the live festival in Berlin, the Digital Kick-Off Day in March, ushers in a new year for administrative innovation with forward-looking ideas and projects. The online event consists of the entries selected by the festival jury from the annual Call for Participation.

WHEN?
The Festival takes place on 5 June 2025. Doors open at 8:00 (CEST) and all programme sessions will run between 9:00 – 19:00 (CEST). And to ensure this really feels like the festival we all deserve, we were excited to also offer a day of music, art and entertainment throughout the day until late.

WHERE?
We will welcome you in Berlin at Festsaal Kreuzberg.

WHAT’S ON?
Similar to previous years we will offer sessions from speakers around the world presenting innovative solutions for the administration of tomorrow: faster digitalisation, strategies for comprehensive equality, a more skilled work force, and better coordination of collective action on the biggest challenges of our time. Our programme schedule and all speakers will be announced in April/May 2025.

HOW TO TAKE PART?
To join us on site in Berlin make sure to secure your festival ticket. Tickets will go on sale in March 2025. It gives you access to all stages and areas at the venue, allowing you to take part in the entire programme. You can’t travel to be with us on site? You can watch our livestream for free and join us digitally! We stream our biggest stage which hosts several keynotes, specialist lectures and project presentations on a variety of themes.