News from us and our partners Breadcrumb Home About News & Updates Find all recent news about the festival and our partners here. Get to Know the Festival Jury 2025 We’re thrilled to unveil the inspiring individuals who will help shape the next Creative Bureaucracy Festival year with us. Learn more The 2025 Call for Participation is now open Submit Your Proposal: Call for Participation Open Until 6 December. Learn more 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. Learn more Is Creative Bureaucracy getting anywhere? (Publication) At the 2024 festival, Laura Sobral released an inspirational step-by-step guide to creative bureaucracy. Learn more Sustainability in public procurement A study reveals that only 13.7% of municipal contracts in Germany meet sustainability criteria. Learn more DARP workshops: Efficient funding management & sustainable school IT Two free online workshops on efficient funding management and sustainable school IT. Learn more Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2024 Photos and Videos Explore photos and videos from the Festival 2024 – relive the highlights! Learn more Thank you Creative Bureaucrats! Thank you for making the 7th Creative Bureaucracy Festival a huge success! Learn more Your Creative Bureaucracy Festival Checklist All you need to know for 13 June 2024! Learn more The Creative Bureaucracy Festival Awards 2024 The Creative Bureaucracy Festival Awards honour innovators within or associated with the public sector. Learn more The German Recovery and Resilience Plan (DARP) DARP - Germany's response to the challenges of the coronavirus crisis Learn more Your Festival Guide With the festival just two weeks away, ensure you're fully prepared for your upcoming experience. Learn more Now Live: Dive into the 2024 Festival Programme! The wait is over: the 2024 Creative Bureaucracy Festival programme is now live. Learn more First Festival Programme Highlights Prepare to fuel your creativity as we reveal the initial glimpses of the forthcoming programme! Learn more Digital Kick-Off Day Videos & Podcasts now online! We're excited to announce that all sessions are now available to view online, along with all podcast episodes that were published on the day Learn more Here are the six Community Voting Winners A round of applause for the winners who will be invited to present their projects live on stage of the Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2024! Learn more Thank you & let us know what you think! A huge thanks to all the creative bureaucrats who shared their inspiring initiatives! Learn more CAST YOUR VOTE! Your voice counts! The Digital Kick-Off Day Community Voting is now live until 21 March. Learn more Secure Your Early Bird Festival Ticket! Secure your Early Bird Festival Tickets now for the Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2024 on 13 June in Berlin! Learn more Digital Kick-Off Day – Programme Revealed! The Digital Kick-Off Day is right around the corner and we're excited to announce that the full programme! Learn more REGISTER NOW FOR THE DIGITAL KICK-OFF DAY 2024 Join us for our first major event of the year, the Digital Kick-Off Day on 21 March 2024. Learn more New Year – New Location The Creative Bureaucracy Festival will return on 13 June 2024 in Berlin with a brand-new location. Learn more Creative Bureaucracy Festival @ Innovate 2023 The Creative Bureaucracy Festival team visited Vienna at the end of November. Learn more The Creative Bureaucracy Festival Jury 2024 Say hello to the twelve outstanding individuals who will support us in crafting a new festival programme! Learn more The 2024 Call for Participation is now open The Call for Participation for our 2024 programme is now open. Learn more Watch the Mainstage Programme online Couldn't join us in Berlin, or missed some of the talks on our mainstage? Learn more Thank you! Thank you to everyone who was there with us last Thursday! Learn more Walking the Talk: Another City is Possible (Publication) 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? Learn more Creative Bureaucracy Festival Award Recipients 2023 The Creative Bureaucracy Festival Award honours innovators within or associated with the public sector. Learn more Young Faces - Young Spaces Award 2023 Learn more about this award Learn more The Festival Programme Is Now Live We're finally here: the brand new programme of the 6th edition of the Creative Bureaucracy Festival is now live. Learn more Festival Tickets Available Every year over 1,000 international participants striving for the common good – from government, politics, civil society and beyond. 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Get to Know the Festival Jury 2025 We’re thrilled to unveil the inspiring individuals who will help shape the next Creative Bureaucracy Festival year with us. Learn more
The 2025 Call for Participation is now open Submit Your Proposal: Call for Participation Open Until 6 December. Learn more
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. Learn more
Is Creative Bureaucracy getting anywhere? (Publication) At the 2024 festival, Laura Sobral released an inspirational step-by-step guide to creative bureaucracy. Learn more
Sustainability in public procurement A study reveals that only 13.7% of municipal contracts in Germany meet sustainability criteria. Learn more
DARP workshops: Efficient funding management & sustainable school IT Two free online workshops on efficient funding management and sustainable school IT. Learn more
Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2024 Photos and Videos Explore photos and videos from the Festival 2024 – relive the highlights! Learn more
Thank you Creative Bureaucrats! Thank you for making the 7th Creative Bureaucracy Festival a huge success! Learn more
The Creative Bureaucracy Festival Awards 2024 The Creative Bureaucracy Festival Awards honour innovators within or associated with the public sector. Learn more
The German Recovery and Resilience Plan (DARP) DARP - Germany's response to the challenges of the coronavirus crisis Learn more
Your Festival Guide With the festival just two weeks away, ensure you're fully prepared for your upcoming experience. Learn more
Now Live: Dive into the 2024 Festival Programme! The wait is over: the 2024 Creative Bureaucracy Festival programme is now live. Learn more
First Festival Programme Highlights Prepare to fuel your creativity as we reveal the initial glimpses of the forthcoming programme! Learn more
Digital Kick-Off Day Videos & Podcasts now online! We're excited to announce that all sessions are now available to view online, along with all podcast episodes that were published on the day Learn more
Here are the six Community Voting Winners A round of applause for the winners who will be invited to present their projects live on stage of the Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2024! Learn more
Thank you & let us know what you think! A huge thanks to all the creative bureaucrats who shared their inspiring initiatives! Learn more
CAST YOUR VOTE! Your voice counts! The Digital Kick-Off Day Community Voting is now live until 21 March. Learn more
Secure Your Early Bird Festival Ticket! Secure your Early Bird Festival Tickets now for the Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2024 on 13 June in Berlin! Learn more
Digital Kick-Off Day – Programme Revealed! The Digital Kick-Off Day is right around the corner and we're excited to announce that the full programme! Learn more
REGISTER NOW FOR THE DIGITAL KICK-OFF DAY 2024 Join us for our first major event of the year, the Digital Kick-Off Day on 21 March 2024. Learn more
New Year – New Location The Creative Bureaucracy Festival will return on 13 June 2024 in Berlin with a brand-new location. Learn more
Creative Bureaucracy Festival @ Innovate 2023 The Creative Bureaucracy Festival team visited Vienna at the end of November. Learn more
The Creative Bureaucracy Festival Jury 2024 Say hello to the twelve outstanding individuals who will support us in crafting a new festival programme! Learn more
The 2024 Call for Participation is now open The Call for Participation for our 2024 programme is now open. Learn more
Watch the Mainstage Programme online Couldn't join us in Berlin, or missed some of the talks on our mainstage? Learn more
Walking the Talk: Another City is Possible (Publication) 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? Learn more
Creative Bureaucracy Festival Award Recipients 2023 The Creative Bureaucracy Festival Award honours innovators within or associated with the public sector. Learn more
The Festival Programme Is Now Live We're finally here: the brand new programme of the 6th edition of the Creative Bureaucracy Festival is now live. Learn more
Festival Tickets Available Every year over 1,000 international participants striving for the common good – from government, politics, civil society and beyond. Learn more
All Digital Kick-Off Day Sessions Online The Digital Kick-off Day was pure joy and you can now watch all sessions online! Learn more