News & Updates

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Our six Community Voting Winners and two Jury Favourites

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The Digital Kick-Off Day Checklist

Join the Community Voting and vote for your favourite project!

Discover the programme of the Digital Kick-Off Day on 13th March

Start your festival journey and register for the Digital Kick-Off Day

As a special surprise and end-of-year gift, we’re thrilled to announce the opening of our ticket shop for the Creative Bureaucracy Festival

We’re thrilled to unveil the inspiring individuals who will help shape the next Creative Bureaucracy Festival year with us.

Submit Your Proposal: Call for Participation Open Until 6 December.

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

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

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

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

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

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

All you need to know for 13 June 2024!

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

DARP - Germany's response to the challenges of the coronavirus crisis

With the festival just two weeks away, ensure you're fully prepared for your upcoming experience.

The wait is over: the 2024 Creative Bureaucracy Festival programme is now live.

Prepare to fuel your creativity as we reveal the initial glimpses of the forthcoming programme!

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

A round of applause for the winners who will be invited to present their projects live on stage of the Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2024!

A huge thanks to all the creative bureaucrats who shared their inspiring initiatives!

Your voice counts! The Digital Kick-Off Day Community Voting is now live until 21 March.

Secure your Early Bird Festival Tickets now for the Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2024 on 13 June in Berlin!

The Digital Kick-Off Day is right around the corner and we're excited to announce that the full programme!

Join us for our first major event of the year, the Digital Kick-Off Day on 21 March 2024.

The Creative Bureaucracy Festival will return on 13 June 2024 in Berlin with a brand-new location.

The Creative Bureaucracy Festival team visited Vienna at the end of November.

Say hello to the twelve outstanding individuals who will support us in crafting a new festival programme!

The Call for Participation for our 2024 programme is now open.

Couldn't join us in Berlin, or missed some of the talks on our mainstage?

Thank you to everyone who was there with us last Thursday!

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?

The Creative Bureaucracy Festival Award honours innovators within or associated with the public sector.

Learn more about this award

We're finally here: the brand new programme of the 6th edition of the Creative Bureaucracy Festival is now live.

Every year over 1,000 international participants striving for the common good – from government, politics, civil society and beyond.

The Digital Kick-off Day was pure joy and you can now watch all sessions online!