“Public administrations can be flexible, proactive, and innovative. YES – they also employ people who are open and ready to listen to us, as long as we find the right approach to them,” representatives of the administration, business, and civil society organizations united around this opinion during the “Partnership for Creative Bureaucracy” forum on 16…
On 1 December 2022 the fourth and final of this year’s four online workshops from our new Digital Workshop Series took place. The event was moderated by Jakob Hafele, co-founder of workshop host ZOE Institute for Future-fit Economies. The climate and biodiversity crisis, together with growing social polarisation, have made increasingly clear that people are…
The Creative Bureaucracy Festival Jury 2023 is here! 16 remarkable and inspiring figures who are shaking and shaping the public administration world. We will strive harder than ever to develop a festival programme that empowers the imagination, questions the established, and features bold projects for the common good. With the support of our Jury, we…
“Let’s Create an Economy for People and the Planet Together!” – We invite you to the 4th workshop in our Digital Workshop Series. Be quick and don’t miss your chance to secure one of the limited spots for the final creative exchange of this year.
In the past years we’ve learned about the importance of transdisciplinary exchange between science and other sectors such as business, politics, the media and society for collectively creating solutions for the big challenges of our time – the pandemic, AI ethics, education and the climate crisis to name just a few.This week we are excited…
We just shared the insightful takeaways from our last workshop: “Assessing Dynamic Capabilities of Public Institutions” and encourage you to have a look at the upcoming 3rd workshop from our Digital Workshop Series hosted by our festival partner PD: “Data-Driven Policy-Making” on 3 November 2022.
On 6 October 2022 the second of this year’s four online workshops from our new Digital Workshop Series took place. The event was hosted by our partners UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (UCL IIPP), PD – Berater der öffentlichen Hand (PD) and the European Commission and explored the topic: “Assessing Dynamic Capabilities of Public Institutions”.…
Mutual trust, innovative solutions and collective action towards strengthening our democracies is more important than ever before. Today we are calling all public sector innovators to tell us about their contribution to securing thriving possible futures! The Creative Bureaucracy Festival’s global Call for Participation is now open. We are looking for your groundbreaking ideas and…
We want to continue exploring and in many cases rethinking the principles, processes, and practices of our public institutions with you! Join us for the second of our four online workshops in this year’s Digital Workshop Series. This time our partner hosts will dig deeper into finding out how we can recognise and enhance dynamic…
On 1 September 2022 the first of this year’s four online workshops from our new Digital Workshop Series took place. The event was hosted by our partner GPM (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e.V) and explored the topic: “Trends in Project Management – What Moves Us in the Age of Projects?” with Prof. Dr. Silke Schönert, Professor of…
We love discovering specific topics within the creative bureaucracy world with you throughout the year. And on that note, we are delighted to be joining in-depth discussions at this year’s Falling Walls Science Summit and the Berlin Science Week for the first time with a deep-dive entitled Creative Bureaucracy Festival Meets Science.
You asked, we listened. We want to offer you more room for deeper exchange and opportunities to connect with fellow public problem solvers beyond our yearly live festival. The Creative Bureaucracy Festival is extending its yearly events with the new Digital Workshop Series in 2022. The series starts with four partner-run workshops that deep dive into creative bureaucracy…
At this year’s Creative Bureaucracy Festival in Berlin, the conversation revolved around the need for radical and structural change. CO-PI (The Danish National Centre for Public-Private Sector Innovation) joined to share their Danish innovation knowledge, and here they share their most important insights from the day. The original Danish version of the article can be…
After two years of the pandemic, we were incredibly excited to bring back the Creative Bureaucracy Festival as a physical event. And what we experienced on 2 June 2022 far exceeded our expectations. Over 1,000 participants from administration, politics and society came to discuss successful innovations in the public sector and celebrate administrative talent from…
After a two-year pandemic, the festival brought together over 1,000 international participants as a face-to-face event. Charles Landry, the festival president, sees this as the strength of the format: “The Creative Bureaucracy Festival is a place where administrative talents from around the world learn from and inspire each other.” The next Creative Bureaucracy Festival will…
What a day!!! We are absolutely thrilled about the great response, the festival atmosphere and above all: the inspiring talks and impulses, workshops and bowls. THAT WAS GREAT! Let’s do it again: 15 June 2023. Thank you to everyone who participated today and especially to all our partners who contributed to the inspiring programme and…
Are you ready for Thursday? Go through our festival checklist, tick the boxes and download our programme overview below to make sure you’ve got your Creative Bureaucracy Festival experience covered. We have some limited remaining tickets left – bring a friend and use the code: Friend@CBF2022 in our ticketshop. Join us from 8am (CEST) at…
For the first time, the Young Faces – Young Spaces Award, supported by the Hertie Foundation, will be presented to recognise a municipality for its creative involvement of young people at the Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2022. The municipality of Bleckede from Lower Saxony will be honoured as the very first recipient! We present the award…
At the heart of changemaking are leaders at every level willing to take on responsibility, and the unfolding urban crisis demands more effective leaders with ever greater urgency. How can we support the emergence of more of them? This article covers: What is Responsible Leadership, what are RISE Cities, the RISE Cities sessions at the 5th Creative…
Two weeks from today we will meet again – both live in person and online via our livestream! With us are more than 150 speakers from 36 countries in over 60 programme sessions. Join us in Berlin! Join us online! Today we want to introduce you to our very first Creative Bureaucracy Award Young Faces…
Following last week’s announcement of our 2022 programme, we are delighted to continue our deep dive into the sessions you can find at Radialsystem on 2 June.Get ready to meet over 100 speakers from accross the globe who are joining us in Berlin to share both best practice examples and vital questions and provocations around…
Only one month left! To join the event live in Berlin, make sure you secure your festival ticket in advance. Can’t join us on site? We made sure you will be able to stream our mainstage programme online. Simply register to watch the livestream on 2 June.
How are you helping to shape modern public administrations? Join us on 2 June in Berlin and let us know! Or learn more about how you can start becoming an active part of creating future-oriented bureaucracies. Meet public sector innovators and creative changemakers at the Creative Bureaucracy Festival and take part in over 50 keynotes, seminars, fishbowls and…
Das Creative Bureaucracy Festival ist das Forum für Innovatoren im Öffentlichen Sektor. Das Festival will das Ansehen von Verwaltung stärken und insbesondere ideenreichen Nachwuchs ansprechen. 2022 laden wir deshalb gemeinsam mit PD – Berater der öffentlichen Hand die nächste Generation der Verwaltungsinnovatoren zu einem exklusiven Event nach Berlin. 40 junge Talente bekommen am 1. Juni…
It’s been a bit over a week since our first Digital Kick-Off Day. We are grateful for the overwhelming response, counting around 1,500 participants from over 50 countries, more than 30 programme sessions and 100 speakers, as well as 3,500 votes cast to elect this year’s community voting winners! Did you miss one or more of the…
Marriage via video identification and innovation diplomacy for the climate of the future – the digital audience of the Creative Bureaucracy Festival has selected the best ideas of imaginative bureaucrats. Around 1,500 festival participants from over 50 countries took part in the voting. On 2 June 2022, the winners will present their ideas on stage…
We are over the moon with the positive response on all channels to the Digital Kick-Off Day on 24 March 2022. What a great start to the 2022 festival season! We are really looking forward to the next steps. And to help us improve, please let us know your feedback. It only takes a few…
Last week we shared the Digital Kick-Off Day (24 March) with you – a programme largely curated with the support of our festival jury. And now it’s your turn! From now until the end of the 24 March itself we are opening a community voting for you to choose which topics or projects you find the most interesting,…
The wait is over! The full programme of our Digital Kick-Off Day on 24 March is now online and ready for you to explore. Browse through more than 30 sessions, which the festival jury selected from around 200 nominations from over 30 countries. To join us and many brilliant creative voices online, all you need…
Are you ready for a new year of public sector innovation? Register now for free for the first of our core activities this year, our Digital Kick-Off Day on 24 March!Our digital stage will host a packed programme of inspiring examples of creative bureaucracy in action with brilliant, creative solutions for all kinds of problems and untapped opportunities. We…
