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Coping with the Crisis
The coronavirus crisis poses major challenges for everyone. We collect, document and provide innovative practices in dealing with the crisis across Europe and at all political levels. On this platform we make the best practices available to politics and society.
Success factors of Government Innovation Labs
Alexander Grünwald from GovLabAustria provides his reflections on the three success factors outlined above and how they are incorporated in the work of GovLabAustria.
Circling back to the benefits of a Circular Economy
We spoke with Cynthia Reynolds about the avenues through which Circular Regions support digital infrastructure and approaches to help both urban and rural communities make the shift from a linear to a circular economy.
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA AWARDS 2021
The iValues Awards 2021 received 279 project submissions from all over the MENA region – more than anyone expected. We are excited to see such an outstanding number of participants and have now invited citizen […]
The key success factors of Government Innovation Labs
Government Innovation Labs (GIL) use creativity as well as systematic innovation processes and projects to find solutions to problems citizens and public administration face.
What is political innovation? 11 experts share their perspective
We invited eleven innovation-driven project owners, local changemakers and best practice creators to share their views on what constitutes political innovation today.
ProxyAddress: Lifeline for UK’s homeless
ProxyAddress, winner of The Innovation in Politics Award 2020 in the category Human Rights, gives UK’s homeless their lives back by giving them an address. We spoke with architect Chris Hildrey about how he came up with the idea and how not even a pandemic could stop him from making the project come to life.
4 projects that foster equal rights for the LGBTQIA+ community
During Pride Month 2021, we look at four projects from our Showroom of innovative political practice, that promote inclusive rights.
This municipal farm changed the eating habits of a whole community
We spoke with him and Léa Sturton, Head of the sustainable food department in the municipality of Mouans-Sartoux, about what it takes to change the eating habits of a whole community.
Political Intrapreneurship: Stage 1 – Understanding the party as a system
If Political Entrepreneurs do not fully understand critical aspects of the political system they want to disrupt, they will fail. And by understanding I mean a deep intellectual and emotional appreciation; an intimacy that is comparable to love – even though sometimes mixed with hate for some aspects of it.
The art of Fluid Thinking: Healing Cities one waterscape at a time
Today in times of climate crisis and loss of nature we need to expand. We must reinvent landscape architecture and grasp it in a more modern inclusive way.
How a project that helps people survive may ease homelessness long-term
With his project Home Quarantine without a Home, Matúš Vallo, Mayor of Bratislava and his team won the 2020 Innovation in Politics Award in the category Coping with Covid-19. We spoke with him about teamwork, discipline, and leadership in times of crisis.
Tools for implementing and evaluating human-centred policies
This blog focuses on tools that help policy-makers to implement and evaluate a newly designed policy.
Mayors talk pitfalls and successes in the Corona pandemic (Part Three)
We asked members of our ACT NOW Mayors Network to share their biggest challenges and successes throughout the pandemic.
Mayors talk pitfalls and successes in the Corona pandemic (Part Two)
In this blog series, we asked members of our ACT NOW Mayors Network to share their biggest challenges and successes throughout the pandemic.
How friendship can strengthen youth activism
Edoardo Caroli and Ilario Salvemini are the founders of Turbe Giovanili (Youth Turmoil), a project created by young people for young people with a passion for politics.
6 projects that support mental health and emotional wellbeing in crisis
The Corona pandemic has pushed the boundaries of public dialogue and action around mental health, physical safety and social inclusion.
Tools for designing and testing policies human-centered policy delivery
In our last Blog, we introduced you to a selection of tools and methods to identify the needs of users/citizens in a human-centered policy-making process. This blog will focus on approaches that will help policy-makers […]
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“With us, no innovation disappears into a drawer.”
RemiHub proves that successful cooperation between research, public and private companies and politics is not only possible, but can be extremely innovative
6 projects where young people foster innovation for community life
Young people make crucial contributions to our communities and are empowered by participating, evolve their ideas of citizenship, enhance personal development and active involvement in society.
