Tag: citizens engagement

Chemnitz – Online assembly

Chemnitz addressed all its inhabitants in a live stream assembly. The mayor, several deputy mayors, and high representatives from the health sector participated to the assembly. To put the limited time to good use, the administration collected questions in advance in addition to answering questions during the event. More than 2000 people watched the live stream and more will be able to watch the recording. After the event, answers to the questions were collected and published on the city’s website. Read more here (in German).

Contact: Marcel Krippner

Haarlem – All in one site

The Municipality of Haarlem stimulates corona initiatives of the citizens and entrepreneurs by compiling all the information in the same website. Thus, citizens can find projects related to any topic in the same site, from culture to shooping. Visit its website here

Contact: Valentina Schippers

Leeds – Museums and galleries go digital

Leeds Museums and Galleries are giving residents the chance to travel back in time and explore thousands of years of history from home thanks to a new series of online digital discovery sessions. This includes hosting a series of online videos examining artefacts from the Leeds Discovery Centre, which is home to more than a million objects from prehistory, Ancient Egypt and the Roman Empire. Visitors also have the opportunity to choose which objects will be covered by the online sessions by voting for their object of choice via a Facebook poll. Visit the site initiative here

Contact: Titus Carey

Chemnitz – Witnesses of history

The Chemnitz municipal archive initiated an exciting project under the title Chemnitz is resisting – my dream for tomorrow, where citizens are encouraged to leave their experiences, anecdotes and thoughts on these extraordinary times. Thus, this reflections will give the future generations a glimpse of what the city went through. Read more here (in German)

Contact: Pia Sachs

Nice – Platform for post-covid

Nice has launched an online platform inviting locals to share their ideas about how they would like to see their city change once the corona crisis is over. The platform ‘DemainNice’ (Nice Tomorrow) is online (in French) here.

Contact: Jérôme Sieurin

Pau – Interactive tv show to keep a good mood

In times of social distancing, the city of Pau in the French Pyrenees has launched a tv programme to keep an interactive link so that the people of the area can stay in touch with each other. The show “Bonsoir le Béarn” runs from 5-7pm every day and can be followed on YouTube or the city’s internet site. In the second hour, people are invited to participate via phone and share their experiences in confinement. Host Eric Dournès presents the programme with a good amount of humour and says: “Let’s try to stay positive in this period of crisis and to find ourselves even at a distance.” You can follow the live broadcasting and find the previous shows here

Contact: Valérie Demangel

Dusseldorf – Police explains confinement rules

The Municipal Security Service in the German city of Dusseldorf informs people on the streets about the dos and don’ts during the corona lockdown. They also hand out leaflets with the behaviour rules. Read more here (in German)

Contact: Stefanie Nietfeld

Rennes – Citizen factory platform

An online platform is now offered to residents to shared good practices to improve people’s lives during confinement. The site hosts a collection of current and proposed initiatives. Read more here

Contact: Stephanie Poppe

Grenoble – Digital festival

Sport and cooking lessons, along with cinema sessions and cultural programming make it onto the list of activities Grenoble is sharing with local residents’ everyday to keep them entertained while staying at home. Read more here

Contact: Gabriel Voisin-Fradin

Cluj-Napoca – Moving Council sessions online

The city council is considering moving local council sessions online, while also ensuring the possibility for citizens to attend via an online platform.

Read more here

Contact: Emilia Botezan