City residents’ buy-in regarding energy transition

How do we involve city residents’ in cities’ energy transition? The WSC Partner City Meeting was held in Amsterdam from February 14 to 16, 2013 as part of the World Smart Capital initiative. The Meeting focused on the issue of involving citizens in projects... en savoir plus

Play the city "serious game" applied to Overhoeks in Amsterdam

Commissionning by The City Factory, on the sidelines of the seminar  "building a shared city : how can we engage citizens?", Play the City had  invited participants known for their political, community-based, cultural and economic commitments in Amsterdam for a serious game. The starting point was simple : everybody had to coordinate... en savoir plus

"Serious game" Play the city Amsterdam North

By Ekim TAN

"Serious game"  Play the city, a workshop occured during the seminar on  "Building the shared city : how can we engage citizens ?". Players  are urban planner, young entrepreneurs, activists and public decision makers who, collectively, imagine, think and play for the urban transformation of Amsterdam north.   en savoir plus

Overview of the seminar "Building the shared city : how can we engage citizens ?"

By The City Factory

Whether it’s about urban planning or the delivery of major infrastructure projects, engaging stakeholders, social organisations, local politicians, local companies, public institutions, and – even more importantly – citizens, is a non-negotiable condition for successful urban projects. en savoir plus

What's innovative tools to finance green urban infrastructure ?

The City Factory is launching series of discussions on how to finance urban infrastructure. The first meeting on October, 4th in Paris, will focus on the study entrusted by The City Factory to the OECD  about the main funding tools for green growth, focusing on those currently in use by several major cities. en savoir plus

Study on financing green growth

By The City Factory

The City Factory entrusted the OECD to study the main funding tools for green growth, focusing on those currently in use by several major cities. en savoir plus

The Wiki City - Building buy-in at the planning stage

By Zef HEMEL

Zef HEMEL, Deputy Managing Director, Urban Planning Department, City of Amsterdam  presents the "wiki city" launched by the city of Amsterdam for the Waterfront Plan 2040. en savoir plus

Experiments in resident and business engagement in initiatives to transform the East of London

By Richard CRAWFORD

Richard Crawford, Councillor, London Borough of Newham, presents the experiments in resident and business engagement in initiatives to transform the East of London.  en savoir plus

Amsterdam Smart City’s initiatives in the field

By Ger BARON

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Note towards citizen engagement in major urban projects

By The City Factory

La Fabrique de la Cité has entrusted to graduate students in the Master in Regional and Urban Strategies (Stratégies Territoriales et Urbaines) at Sciences Po  ( the Political Sciences Institute of Paris) the task of examining the levers that favour buy-in for major urban projects. Seven monographs on infrastructure in Europe have... en savoir plus