Handbook Public-Civic Collaboration (English Summary)

How to design strong collaborations between citizen initiatives and governments

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Bas Raijmakers, creatief directeur van Stby Imme Ruarus, lead van het Smart Citizens Lab van Waag Futurelab Paulien Kreutzer, senior design researcher bij Stby Tessel van Leeuwen, conceptontwikkelaar bij Waag Futurelab

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The knowledge and tools shared in this handbook are lessons learned from the research project that Stby and Waag FutureLab did together. This handbook provides a set of key lessons and a selection of 15 tools that are especially useful for people who are seeking inspiring ways to learn to improve public civic collaborations.

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Handbook Public-Civic Collaboration (English Summary)

How to design strong collaborations between citizen initiatives and governments

Author

Bas Raijmakers, creatief directeur van Stby Imme Ruarus, lead van het Smart Citizens Lab van Waag Futurelab Paulien Kreutzer, senior design researcher bij Stby Tessel van Leeuwen, conceptontwikkelaar bij Waag Futurelab

Tool type

Process Step

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