Cities are the place where the present and the future of humanity are played out. Day after day, anywhere in the world, they manifest increasing complexity and inequalities. They are in continual urgent need to be reinvented. There are no miraculous recipes, no manuals to follow meticulously and everyone recognizes that the top-down approach has failed. Public authorities more often than not fail or struggle to find solutions to these challenges. At the same time, a global movement of active citizenship is researching, experimenting and testing new behaviors, new activities and new services for its communities of reference. Design plays a crucial role in this new game.

How do you involve the largest number of citizens and public authorities in the process of enhancing your neighborhood in a long-term process?

How can the emergence of new forms of civic leadership at the service of the community be facilitated?

What are the tools that can facilitate experiments for the enhancement of under-used spaces or improve the quality of public spaces?