Experience from the Desire project shows that it can be difficult for citizens to truly believe that they will have a real influence on the development of their neighborhood. Therefore, it is important to build trust among all stakeholders to engage people. But how do you do that? At the Desire event in Copenhagen in September, a panel with our partner organization The Beach from Amsterdam discussed the challenge with the Norwegian New European Bauhaus project NEB-Star and the construction company NCC.
Over the past two years, the partners of the New European Bauhaus lighthouse project Desire - Designing the Irresistible Circular Society, have been experimenting with building ecosystems to engage citizens in the green transition within their local communities.
At the Desire conference on 10 September in Copenhagen, Diana Krabbendam from The Beach discussed the lessons learned from the Amsterdam demo site Wildemanbuurt with Helene Eiliott from the NEB-Star New European Bauhaus project in Stavanger, Norway.
Experience shows that it can be difficult for citizens to truly believe that they will have a real influence on the development of their neighborhood. Therefore, it is important to build trust among all stakeholders. And it can take time. - In Amsterdam, they have, among other things, established "Design and Do groups" to engage people.
Additionally, Peter Andreas Sattrup, Head of Green Transition at NCC, shared his insights on how a large construction company like NCC can draw inspiration from the New European Bauhaus in their building projects.
The moderator was Michael Booth.
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