Donderdag 26 september was er een relatiebijeenkomst in It Maskelyn te Hurdegaryp van Partoer met betrokken mensen met hart voor de leefbaarheid in Fryslân. Hiska Ubels heeft de inleiding verzorgd, waarna er in vier workshops veel voorbeelden zijn voorbijgekomen van hoe burgers en lokale overheden samen …

Urban densification is promoted for sustainable urban growth, yet it also generates concerns about negative health impacts on local citizens. Engaging local citizens in the co-design of densification projects is therefore crucial to address their needs and concerns. The use of immersive Virtual Reality …

Als 'afsluitende' activiteit van Living Lab Beweegvriendelijk Vinkhuizen zijn de kunst- en sportroute in Vinkhuizen officieel geopend. Samen met buurtbewoner en initiatiefnemer Emma Bel heeft Berry van Holland (Hanze) de route geopend en is direct onder begeleiding van een gids een deel van de routes …

This presentation was delivered at an online meeting of the HEPA-Europe working group on environmental approaches.

From the traditional and pragmatic perspective on European cooperation shared by the Dutch political establishment, the French initiative for the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) was initially met with scepticism. Yet, during the experiment, the Dutch government and parliament translated their …

This chapter offers a working definition of social accountability as any citizen-led action beyond elections that aims to enhance the accountability of state actors. We view social accountability as a broad array of predominantly bottom-up initiatives, aimed at improving the quality of governance (especially …

In this chapter, we first summarise the findings from the country chapters on the multiple meanings of SA, documenting terms, translations and contrasting understandings between citizens and public officials. Second, we highlight how civil mobilisation tends to be cyclical over time and is often mediated …

The climate crisis is an urgent and complex global challenge, requiring transformative action from diverse stakeholders, including governments, civil society, and grassroots movements. Conventional top-down approaches to climate governance have proven insufficient (e.g. UNFCCC, COP events), necessitating …

City governments increasingly experiment with civic participation in the procurement and the realization of smart city technologies in order to improve the incorporation of human values. In this paper, a model is proposed with the level of participation, the continuity of participation and the extent …