MASTERCLASS IN HEERLEN

"Gebrookerbos" is a development strategy with a bottom-up approach that has been organized by the municipality of Heerlen to involve citizens in renewing lost urban places, to stimulate ownership and the organizational capacity of citizens and to change the relationship between local authorities and inhabitants.
This new relationship was the core of this masterclass: how can local authorities deal with citizen initiatives, how to activate civilian forces, how to give more room so that citizens' initiatives are given the opportunity to contribute to the civil Society?

Therefore several expert were present and animated workshops:

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Presentations can be downloaded here.

Inspirations mentioned during the masterclass can be downloaded here. 

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