Inspiration and meeting day for municipal council members, policy officers, city and village makers. How do we strengthen local democracy with long-term thinking, participation and citizen power? Organized by The Turn Club and the Local Democracy Coalition in partnership with the Ministry of the Future (an NGO), the Noorden Duurzaam association, Stichting Voor Democratie, the Dutch Democracy Coalition and the National Listening Campaign.

https://lokaledemocratiecoalitie.nl/22mei/

In this paper, we highlight the growing urgency of sustainability transitions in general and circularity transitions in particular, which is hardly taking shape in practice. We explore new pathways to accelerate such transition, focusing on a regional scale. We frame the lack of change as a multi-faceted, wicked, problem or organisation. Two specific aspects of increasing complexity are explored: extension of the value set taken into consideration by actors, and expansion of actor types involved.

The polycrisis and climate tipping points make transitions to a steady state planet urgent, but progress is way too slow. This workshop offers new insights in collective transition leadership and new action perspectives for leaders.

Initiate or supervise a task-democracy project (date/time subject to change). This masterclass is for professionals who want to scale up their organization's commitment to sustainable development: scientific researchers, administrators of district/village councils, administrators and policy advisors of governments, and administrators of business networks and non-profit associations. Task democracy is a practical tool that enables society-wide coordination and impact, so beyond citizen participation, icon projects and coalitions.