How to Reach 25% of Your Population at the Platform Launch [case study]
Marche-en-Famenne, a small town with 17.401 inhabitants in the Belgian province of Luxembourg, did a fantastic job at launching its CitizenLab participation platform. In less than one-week time, their e-democracy...
King Awards CitizenLab as Belgium’s “Student Startup of the Year”
CitizenLab has been named Belgium’s ‘Student Startup of the Year’ in the presence of the Belgian King. Our team, of which the founders are young graduates, get honored for their impact on digital...
We’re shortlisted for the Smart City Award!
CitizenLab has been chosen as one of the 5 finalists for the 4YFN Smart City Award. At the Smart City Expo in Barcelona, taking place on 15-17 November 2016, CitizenLab will present itself on stage on 17/11 during...
How These 10 Belgian Cities Are Using CitizenLab
Already more than 10 Belgian cities and municipalities are using CitizenLab to boost their online citizen engagement. As the software allows cities to easily fit in the current ongoing projects, all these cities...
Meet CitizenLab at Smart City InFocus in Yinchuan
The Chinese city of Yinchuan and TM Forum organise this week an impressive Smart City conference called ‘Smart City InFocus‘. The conference gathers both public and private leaders in the smart city...
Belgian city of Geel launches citizensourcing platform for urban planning
The city of Geel has launched its city platform one week ago! They will use CitizenLab to gain insights in how the citizens imagine the future of Geel, in order to co-construct the urban plans. Geel promotes...
City as a Platform: How It Changes Governance
What is the future role of city governments? As digital technologies are changing the way we interact with each other, cities have to undergo a transition as well. Tomorrow’s government is not merely a...
5 Inspiring TED Talks About Our Governments In The Digital Age
New governance technologies are redefining authority and change what it means to be a citizen in the 21st century. Thanks to this digital transformation, decision-making will become more collaborative,...
10 Must-Read Books About The City Of Tomorrow
With the Easter holidays coming up, you might find some more time to grab a book and learn about the city of tomorrow. We have curated our favourite list of books in the fields of urbanism, governments,...
Hack With Refugees: A Roundup
More than one month ago, CitizenLab started — in collaboration with a community of Brussels-based positive impact entrepreneurs — crowdsourcing ideas about how to turn the arrival of refugees into...
Hack with Refugees
Beyond the emergency and the emotional reactions generated by the massive arrival of refugees in Europe, it’s time now to think about mid-term and long-term issues and opportunities. What can be done to...
Meet CitizenLab at the Smart City World Expo in Barcelona next week!
Next week from November 17th until November 19th, the CitizenLab team will be present at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona. This is the world leading event for smart cities – bringing together...
Podcast about CitizenLab and Digital Nomadism
CitizenLab meets AppsCoast We’re building CitizenLab while ‘traveling’ through South East Asia. Hopping from one (co-working) place to another offers us the possibility to meet interesting people,...
CitizenLab selected for Tech in Asia Tokyo!
We received great news today. Our application to have our own booth at the 2‐day Tech in Asia conference in Tokyo was successful: we’re selected! We’re thrilled at CitizenLab to meet all those bright...
Citizen participation for the digital age
Why we’re building a digital platform for civic participation As a citizen of any city, you daily see things that could be improved. Be it an idea to bring communities closer together, be it a mobility solution...
We’re looking for a Meteor developer!
Hi there, Ready to dive into a SaaS business that is going to shape the way tomorrow’s cities are governed? We hope that you love building great products as much as we do. Our product is a highly reactive...
CitizenLab is born!
A big announcement: CitizenLab will shape the way tomorrow’s cities are governed, through citizensourcing and crowdgovernance. More info coming about the what, where, why, how and when. Pass by from time to...