UrbanTestbeds.JR

UrbanTestbeds.JR emerged in response to a critical gap in urban development: the lack of meaningful engagement with young citizens in shaping the future of their cities. The project developed a comprehensive solution: the "Playbook - UrbanTestbeds.JR" - a multi-perspective guide for engaging young citizens in urban co-creation processes.

The project encourages experimentation as a significant means to build resilient communities. Focus is on the co-design of urban testbeds for tangible experiences in sustainability and climate mitigation action with and for young citizens.

Across the Baltic Sea Region, communities face complex challenges such as climate change, urbanization, and sustainability. Yet, the voices of young people - those who will inherit these challenges - are often absent from decision-making processes. The challenge: how can communities not only engage young citizens but also empower them to co-create solutions for a sustainable urban future?

• Artificial Intelligence supported understanding and deconstructing of climate plans and their transformational goals/paths relevant for local experimentation
• Scoping tangible urban experimentation in testbeds
• Storytelling the impact and perspective of the experimentation by means of data-based storytelling

• The UrbanTestbeds.JR Playbook
• Toolbox for Resilient Museums, Heritage and Cultural Institutions
• Cross-border youth engagement methodology
• AI applications for urban ideation and data analysis
• Local use cases from Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Latvia

• The UrbanTestbeds.JR Playbook: Engaging Young Citizens to build a sustainable Urban Future

  Project Consortium

  2024

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