Case Nördlich Lägern
Citizen Participation for a Nuclear Waste Repository:
Collective Intelligence instead of "the loudest"
Is public involvement and participation, e.g. for controversial transport or wind farm projects, dominated by individual voices that are too loud & cause too much effort? With BrainE4, municipalities successfully implement public participation in 5-8 weeks: Over 15x higher participation, 28x more ideas, 90% less work and 50% less cost.
Challenge
How can the general public be actively involved in difficult issues at municipal level and prevent individual, loud voices from dominating?
Many political decision-makers and authorities are familiar with the problem: when it comes to controversial projects, well-organized groups dominate the discussion. Large sections of the affected population feel ignored, not listened to or withdraw. Despite expensive and mostly ineffective measures, the authorities do not get a real picture of the mood. Traditional surveys or participation formats often have a low response rate, are costly, cumbersome and not very meaningful.
Case Nördlich Lägern
The Regional Conference Nördlich Lägern was faced with the challenge of obtaining unfiltered ideas and opinions from the affected population. All participants had to answer five questions, including: "What projects will make the region a more attractive place for residents and visitors?" Based on the suggestions submitted, the local politicians, together with the population, are developing a "Target image 2050" for the region.
Battle of ideas
Battle of Ideas: The Gamification approach of BrainE4 led to more than 100 interactions per participant, who not only submitted new ideas, but also simultaneously evaluated the ideas & opinions of others. of the others.
BrainE4
Insight Hub
The Nördlich Lägern Regional Conference relied on the interactive Insight Hub from BrainE4: genuine involvement, anonymous participation and inclusive participation with authentic data is guaranteed here. In a maximum of 130 characters, participants were allowed to answer questions such as "How do we strengthen our regional identity and culture?" 100% anonymized answers.
Success through Broad Participation
Around 1,500 people took part with over 950 ideas, opinions and suggestions and brought order to this creative abundance with around 162,000 interactions.
Testimonial
Dr. Christopher Müller, Co-President of the Regional Conference Nördlich Lägern, is delighted: "We have already received a lot of feedback from hundreds of citizens after just a few days. That is a huge success. I recommend BrainE4 to all political decision-makers and authorities who want to quickly gain authentic, high-quality insights and implement interactive citizen participation. "
Collective Intelligence instead of "the loudest"
With the "Plug & Play" solution, the regional conference gained important insights from the population in a very short space of time without any significant effort on its part. Valuable discussions were not overshadowed by isolated, loud voices. On the contrary: Creative ideas were expressed that the decision-makers had not expected. The findings provide politicians with clarity and security for well-founded decisions & position them as pioneers for active citizen participation.
Advantages BrainE4
- 15x higher participation even without incentives
- 100+ interactions per participant thanks to gamification
- 28x more data: ideas, opinions & suggestions
- High participation in all age groups
- Authenticity & psychological safety through 100% anonymity
- >90% less work - maximum 1 day preparation time
- Up to 50% less costs compared to classic surveys/participation procedures
- Possible to go live in just 2 weeks
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