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FUTURE CITY JOBS PROJECTKICK OFF MEETING
OCTOBER 11-13, 2011LONDON
LENKA ZEMANOVÁ
Future City Game
Keys to the future resilience of the cities
relationships among people are making the character of the place to map continuously DNA city code which enables relevant actions in the
city life wiki thinking to connect unconnectable producing the innovation environment skills
and knowledge = divers contents build the city identity overcoming the WE x THEM
concept ability to work with complexed problems individual responsibility courage openess
dialog people do not get what they want because they do not know what they want
Future City Game
More about FCG:2 days contest workshop for the city citizensbest ideas on how to improve the life quality
Who is playing? city citizens, public life representatives, ngos, professionals, business people
game theme, game time, participantspointing out the environmental, social,
cultural and economic problemsbest number of players is 20-25unique methodology with the elements of
visioning process and strategy planning process
gamemaster guides through the game
Czech Republic Future City Game
Cities in the Czech Republic where FCG was played ČR Praha, Ostrava, Hradec Králové, Zlín, Plzeň, České Budějovice, Roudnice nad Labem
ProCulture played 5 games in 4 different citiesBiggest city Prague (1, 2 inhabitants)Smallest town Roudnice nad Labem (12.000
inhabitants)Who played: young people up to 40; Roma ethic
youngsters up to 25
Step 1 :Global challenges Step 2 :
Local challenges
Step 3 :Perspectives
of the city
Step 4 :Ideas
Step 5 :Prioritising ideas
Step 6 :Presenting future
ideas
Step 7 :Preparing for
testing
Step 8 :Real world testing
Step 9 :Preparing and
presenting final ideas
Step 10 :Voting
FCG cycle or what the player goes through
How are problems chosen?
Economy
Social
Culture
Environment
How are ideas chosen?
7 criterias to choose the ideas Criteria for choosing the ideas Creative and entertaining New and unsual Solves the concrete problems of the city Touches the problems of other european cities Important for the citizens of the city Sustainable and positive impact in the future There are resources to make the idea happen
4 additional criteria according to the theme of the game
FCG what is in the end?
Ostrava 2 games played
Themes of the games:Creative city Ostrava 2015 - my storyOstrava 2015 city of cultural diversityplayed by 32 citizens of Ostrava out of 316 000
citizensgenerated 68 ideas a 7 more deeply elaborated1st game particiants from the creative industries,
art managers, ict workers, media, students2 nd game particpants from social thematic
working with minorits, minorities members, profesionals on minority issues, odborníci na multikulturalitu, students
5 main areas of preparation works
1. CONTENT: Theme of the game, time frame, place, local partners strategic documents; content documents with which FCG works
2. GETTING THE PLAYERS: presentation in local media, libraries, ngos so citizens can enroll in the game.
3. SELECTING PLAYERS/PUTTING THE TEAMS TOGETHER: Choosing the players, putting together the best team setting according to the age, specialization, experience of the players
4. FUTURE CITY GAME 2 DAY WORKSHOP5. WORKING WITH THE RESULTS OF THE GAME:
Disseminating the results/ideas of the game with potential following activities as pilots, presentation the ideas in the cultural events
FCG points to the organization
every game is original as every city city wants to play the FCG you have half of the
work done one person from the city devotes its time to the
organization/logistics of the Future City Game who will be the gamemasterthe partners (help with the target group)theme of the game (intensive cooperation with
key players as city reps, ngos, oppinion leaders...)
timing (weekend or other days)
FCG points to the organization
particpants – who do I ask to take participate and why (KEY to the results of the FCG)
game as the education process (people playing as a team building education)
logistics (takes 2-3 months to organize well the whole process from the first contact; rather long do list; lost of details)
less technology makes people more creativesomeone from the city/the mayor, head of the
culture to be there for the final presentations!!!followers of the final idea/idea ownerssupport to the ideas once game is finished (seed
grants, pilots)
Thank you for your attention
Lenka Zemanová
lenka.zemanova@proculture.cz
http://www.proculture.cz