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The largest festival for public sector innovation | Digital Kick-Off Day: 13 March (online) | Festival: 5 June (Festsaal Kreuzberg Berlin) |

28/10/2026

🚀 What if we fundamentally reimagined government?

Our 2027 Global Call for Participation is looking for Moonshot Ideas: ambitious concepts, bold goals and new directions for public institutions.

💡 How could decisions be made differently?
🤝 What new forms of collaboration could emerge?
🏛️ Which structures, rules or assumptions need to change?
🌍 How could government tackle long-term societal challenges?

And what would these changes mean for people’s everyday lives?

Your idea doesn’t need to be implemented yet. Early-stage concepts and developed visions are both welcome.

We welcome submissions from public institutions, civil society, non-profits, researchers and practitioners working for the public good. Private-sector applicants can join with an actively involved public-sector partner.

🌍 Selected ideas will become part of the 10th Creative Bureaucracy Festival in Berlin in June 2027.

👉 Explore the Moonshot Ideas strand and submit your vision via the link in our bio.

23/10/2026

🎨 How can art change bureaucracy or even the state?

Calling all artists, collectives, cultural organisations and creative practitioners! Bring your perspective to the Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2027 through our Global Call for Participation.

From performance and film to literature, installations and participatory art: we welcome artistic works and developed concepts exploring bureaucracy, public institutions, democracy and people’s experiences of the state.

Your contribution can question, provoke or reveal, without needing to offer a practical solution. It should serve the public good, and no public-sector partner is required.

🌍 Selected contributions will join the festival in Berlin on 3 June 2027.

📅 Apply by 11 December 2026 
👉 Explore Arts & Bureaucracy and apply via the link in our bio!
Know someone whose work belongs here? Tag them below! 👇

21/10/2026

🌍 Meet the jury for the Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2027 Global Call for Participation!

Our jury brings together public-sector leaders, researchers, artists and innovators from Germany and around the world — all helping to rethink how government works.
Are you a 𝗬𝗘𝗦, 𝗜𝗙 person with ideas for better public services? Share your work in one of four categories:

🚀 Project Showcase 🔬 Research in the Public Sector 🎨 Arts & Bureaucracy 🌙 Moonshot Ideas

👉 Meet the jury and submit your work via the link in our bio!

15/10/2026

🚀 How can great ideas for better government travel further — and scale faster?

Your project could help show the way. 🌍

Apply to the 2027 Global Call for Project Showcases and share your work with an international community of public innovators at the Creative Bureaucracy Festival in Berlin.

💡 We’re looking for ongoing or recently completed projects that bring creative approaches to public administration — from better services and technology to leadership, participation and collaboration.

🧪 It doesn’t have to be a perfect success story. Lessons from setbacks can inspire change, too.

Help others learn from your experience, adapt your ideas and grow their impact.

📅 Apply by 11 December 2026. 
👉 Find out more and submit your project via the link in bio.

07/10/2026

🌍 Got a project or moonshot idea that could change how government works?

Apply to the Global Call for Participation 2027 across four categories for your chance to take the stage at the 10th Creative Bureaucracy Festival in Berlin on 3 June!

🚀 Project Showcase 🔬 Research & Discovery 🎨 Arts & Bureaucracy 🌕 Moonshot Ideas

From small improvements to systemic change — share what others can learn from you.

📅 Apply by 11 December 2026 👉 Find out more via the link in our description!

25/09/2026

🎥 Looking for ideas on how government can work better?

Discover around 600 conversations, keynotes and practical examples from public-sector innovators around the world on the Creative Bureaucracy Festival YouTube channel.

🌍 From digital government and democracy to leadership and new ways of working – meet the people changing government and learn from their experiences.

💡 At the heart of it all: a “Yes, if” culture for better government.

👉 Find Creative Bureaucracy Festival on YouTube and explore. Save this post for your next dose of inspiration!

🔗 Link in our bio!

15/09/2026

What happened at the Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2026? Who talked about what?! 🎬

On 10 and 11 June, more than 2,000 young talents, bureaucrats, researchers, policymakers and executives experienced 90 sessions across four stages under the motto: Creative Bureaucracy – Stronger Democracy.

Our Highlight Film captures the festival’s most pressing debates and ideas, from AI in public administration, migration and integration, and institutional resilience to defence and security and cities as innovation labs. It also features the Awards and the Mega Fu**up session!

Want to dive deeper? Around 20 full sessions from the Club Stage are now available on YouTube. Find inspiration, explore what works and take new ideas into your daily work.

Experience the atmosphere, get a feel for what happened over the two days and see why this festival keeps growing. Link in bio! 🔗

20/08/2026

💬 “You trust people not by broadcasting, but by broad listening.”

For Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s Cyber Ambassador and former Digital Minister, democratic renewal begins by creating spaces where citizens can contribute their knowledge, identify common ground and help shape decisions.

Her message is simple: “To give no trust is to get no trust.”

🏆 During the presentation of the Creative Bureaucracy Festival Award 2026, Tang explored how governments can empower smarter citizens, give public servants room to experiment and enable people to help shape the rules for emerging technologies.

The award was presented by Festival Co-Founder Sebastian Turner following a conversation moderated by Festival President and Co-Founder Charles Landry.

🎥 Watch the award handover and discover Audrey Tang’s vision for citizen-centred digital governance via the link in our bio.

06/08/2026

A new chapter begins. Let’s celebrate together? 🙌

🎉 In 2027, the Creative Bureaucracy Festival marks its 10th anniversary. Ten years of bold ideas, inspiring public servants, international exchange, and a shared commitment to better government.

A fitting anniversary deserves a special setting, so in 2027 we are opening the doors to our new venue:

📍 Alte Münze, Berlin 📅 2–3 June 2027

🌍 At a time of rapid change, creative and capable public institutions matter more than ever. We continue to champion a public sector that is resilient, imaginative, adaptable, and ready to act with purpose.

💡 Our mission remains clear: replacing “no, because” with “yes, if” and creating space for experimentation, learning, and new approaches to public service.

Join us as we celebrate the past ten years and shape what comes next.

Ticketing details will follow later this year.

📸 by Annette Riedl

PublicSector

30/07/2026

🚀 Wie viel Wandel steckt eigentlich in einer Behörde, die sich in zehn Jahren fast verdoppeln muss?

In unserer Kooperation mit spricht Frank Zimmermann (BMVg) mit Anke Dargel darüber, wie die Bundeswehrverwaltung mit diesem Aufwuchs umgeht – und warum dabei nicht immer die klassische Hierarchie den Ton angibt.

💡 Sein Learning: Unter Druck zählt oft Kompetenz mehr als der Rang. Gleichzeitig bleibt eine klare Hierarchie nötig, wenn schnelle Entscheidungen gefragt sind.

💬 Wo ist das bei euch der Fall? Hört die Folge und schreibt es uns in die Kommentare.

🎧 Überall, wo es Podcasts gibt. Den Link findet ihr in unserer Bio.

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