FUTURE CITY JOBS PROJECT KICK OFF MEETING OCTOBER 11-13, 2011 LONDON 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 citizens best ideas on how to improve the life quality Who is playing? city citizens, public life representatives, ngos, professionals, business people game theme, game time, participants pointing out the environmental, social, cultural and economic problems best number of players is unique 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 cities Biggest city Prague (1, 2 inhabitants) Smallest town Roudnice nad Labem ( 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 my story Ostrava 2015 city of cultural diversity played by 32 citizens of Ostrava out of citizens generated 68 ideas a 7 more deeply elaborated 1st game particiants from the creative industries, art managers, ict workers, media, students 2 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 WORKSHOP 5. 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 gamemaster the 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 creative someone from the city/the mayor, head of the culture to be there for the final presentations!!! followers of the final idea/idea owners support to the ideas once game is finished (seed grants, pilots)

Thank you for your attention Lenka Zemanová