Creative Bureaucracy Festival

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.

23/06/2026

💬 ”Innovations don’t scale in isolation. They scale in an ecosystem. You need to activate and empower that ecosystem to play its part.“

🌱And that’s exactly what the Creative Bureaucracy Festival is: the space that activates and empowers public sector practitioners to find new courage, allies and ideas to change how administration works.

The festival is one day — the community is all year! Stay connected as we turn that energy into a year-round space for public sector innovation.

🎬 Here is a glimpse of what was all about. If you missed it, follow us and join the community.

17/06/2026

11/06/2026

👏 And that's a wrap on the main programme — what a day.

🏆 A huge congratulations on this year's award winner Mariana Mazzucato! Thank you to her students for accepting her award on her behalf.

💜 From the first coffee to the final applause, today proved again what creative bureaucracy can do when courage meets collaboration.

🍻 The day isn't over — the Creative Bureaucrats Night starts now in the b**r garden. See you there!