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06/10/2010
Citizens Exhibition Full of energy - Magdeburger in an Interview

Citizens Exhibition "Full of energy - Magdeburger in an Interview"
"Everyone agrees to save energy. But just doing it - that is a different story", said one citizen of Magdeburg in Germany. She is one of 16 respondents of the citizens exhibition "Full of energy - Magdeburger in an interview." The exhibition is a production of the German Association "Wissenschaft im Dialog" (Science in Dialogue), supported by nexus. It will stimulate discussions about the future use of energy and supply. The citizens exhibition was shown at the "Science Summer" from June 5-11, 2010 at the Old Market in Magdeburg. Further details on the "Wissenschaftssommer" here (German). Free download of the citizens exhibition here (German, 3,5 MB, pdf). The video from the opening weekend of the "Wissenschaftssommer 2010" with project manager Maria Kolbert is avalable here.

06/10/2010
citizen buses Roderich at Geiselberg Rhineland-Palatinate Alexander Schweitzer le. Georg Spieß ce. and Martin Schiefelbusch ri.

Project Citizens Bus Rhineland-Palatinate
State secretary Schweitzer visited workshop in Geiselberg
According to Alexander Schweitzer (SPD), state secretary responsible for matters of transport in Rhineland-Palatinate, citizens buses serve as an important instrument to warrant attractive public transportation in rural areas. "We need new ideas and concepts for flexible transportation offers, that cover the interests of an ageing population", Schweitzer said during the workshop in Geiselberg (West Palatinate). Here, in a commune of some 900 inhabitants, about 60 guests from all over the state discussed chances of the citizens bus concept. more

The nexus Institute for Cooperation Management and Interdisciplinary Research was founded in 1999 as a spin off from the Center of Technology and Society (CTS) at the Berlin Institute of Technology (Technische Universität Berlin - TUB), Germany.
nexus has a long standing expertise in research on mobility, demographic changes, rural areas, civil society, globalization and identity, governance, knowledge and culture of organizations. nexus is involved in research projects of the EU Seventh Framework Programme (7 FP) and is looking for partners.

Products and services of nexus comprise practical and application-oriented research projects (local to international levels, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary), activating evaluation, cooperation management, qualitative knowledge management and the development, testing and optimization of services and civil society infrastructures.

The nexus research-team facilitates workshops, manages projects and organizes public relations as required by the client. Participation and involvement of citizens is a core competency of nexus.

nexus has bundled its core competencies in participatory processes and methods in its Academy of Participatory Methods (APM). On the website of the academy you can find more information, advice and services on citizens’ exhibitions, planning cells and the salon method.
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