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Tool type: Action · Evidence

Languages: german

Suitable spatial context: flexible

Level of effort for application: high ×

Lock-in Cluster: Governance incumbency · Perceived Experience & Evaluation × · Political agency

Target group: NGOs / local interest groups · city politicians · general public · local politicians · local/district administration · residents of particular area · schools/education

Joint Survey between initiatives and district politics

A joint survey between district politics and initiatives has potential to drive change. A survey means to ask inhabitants of an area what they like or don't like about status quo and what they want to change. The initiative has local knowledge of the area and knows what is important to ask. The survey results give politicans guidance what kind of change is backed up by the inhabitants. From our experience a joint survey is possible when

1. all involved people are amicable towards each other
2. there is a third neutral party (for example science project or neighbourhood management) that coordinates the process

Making specific demands that are backed up by evidence

The "Platz für Wien" Initiative had a lasting impact on Vienna because they specified their demands and backed them up with scientific findings (e.g., demand for 50 km of bicycle lanes by 2030). They even has scientists speaking up for them, which made their demands even more valid.