The PAR4-B project – Participatory Action Research for an e-inclusive Smart Brussels – aims to develop a widely supported e-inclusive smart city master plan for the Brussels-Capital Region through a participative and action-oriented research process that (1) identifies the current challenges specific to a digital Brussels; (2) formulates solutions and actions for the realization of an e-inclusive digital Brussels; and (3) develops a future vision for tomorrow’s digital Brussels.
The project actively focuses on the offline and online bringing together of 4 stakeholder groups from the smart city domain and the e-inclusion field, in particular (a) policy makers; (b) private actors; (c) civil society organizations and public institutions; and (d) citizens of Brussels, including vulnerable social groups.
The PAR4-B project is construed as an iterative process in which six themes (economy, people, living, environment, mobility, government) are discussed according to the same pattern, (1) a SOTA of the Brussels policy, (2) a stakeholder mapping, (3) offline workshops with stakeholder groups, (4) an online civic engagement platform (Citizenlab), and (4) the integration of the previous results into an e-inclusive smart city master plan.
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PAR4-B is financed by the Anticipate programme of Innoviris. The duration of the project is 4 years, starting from January 1, 2018 (Jan 2018 – Dec 2021). If you want more information about the project, please visit the project website.