From answers to insight: how municipalities use surveys on Hoplr
From a public vote in Mons to policy input in Terneuzen: discover how local surveys, careful analysis, and clear feedback reinforce one another.
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How to reach residents who never attend a public meeting
Hard to reach—or reached differently? Five practical ways local governments can broaden participation through everyday neighborhood connections.
Public participation doesn’t have to be complicated: reach more residents without adding to your workload
Public participation rightly ranks high on every local government’s agenda. Today, residents expect more than just information: they want to be heard. Involving residents in policymaking often comes with significant challenges:…
Successful launch of digital participation platform in Gemeente Terneuzen
At the beginning of April, the Municipality of Terneuzen launched their brand new online participation platform doemee.terneuzen.nl. Citizens can now participate in projects of the municipality. (e.g. changes in your street…
Neighborhood Scan: a neighborhood analysis in collaboration with residents
The neighborhood scan is a participatory measuring instrument that maps the social capital of a neighborhood, in dialogue with its residents. This methodology is based on a few principles of "asset-based…
Meet citizen engagement expert Dr Jonas De Meulenaere
This year, Hoplr has been working on the expansion of the knowledge center. This is based on three pillars: neighborhood communication, neighborhood care and citizen engagement. In order to scientifically substantiate…
Case Study: city of Halle consults citizens at street level with verified survey
Last year, the city of Halle received multiple reports about the traffic situation in a number of streets in Lembeek. There were five possible solutions. To determine the best possible solution,…
Municipality Sint-Katelijne-Waver concludes successful participation project
Citizens Sint-Katelijne-Waver participate in multi-year plan 2020 - 2025 Inhabitants of Sint-Katelijne-Waver were asked nine questions on Hoplr in July 2019. The questions covered various topics such as mobility, housing and…
Citizen participation: how physical encounters are key to more citizen engagement
Neighborhood network Hoplr enables neighborhood communication and citizen participation. But in order to achieve successful and representative citizen participation, two non-digital ingredients are essential. A strong local community on the one…
High engagement on first citizen participation project in Boechout
At the beginning of this year, the brand-new board of Boechout presented its new policy note to the city council. At least, a first version. The municipality gave its residents the…
