Under construction: SUN: The Future Center of Local Government

The Center for Local Government, which includes all 286 local authorities in Israel, the Institute for Democratic Education and Innovation Ecology, joined forces to establish a Future Center.

The team is currently refines the vision and operating model of the center which will open its doors in December 2015.

At the heart of the center will be several missions:

• Finding new ways to exercise the “right to the city” of each citizen

• Developing practical ways for “Honest, open, transparent, effective and impactful Citizen Participation”

• Co-creating creative solutions to very complex

• Acting as a platform for  the collaboration between cities within the country and internationally

• Serving as a knowledge center for Urban Innovation

Photo: a planning workshop, Septemeber 2014