Citizen participation

The participation of citizens in Innsbruck is of great importance to the City of Innsbruck. This is why it has its own Service Unit Citizen participation and participatory urban design In participation processes, it is the interface between citizens and the City of Innsbruckmagistrat.

The focus is on supporting the municipal offices in the participation of citizens in municipal projects and planning processes as well as the independent implementation of projects in direct contact with citizens. Another area of the department's work is networking with internal and external stakeholders.

What citizen participation projects are there?

cool-INN & COOLYMP: Cool urban living spaces

Info on these two projects can be found under Climate Projects.

"Tree slices" - Flowering islands

In spring 2021, the city launched a participatory campaign offering citizens the opportunity to design their own green island in Innsbruck. Under the motto "Gardening on your doorstep", residents are allowed to plant small areas and spots around trees - so-called tree slices - in public spaces according to their own ideas. Anyone who wants to contribute to the beautification of the city can participate. The only condition: Time for regular care and the willingness to take over the design of the colorful island.

More information and the folder are available in all city district meetings, as well as at the Service Unit City Garden Administration .

Move-in assistance XL - sustainable living

The city of Innsbruck has been welcoming future tenants to a city apartment in Innsbruck since 2020. So that they are prepared for the move and feel at home in their new apartment right away, Service Unit Citizen participation and participatory urban design supports them with the "Move-in Guide XL". In workshops, the new residents receive practical and simple tips on sustainable living and good neighborliness.

In 2020, the Move-in Guide XL won the ÖGUT Environmental Award in the "Sustainable Community" category. More information can be found in the Service Unit Citizen participation and participatory urban design

Feed-INN - optimizing urban food cycles

Since March 2021, the project "Feed'INN", which was launched by the Austrian Institute for Sustainable Development (ÖIN) together with the City of Innsbruck and the Institute of Geography at the University of Innsbruck, has been dedicated to the role of food in times of global change. This pursues two goals: on the one hand, the better networking of actors who play a role in the food cycle. On the other hand, exemplary projects of sustainable food planning in cooperation with the Markthalle Innsbruck and the Weltacker (feldschafft) in Reichenau are promoted. Behind the project is the conviction that a sustainable food system can only emerge from cooperation.

For more information, contact the Austrian Institute for Sustainable Development or feld:schafft - Genossenschaft zur Nutzung von Ungenutztem.

Nature playground - "Join in" afternoons at the Campagne

The residents of Campagne Reichenau, who will move in in the spring of 2022, can actively contribute to the green space design of their own living environment. Already in January, the Office for Citizen Participation and the Office for Green Spaces, together with the tenants, built models of a "dream" nature play meadow. Now this is in monthly taking place "Mach-mit" afternoons also step by step put on. you can find more information in the Service Unit Green spaces - planning and construction

Youth task force - projects in the context of youth participation

In June 2021, the "Youth Taskforce" was set up via Service Unit Citizen participation and participatory urban design .. The aim is to place a stronger focus on youth issues within the citymagistrate and to provide targeted support for projects for and by young people in Innsbruck. Among other things, this resulted in the coordination of the topic "Celebrations in public spaces".

Specifically, citizen participation acts as an interface between politics, administration and party organizers. It is also constantly looking for areas in the Innsbruck area for parties and celebrations, as well as spontaneous gatherings.

In 2022, two street art projects involving young artists were also implemented in the Innbrücke cycle underpass and on Adolf Pichler Platz.

You can find more information in the Service Unit Citizen participation and participatory urban design