WP 4 - Demonstration Lighthouse City Leipzig

This report provides comprehensive descriptions of community engagement activities demonstrated in the pilot neighbourhoods: the Duncker district, the Baumwollspinnerei, as well as citywide. It evaluates the added value and replicability of these methodologies and actions, as well as their potential. The descriptions of the implemented activities, targeted outcomes, schedule, and partners’ roles and responsibilities have been generated by task T4.6, with input from task T4.2 and T4.7.

The first part provides a brief overview of the participation concept and, the methodological approach.

The second part lists all the participation and activation events carried out in the Duncker district in the time span 2020 till summer 2023 in Leipzig, focusing on the specific target group, the type of participation level, advertising, and communication channels, involved partners and provides an initial evaluation of improvement possibilities and recommendations for future similar activities. The following chapter lists all the public relations and activities conducted at the demo district “Baumwollspinnerei” while a separate chapter is dedicated to city-wide and overarching formats.

Chapter 6 presents the empirical research program of the University of Leipzig, and the final chapter draws conclusions, highlights lessons learned, and assesses the potential replicability of the described actions.