👥Fab City Camp
An physical event to define, celebrate and expand the development of your Fab City Hub and its communities
What is it about and why is it relevant ?
A Fab City Camp is an event held in a physical space, ideally at your Fab City Hub main headquarter to expand the local network connected to your Hub and the cities' activities on manufacturing. It may include workshops, presentations or seminars and exhibition on one or several Fab City related topics. It strengthens the local community and opens it up to new members who are interested in knowing a bit better how to collaborate with the local Fab City efforts.
This event constitutes one of the first key activities you can put in place to ideate your local model of Fab City Hub. This type of activity could be adapted and adjusted according to the local context of your city, becoming also an opportunity to exchange your experience with cities that are going through similar processes, leveraging also on the support by the Fab City Foundation.
Three CENTRINNO Pilot cities have already developed a Fab City Camp so far: Milan, Paris, and Geneva.
Milan was the first city, among the 9 Fab City Hub Network members, that organised this type of event in 2021. Initially, the local team launched an open call for participation to attract local manufacturers engaged in circular and sustainable activities in the field of design and fashion. The Fab City Camp in Milan aimed to be a networking and co-design event to start developing their own approach to their Fab City Hub. 80 local stakeholders attended and participated the event in the Ex Ansaldo Area, where the Fab City Hub will be developed. The event, organized by the Municipality of Milan and NEMA, included different activities, such as panel discussions, workshops and networking sessions. All these different sessions raised interest among the participants and helped set up the foundation for developing a small collaboration group of stakeholders which will slowly become the Fab City Hub core community.
In Paris, Fab City Grand Paris organized a whole day of presentations and workshops around circular economy, creativity and urban resilience. The event was the opportunity to organise the first EN workshop with participants around topic such as food production and community values The Camp allowed to share and discuss the activities and achievements Fab City Grand Paris has developed over the last few years. The event was also an opportunity to create attention over the new Fab City Hub Paris, launched in the end of 2021.
The Geneva Fab City Camp was organised in November 2022 at LaMaco with the support of Onl'fait, Ressources Urbaines and Le Geste, three of the main partners of the Geneva Fab City Hub. The event included seminars and collective discussions around topic such as urban production, ecological transition and circular economy. With the participation of international guests part of the CENTRINNO Consortium, such as Municipality of Milan, Waag , Fab City Grand Paris and IAAC , the events aimed at three main objectives :
Encourage dialogues on urban production in Geneva and propose more inclusive and circular initiatives to support craftsmen in industrial zones.
Foster a network of individuals, companies, government entities, and organizations dedicated to sustainable development.
Assist in the implementation of the City of Geneva's climate strategy, particularly by advancing its shift towards more circular models of production and consumption.
Main Achievements 👍
The organisation of a Fab City Camp event can help you in strengthen many aspect of your FCH as for:
→ Present and disseminate your work to engage new organizations and actors and thus expand your FCH community
→ Build and grow the network of stakeholders that matter for your Fab City Hub
→ Gain visibility with public entities and eventually built trust and open up possibilities for future collaboration with them
Key Steps
Find here a list of fundamental steps you may follow if you want to organise a Fab City Camp in your city :
Define the concept, the main topics you want to address during the Camp
Settle the place and date for the event
Identify and reach out to key participants
Send invitations to participants
Organise a communication campaign tailored around the public you want to attract
Detail as much as possible the activities and the programs of the event to quantify ressources you will need to count on
Breath, smile and gather all your positive energy to launch the event on the chosen day
Document the event with videos and pictures for communication purposes during and after the event
Reach out to participants and invited guests to thanks for their participation
Send a follow up feedback of the event to participants and your community at large
Summary Table
| Characteristic | |
|---|---|
Difficulty | medium |
Duration | From 4-6 hrs to 2 days |
Facilitator I Participants | - |
Setting | Offline |
Contact | Fab City Foundation, Milan Municipality, Fab City Grand Paris, Nema, Onl'fait |
Tagging System | #organiseAsignificantEvent, #Build&Grow, #InnovatioSpace, #SocialInclusion |
Do you want to know more?
Find here some links documenting the activities during the different Fab City Camps organised by the FCH Network members :
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