Innovative idea contest

1. Innovative idea contest • How to generate ideas? • Low investments! • Example: A Cycle Friendly Neighbourhood

2. Results 1 • New ideas • Network • Publicity • Test the missing link • Professional development

3. Results 2 • 26 ideas for different neighbourhoods! • Prominent Jury with a new view on cycling! • Urban designers do take interest in cycling professionals/students! • Local governments should demand attention for cycling!

4. Problems encountered

5. design question • 1 neighbourhood • School area • 2 panels A2 • Digital pdf • We have the right to publish ideas on the internet and in periodicals etc. always with the designers name

6. How to start? What happened • Joint venture with an organisation that has experience in contests! • Decide what you want: question or goal • By whom (target group) restricted or not? • Organizer is responsible • Clear procedure (Tender) • Written in the Rules and regulations • No changes allowed • Jury agrees with the rules and regulations • Procedure for questions and answers • How to launch the contest? • It all arrives in the last moment • Jury decides, organizer is the secretary of the jury, rules and regulations

7. Judgement day • Jury decides, • organizer is the secretary of the jury, • Refer to the rules and regulations

8. What is next? • Based on the splendid ideas we started a new project. • Based on the experience we launched another idea contest. • How can we work together?

9. How can we work together? • We would like to learn from your experiences • We are willing to inform about our experiences • We are willing to spread your idea contest in the Netherlands (on the internet) • www.wijkenvoordefiets.nl/international/ ideacontest E-mail: h.hendriks@fietsersbond.nl Skype: hendriks.henk