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Overview
This course is for municipal staff, urban planners, local policymakers, and changemakers eager to support long-term sustainability in their city. No technical background is needed — just an interest in participatory planning and community engagement.
You’ll discover how to apply Transition Management to co-create inclusive, sustainability-oriented roadmaps. Through short video lessons, practical tools, and inspiring city examples, you’ll learn how to develop and concretize shared visions, support local experiments, and guide systemic change, while adopting a learning attitude throughout the process.
The course is self-paced and interactive, offering real-world insights and hands-on learning. By the end, you’ll be equipped to design and lead collaborative planning processes that can help your city move toward a just and climate-neutral future.
What you'll learn
- Understand the principles of transition management and how they differ from traditional planning.
- Map systems and identify key actors to identify leverage points for change.
- Co-create long-term visions and backcast to define concrete steps.
- Set up transition teams and arenas to foster inclusive dialogue.
- Design and support experiments that contribute to systemic transformation.
Requirements
- No prior technical knowledge is required, but basic understanding of participatory processes, including but not limited to planning, is a plus.
- Ideal for public officers, planners, local policymakers, and any change maker.
- Access to a computer or tablet with an internet connection.
- A strong interest in sustainable territorial development and participatory processes.
- No prerequisite courses are required, but participation in a local collaborative process is a plus.
Contents
Sections: 4
•Activities: 6
•Resources: 2
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Transition Management: a process for co-creating transformative change
Course modified date: 4 September 2025
This course is for municipal staff, urban planners, local policymakers, and changemakers eager to support long-term sustainability in their city. No technical background is needed — just an interest in participatory planning and community engagement.
You’ll discover how to apply Transition Management to co-create inclusive, sustainability-oriented roadmaps. Through short video lessons, practical tools, and inspiring city examples, you’ll learn how to develop and concretize shared visions, support local experiments, and guide systemic change, while adopting a learning attitude throughout the process.
The course is self-paced and interactive, offering real-world insights and hands-on learning. By the end, you’ll be equipped to design and lead collaborative planning processes that can help your city move toward a just and climate-neutral future.
- Enrolled students: 25
- Start :
01/08/2025
- End :
03/02/2026
- Effort :
5 hours
- Duration :
6 months
- Language : English
- Level :
Beginner
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