Future City Game is a team-based process designed to create new thinking and actions to improve quality of life in cities. It enables people to find solutions to the long-term challenges facing cities. It is played during a two-day event by city inhabitants from diverse backgrounds, representing various disciplines and led by a trained games-master. The aim of the game is to generate the best idea on how to improve the quality of life either in a specific area within a city, the city as a whole, or in response to the common challenges facing cities around the world. Please have a look at the project web site for more details about the game.

			a) Future City Game Master Training (16-18 September 2008, Kraków) - this event aimed to train Future City Game Masters who would be able to deliver the game in their own areas. Participants include British Council contacts from Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Slovenia.
			b) Future City Game in Heureka/Vantaa (8 November 2008) – this event was organised in cooperation with the Finnish Science Centre – Heureka and the Web – Nuorisoyhteistyö SEITTI. The aim of the game was to come up with the best possible idea to address long-term challenges facing Tikkurila area in Vantaa and that could be implemented. Read more.
			c) Future City Games in Hyvinkää (25 November 2008) and Billnäs (5 March 2009) were organised in partnership with IADE, City of Hyvinkää, Pink Eminence and West-Finland Entrepreneur Centre as part of the Cultural Concept Project. The first event gathered the stakeholders and decision makers to come up with best ideas for the development of the Old Wool Factory in Hyvinkää. The latter focused on creating the best strategy for cultural tourism in Lohja and Raasepori that might boost the economic development of these cities. Read more.
			d) Future City Games in Helsinki (14 December 2008) was played by the members of DODO which is a flexible and pluralistic NGO. Its members have varied backgrounds, which is a source of strength when different experts, lay people and enthusiastic young people combine their knowledge. The aim of the game was to focus on the ideas for development of the post-industrial part of Helsinki called Suvilahti. Read more.
			e) Future City Games in Kerava (29-30 January 2009) was organised in partnership with Keravanjoki school and the City of Kerava. It was a two-day event and gave an opportunity to the pupils to develop ideas that are easily applicable in their school or in the city of Kerava. Read more.
			f) Future City Games in Helsinki, Laituri (19 and 20 March 2009; 2 and 3 April 2009) were organised in partnership with the Helsinki City Planning Department. They were facilitated by Meiju Niskala, one of the leading Finnish artists in the field of media, performance and urban development. The theme of the games was visions and ideas about the future of the South-Harbour in Helsinki. Read more.
			g) Future City Game in Heureka (11 May 2009) was a joint event of the Creative Cities and Challenge Europe projects. The game gathered pupils from six schools in the capital area (cities of Espoo, Helsinki, Vantaa and Kerava). Read more.

Please contact Kata Kreft Burman for further information about the Creative Cities project in Finland.

Kata Kreft-Burman
Projects and Partnerships Manager
Tel. +358 9 7743 3320
first.last@britishcouncil.fi