{"id":84850,"date":"2026-07-16T09:43:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/project\/policy-kitchen-3\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T09:47:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:47:03","slug":"policy-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/en\/project\/policy-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.policykitchen.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Policy Kitchen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a policy crowdsourcing methodology developed by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/34.65.158.36\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">foraus \u2013 Swiss Forum on Foreign Policy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It enables a diverse network of thinkers to find creative policy recipes to pressing foreign policy challenges. The methodology is built on a crowd innovation platform, physical workshops, and a support process to bring the best recipes to impact.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Policy Kitchen is public and allows for bottom-up participation in the political process. Any person, irrespective of background or location, can participate and contribute ideas. To ensure a high level of expertise, we partner with experts and professionals of various sectors (e.g. science, government, international organizations, NPO, business). Collaborations with the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/34.65.158.36\/openthinktanknetwork\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open Think Tank Network<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and other partners allow us to scale participation internationally.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The code for Policy Kitchen is made available as open source software. We encourage and support other actors in using participative methods in their respective <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">domains<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.policykitchen.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/a><a href=\"mailto:policykitchen@foraus.ch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we are happy to help. <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its launch in September 2018, more than 15 challenges have been carried out. Over 1000 people from four continents have participated and have shared their valuable ideas.<\/span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The highlights are:<\/span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A pilot challenge on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.policykitchen.com\/group\/2\/about\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">biodiversity<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The corresponding <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/34.65.158.36\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_Policy-Kitchen-Biodiversity_WEB.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">paper<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was published in autumn 2019, followed by a stakeholder <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.policykitchen.com\/group\/2\/stream\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">event<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> attended by high-profile panelists in Bern.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The global challenge on \u00ab<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.policykitchen.com\/group\/towards-inclusive-future-ai\/about\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inclusion in Artificial Intelligence<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00bb, with workshops in 8 countries and a presentation at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aiforgood.itu.int\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI for Good Global Summit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Results were published in a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/34.65.158.36\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191022_Policy-Kitchen-AI_WEB-2.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">paper<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in autumn 2019 and presented at a multi-stakeholder <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.policykitchen.com\/group\/towards-inclusive-future-ai\/topic\/inclusive-ai-challenge-completed-publication-out-now\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">event<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Geneva.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/polis180.org\/blog\/2019\/06\/20\/polis-paper-n9-forderungskatalog-zur-europaeischen-digitalisierungspolitik\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The list of demands<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on European digitisation policy developed by Policy Kitchen which was published by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/polis180.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Polis180<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pontothinktank.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ponto<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in spring 2019. They were further <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.policykitchen.com\/group\/14\/home\/topic\/eu-digital-policy-challenge-completed-publication-out-now\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">discussed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with high-profile panelists in Berlin.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.policykitchen.com\/about\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more <\/span><\/a>|<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Policy Kitchen Community consists of people from different interesting job sectors. Politicians, scientific experts, government officers, students and many more have come together to create better policies.\u00a0 Not only do they come from various sectors, but they are also people from all over the world and from varying generations.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.policykitchen.com\/user\/register\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign up here<\/span><\/a>|<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We offer tools and many years of experience in participative processes &#8211; from physical workshops to international online communities. We are happy to support you in the conception and implementation of your participatory process. You can find our offer and references <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.policykitchen.com\/basic-page\/what-your-challenge\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We look forward to hearing from you via this <\/span><a href=\"mailto:policykitchen@foraus.ch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">email<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span>\n\n&nbsp;|<b>We are celebrating 2 years of Policy Kitchen!<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For this occasion, we\u2019re happy to share our<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1jurdmWb3qPz80Z8f0m9HzYupS7lSw_Cz\/view?usp=sharing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <b>anniversary publication<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> detailing the Policy Kitchen story, our learnings from various participatory processes, interviews and more.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are also proud to release the <\/span><b>Policy Kitchen App<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, available in the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/xk\/app\/policy-kitchen\/id1523860986\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apple App Store<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.policykitchen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Play Store<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">! This allows our users to create, share and discuss their ideas wherever they are. We have also improved the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.policykitchen.com\/dashboard\/policy-kitchen-home-page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <b>Policy Kitchen website<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a new design, real-time collaborative text and more.<\/span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, we have created a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7iDF0fPOUH4&amp;ab_channel=foraus%E2%80%93SwissForumonForeignPolicy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <b>video<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> explaining the Policy Kitchen approach and officially launched<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.policykitchen.com\/services\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <b>Policy Kitchen as a service<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, the first ever<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/policy-kitchen-open-night-tickets-128518380937\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <b>Policy Kitchen Open Night<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is taking place on the 14th of December 2020. Everyone is invited to join and bombard the Policy Kitchen team with their questions. The Open Night is also a unique opportunity to connect with likeminded people and discuss participatory policy making.<\/span>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":82722,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"project-status":[],"custom-themes":[],"class_list":["post-84850","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/84850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project-status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project-status?post=84850"},{"taxonomy":"custom-themes","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/custom-themes?post=84850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}