CONSTELLATIONS is convinced that learning and exchange between countries, especially between Europe and China, is crucial to progress on the global sustainability agenda: in a world of strong interdependencies and intricated supply chains, understanding the sustainability agenda in China is key for decision makers worldwide.
WHY clients reach out to us?
- How to keep objectivity beyond narratives and deepen our understanding of China?
- How to design better dialogue formats to really learn from each other’s best practices and challenges?
- How to shape impactful and action oriented projects to accelerate the shift to sustainability at the global level?
- How to move from talking at one another to outcome driven conversations?
CONCRETE OUTCOMES: learning programs that pay particular attention to contextualization, better bridging understanding across cultures and contexts. Dialogue programs that build on most innovative methodologies to enhance sharing, networking, participation and ownership.
WHAT we offer
ACCOMPANY.
- Dialogue programs
- Study tours (including virtual tours)
- Conferences and seminars
- Collaborative workshops
ALLIANCES.
- Partnership building
- Stakeholder engagement
- Co-creative, participatory processes
- Community building
ADVISORY.
- Mapping studies
- Program design/ implementation
- Project evaluations
- Knowledge products
For WHOM we worked.
Supporting international cooperation programs to deepen dialogue and understanding, but also corporate actors interested in understanding better the Chinese context and landscape on sustainability.
SOME CASE STUDIES
- For an international development agency – Design and facilitation of the kick-off workshop for the Forestry Network, a multi-partner initiative to promote the sharing of sustainable forestry practices among pilot projects across China
- For a German industry association – Development of knowledge products and dialogue formats, online and offline, about sustainable urban renewal in Chinese cities and facilitation of exchanges with German architecture firms
- For a Chinese Real Estate developer – Mapping study and study tours of innovative European urban projects, exploring community building, co-living and new forms of governance.
SOME CASE STUDIES
- For an international development agency – Design and facilitation of the kick-off workshop for the Forestry Network, a multi-partner initiative to promote the sharing of sustainable forestry practices among pilot projects across China
- For a German industry association – Development of knowledge products and dialogue formats, online and offline, about sustainable urban renewal in Chinese cities and facilitation of exchanges with German architecture firms
- For a Chinese Real Estate developer – Mapping study and study tours of innovative European urban projects, exploring community building, co-living and new forms of governance.