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How should the history of the Berlin Wall be remembered in the future?

In order to involve all stakeholders in the design of a national Berlin Wall Memorial,, Zebralog (in collaboration with Hans Hagedorn) developed a participation process for the Senate Department for Urban Development and the association Berliner Mauer e.V.

Taking place in 2006, the participation process was embedded into the larger planning process from 2005 to 2012 regarding the development of the three largest remaining parts of the Berlin Wall into a memorial..

Zebralog has been supporting Bonn’s participatory budget since 2011.

In November and December 2008, Zebralog conducted an online consultation on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior. The subject of the consultation was  drafting of the “Bürgerportalgesetz” (Citizen’s Portal Act). This proposed legislation aimed at securing electronic communication on the Internet. (This was the predecessor of the De-Mail-Gesetz (De-Mail Act)). The site was visited by 11,000 people – of which, more than 1,000 people voiced their opinion on the proposed legislation.

There were two ways to do so:

What are the opportunities and risks for citizen participation in Vienna?
Using a cross-media approach, how can the strengths of previous participation projects be enhanced and weaknesses minimized? What role can the Internet play?
What are the success factors and guidelines for cross-media civic participation, which topics are suitable, and what pitfalls are there to be aware of?