The City at Eye Level & Placemaking Training 2026, Berlin

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Join us in June for the City at Eye Level & Placemaking Training, and learn about a human- scale centred approach to urban development, places for people, co-creation with communities, social life, and great public spaces.

The three-day training takes place in Berlin, June 8-10, 2026. To fully benefit from the in-person sessions, participants are required to complete over 10 online training videos at their own pace before attending. These videos are essential to make the most of the in-person experience.

The training is meant for professionals in urban planning, urban development, urban regeneration, public space, street management, co-creation and community building; planners, designers, developers, civic leaders, municipalities, project managers, community builders, BID managers.

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In this training you:
– Deepen your theoretical insights in:
– the “software”: how to create vibrant places with social life and social quality; how people experience place; urban psychology and urban anthropology.
– the “hardware”: the city at eye level and placemaking criteria; human-scale development; public spaces at the heart of urban transformation and densification.
– the “orgware”: how to work on systemic change in co-creation with tactical urbanism; combining long-term vision with short-term action; place management and Business Improvement Districts (BIDs); new funding mechanisms.
– Work on systemic transitions towards healthy urban environments, social quality, green & safe neighbourhoods, densification and transformation with human-scale equity and new mobility.
– Learn to implement practical step-by-step tools from our toolbox.
– Engage in interactive workshops where you can bring in your own cases.
– Visit exciting sites of best practice in Berlin with local guest speakers.

Elements in the training:
– The City at Eye Level: Creating human-scale streets with interaction between buildings and streets. Learn about the criteria for better streets and the mechanisms for creating great and active ground floors.
– Placemaking: Transform public spaces into engaging social meeting places where people feel at home.
– Placemaking as Part of a Larger, Long-Term Approach: The journey from Placemaking to Place-Led Development and Place Management. What is the business case for placemaking to drive systemic change?
– How to co-create, engaging the community in the design of public space in an inclusive and sustainable manner.
– Learning by Doing: Hands-on tools such as the Eye Level Game, the Place Game, the
– Anchors of Life method and urban anthropology; tools to study public life and analyse the quality of a place; tools to co-create with the local community and tools to measure impact.
– We will apply the tools to local cases in Berlin.
– Knowledge Exchange: Plenty of space for knowledge exchange. Apply your own experience to practical examples and the challenges you encounter in your work.
– Site Visits & Local Guest Speakers: Experience Berlin’s public spaces and hear from local experts.
– Online Videos: Before the three-day training, access 10+ online videos covering essential theory and then conduct online exercises. This approach allows participants to dive straight into applying the theory during the training, maximising the value and the practical learning experience.
– Networking and Relaxation: Get to know your fellow participants, inspire each other and become part of the City at Eye Level and Placemaking community. Enjoy good food & drink and have fun together.

Learn from
– The founding partners of STIPO – Hans Karssenberg and colleagues, together with Christian Grauvogel, co-founder and director of Transformati.on 2050. Through our global network of partners, we help cities develop strategies for a better City at Eye Level.

For this training, we are proud to collaborate with:
– Creative Bureaucracy Festival
– PlacemakingX
– Placemaking Europe

We offer
– The three-day training in Berlin (“learning by doing”) including three lunches
– Site visits to see best practice examples in Berlin, accompanied by local experts
– Three months access online videos and exercises: Why placemaking?, How Did We
– Lose Sense of Place?, The City at Eye Level, Human Scale Development –
– Placemaking Practice Tools, Software: Social Life, Uses and Activities, Hardware:
– Human Scale Design, Orgware: Long-term Co-creation & Short-term Action.
– Access to all our open source resources, including a hard copy of The City at Eye
– Level book, background materials and the toolbox from The City at Eye Level,
– Placemaking Europe, Project for Public Spaces, and STIPO
– Membership to the international City at Eye Level community.

Training Location
The training will take place at Berlin Global Village, the central hub for development policy and international cooperation in Berlin. Home to a diverse network of over 50 non-governmental organizations, the centre promotes global justice and inclusive urban dialogue. With its welcoming and socially engaged atmosphere, Berlin Global Village offers an ideal setting for reflection, exchange, and co-creation during our training.

Price
– Fee includes lectures, book, materials, lunches, dinner (on the first day), and closing drinks (on the last day):
– € 1100 for freelancers, or for people participating via an organisation but covering the costs themselves.
– € 1400 for organizations (when the costs are covered by the employer/organisation).

Sign up now!
Register here or request an invoice for your organisation by sending an email to: training@stipo.nl . Doubt whether you qualify? Or would you like to apply for a partner network reduction code? Please send us an email.