« Vlaardingen » takes part in the European Local Democracy Week - a paneuropean event coordinated by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe - as « Partner city »
Playing Democracity
Vlaardingen town hall
From 15/10/2018 to 18/10/2018
Primary school students from several schools play Democracity to experience how to rule a town and which choices are to be made. This game is part of a larger project 'Children's Town Council'.
5 groups of children in the age of 11/12 (alltogether about 130 children came to the town hall to build democratically the city of Democracity. It gave the children a nice impression of democratic decision-making on the local level. They were enthusiastic about it and very focused on it. Now the children are working at school on plans to be decided upon on November 26th. The ‘winning’ plan will be realised.