The City of Liège has launched a participatory process to establish its future city project.
The process, dubbed ‘Liège 2030’ is aimed at defining priority actions for the current legislative term in collaboration with residents, Mayor Willy Demeyer announced on Wednesday.
Liège initiated an initial city project in 2003.
The city “has been a pioneer in the area of citizen participation, a practice that has since been generalised by the Region of Wallonia through a Strategic Transversal Programme that is mandatory for all cities and municipalities,” Mayor Demeyer noted.
The initial project, Liège 2025, garnered 1,603 ideas and 97,827 supporting votes, resulting in 144 priority actions and 12 metropolitan projects, of which 75% had been completed, and 24% in progress by the final evaluation in June 2024, he disclosed.
Liège 2030 follows a similar strategy, seeking inputs from residents to identify priorities for 2025-2030, based on the six strategic objectives of the Municipal Policy Declaration and ongoing major thematic plans.
The participatory platform www.liege2030.be is now online, offering over 120 actions across twelve themes, including climate, mobility, culture, security, and public spaces. Citizens can select up to three actions per theme and submit their own ideas. Hard-copy forms will be available at district town halls and libraries from 26 May.
Citizens who wish to take part in the initiative, whether they reside in Liège or not, can do so up to 15 June.
Thematic roundtables and workshops will complete the process.
