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Bucaramanga: Bucaramanga Public Innovation Lab - CoLabora l IncideLab Youth 2025: Youths Who Transform

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IncideLab Youth was a public innovation laboratory aimed at closing the historical gap between youth and the municipal administration of Bucaramanga, transforming distrust into binding and impactful participation. The practice was led by the CoLabora Public Innovation Lab, which is part of the Legal Secretariat of the Mayor’s Office, within the framework of the Public Policy on Transparency and the Fight Against Corruption 2023–2033 (Agreement 018 of 2023).

The initiative emerged following a participatory diagnosis that included a citizen survey (107 responses) and a co-creation workshop (52 participants), where the need to move beyond traditional symbolic consultation of youth in public decisions was identified. In response, the "IncideLab Youth Route" was designed, consisting of a decentralized phase carried out at digital points across the city, followed by an intensive two-day laboratory with 45 youth leaders (14–28 years old) at the Neomundo Convention Center.

Methodologically, the practice combined public innovation training, soft skills development, and the use of the Toolkit HAGA 2.0 from the Open Policy Institute, with thematic worktables based on collective intelligence. The process culminated in the formal presentation of four proposals to public decision-makers, who evaluated their technical feasibility, strategic alignment, and potential impact using a structured rubric. One prioritized proposal received a score of 3.75/5 and advanced toward implementation in 2026 under the name "Conéctate Bucaramanga."

IncideLab Youth directly benefited 65 young people (between the decentralized phase and the central laboratory) and generated binding technical input for the update of the Public Policy on Youth and for the achievement of the goals of the “Bucaramanga Avanza Segura” Development Plan 2024–2027. Additionally, it institutionalized a collaborative governance model by connecting the state, academia (ESAP, UPB, UDES), the private sector, and civil society. More than just an isolated event, IncideLab has consolidated itself as a permanent participatory democracy mechanism that operationalizes public innovation as a tool for legitimacy, transparency, and the rebuilding of trust at the local level.

More information: https://colaboralab.bucaramanga.gov.co/ 


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