OST - OZG Zentrum für Gemeinden Research institution / University St. Gallen - St. Gallen,Switzerland
DESCRIPTION
The OZG Centre for Communities is the specialist department of OST for communities, cities and regions. The centre combines services from the six departments of Social Work, Economics, Health, Technology, IT and Architecture and Construction and Planning. It acts as an independent partner for clients with regards to any project or question.
OZG arranges practical and service projects, continuing education courses and events for municipalities, cities and regions and offers tailor-made, multi-perspective and long-term oriented overall solutions. In this way, the centre makes a scientifically sound contribution to the integral, economic, social and ecological development of German-speaking Switzerland and the Lake Constance region.
CONTRIBUTION IN RENOWAVE
OST-OZG is the lead research partner of Subproject 1.1 “Boosting municipal decisions through participative policy analysis”.