Swimming & the relationship to water
With an increase in the number of practitioners and the development of new activities such as open water swimming, we are witnessing a revival of swimming. As an activity, it has many faces: gentle or demanding; therapeutic, meditative or dynamic. In that respect swimming seems to echo the needs of our time.
Now that swimming pools are opening again after the Covid-19 lockdowns, swimming is experiencing a revival with an increase in the number of swimmers and the development of new activities, such as open water swimming, swim run etc. The act of swimming and the feeling of freedom it provides, seems to correspond to the needs and desires of our time. Decathlon contacted Méthos to understand these changes and support the development of the Nabaiji brand worldwide.
• Listen to the podcasts (in French)
Jongeren en hun engagement
Er wordt wel eens beweerd dat jongeren zich vandaag niet meer engageren voor maatschappelijke kwesties. Niets is minder waar. Méthos toont aan dat maatschappelijk engagement springlevend is aan de hand van twee onderzoeken en een participatief project.
Op welke manier engageren jongeren zich vandaag voor maatschappelijke kwesties? Welke mechanismen spelen en hoe stimuleren we die best? In opdracht van Enabel, het Belgisch ontwikkelingsagentschap, en de internationale NGO Plan International Belgium, werkte Méthos rond jongerenengagement.
• Download het Enabel rapport (fr/nl/en)
• Download het Plan International rapport (fr-nl)
• Bekijk de making-of
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An Alliance for Renovation
Energy-efficient renovation is a challenge that requires the mobilization of a multitude of actors, all with different backgrounds, professional skills and ways of working. Through the creation of a private-public alliance, we help them to work as one team.
Create a thriving collaboration between public administrations and private actors in order to achieve the energy-efficient renovation objectives for the Brussels-Capital Region: a project about stakeholder management and collective intelligence.
Participation in co-housing projects
An overview of best practices and the most effective ways of applying participatory methods to housing projects. What does participatory design involve? Why involve tenants in it? What strategies and tools work best? A study for the King Baudouin Foundation.
With a view to disseminating co-design philosophy, the King Baudouin Foundation asked Méthos to map out best practices and methods to foster participation in designing or renovating buildings.
Children's rights
Involving children from the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles in preparing policy on their rights, with debates and artistic workshops.
A participatory journey with over 100 children from the French-speaking Belgian Community, to prepare policy on their rights. We spent a year in workshops, creating, debating and feeling moved.
• Download the report (fr)
• Watch the video
The liberated company
There is a lot of theory about liberated companies, but not many liberated companies as such. Most of the process is still unexplored. Méthos worked with an SNCF subsidiary on its journey to this new organisational model.
The liberation of companies has often been theorised but rarely been put into practice, so little is known about the actual process as yet. Méthos worked with an SNCF subsidiary (French Rail) on its journey to this new organisational model.