You as a Local policy maker
You know your municipality like no one else. Discover how you can use the local economy, spatial planning and community policy as a lever for a regenerative future — close to home and tangible.
The challenge
Where you as a local policy maker can make the difference
Local governments are closest to the people. You are the one who makes systemic change tangible — concrete, visible, and with direct impact on the daily lives of citizens.
Local governments are where systemic change becomes most concrete
National and European frameworks set the rules of the game — but you translate them into what people experience in their daily lives. That position gives an influence that policy makers further away never have: visibility, proximity, trust.
With the right language you can shift expectations — and create new possibilities
Citizens look for local answers to structural questions. Those who can name that tension — clearly, honestly, with an alternative perspective — build trust rather than lose it. And in doing so they lay the foundation for real movement.
In development
Cockpit for policy makers
An agent-based modelling engine that lets you quantitatively model policy scenarios for your territory — from local currency initiatives to broader economic transitions.
Cockpit
Model how policy choices — from local currency initiatives to fiscal incentives — play out in a complex system. Back up your proposals with quantitative simulations.
What we achieve together
What your municipality can become
Local administrators who work from regenerative principles build communities where people feel heard — and where policy becomes durably embedded.
Policy that truly touches people
Citizens' trust built up
Systemic thinking in local policy
Local change at scale
Featured project
LoREco: a regenerative economy at municipal level
A concrete example of what a local administration can set in motion — together with strong partners.
In Lichtervelde, Happonomy worked together with Howest, Muntuit and Fairfin to build LoREco — a local regenerative economy that grows "from the ground up". The project developed concrete tools, including a payment app that stimulates local exchange and rewards residents for regenerative activities in the municipality.
In developmentSailor for all
Sailor for all helps you as a policy maker strengthen your local economy by making visible the talent of people who often go unseen — think of jobseekers, people with a disability and people with a migration background. The tool helps you build a vibrant labour market in which they find roles that motivate them.
Jobseekers
People with a disabilityNewcomers
Hidden talent revealed
Vibrant labour marketMotivating rolesBy matching talent with 3,000+ real labour-market roles you give everyone a place in the economy — and build a community where people feel seen and valued.
Available soon
Sailor for all is currently in development. Want to be the first to know when it's available?
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Let's work together
Are you a local policy maker who wants to discover how the regenerative economy can find a place in your policy or community? We'd be glad to think along with you.
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Relevant models
Helps city councils map which value the local economy creates and for whom — and which value it extracts.
View modelOffers insight into how a city or region can position itself in the transition process towards a regenerative economy.
View modelArticles & insights
Food for thought
Articles and insights relevant to you as a local policy maker.
Universal foundation · Phases 1–4
Understand the system first
All role-specific products build on the same scientific foundation. The stronger your foundation, the greater your impact as a local policy maker.
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