Rune Hørdum Jørgensen (DK)
Project Manager for Deltag Aarhus at Teknik og Miljø, Aarhus Kommune
Combines design, creativity and communication with citizen engagement, and has a background in music teaching and choir conducting
Based in Aarhus, Denmark
Boye Aarhus 26 conference
Track: Project Management
Presentation: TBD
Date: Tuesday, November 3
About Rune Hørdum Jørgensen
Rune is a project manager in Technical Services and Environment at Aarhus Municipality, where he leads work on Deltag Aarhus, the city’s digital platform for citizen engagement. He works in the Citizenship team (Medborgerskab), focusing on how residents can take part in the city’s development online. His main areas of experience are design, creativity, communication and citizen engagement.
He joined the municipality in 2021 as a citizen engagement specialist. From 2022 he worked as a project officer before taking on his current role as project manager.
Before moving into public-sector digital work, Rune had a career in music. He was a choir conductor and arranger for a rhythmic choir in Aarhus, taught ear training in the talent classes at Den Jyske Sangskole, and taught the use of digital media in music education at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus.
About Teknik og Miljø, Aarhus Kommune
Teknik og Miljø department at Aarhus Municipality stand for Technical Services and Environment. This department is responsible for planning and running the physical city. Its work covers urban development, roads and traffic, nature and the environment, and climate. Aarhus is Denmark’s second-largest city.
Through Deltag Aarhus, the department gives residents, businesses and organisations a single place to take part in the city’s development. On the platform they can respond to public consultations, put forward and support citizen proposals, join local meetings and follow projects, from new neighbourhoods to traffic and climate plans.