{"id":10356,"date":"2025-12-16T16:51:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mosselsfrombrossels.net\/?p=10356"},"modified":"2026-03-05T13:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:50:35","slug":"customised-game-for-complex-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mosselsfrombrossels.net\/en\/klantenverhalen\/spel-op-maat-voor-complexe-problemen\/","title":{"rendered":"Complex Costs: Tailor-made game to make complex problems discussable for VVSG"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10356\" class=\"elementor elementor-10356\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18385f5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18385f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf27077 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bf27077\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bd87f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6bd87f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Complex Costs: Tailor-made game to make complex problems discussable for VVSG<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d6a6bb0 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"4d6a6bb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-333baa2 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mosselsfrombrossels.net\/en\/2025\/12\/16\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>16 December 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44a312cf elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"44a312cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-84e02e6 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mosselsfrombrossels.net\/en\/author\/gj-mossels\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"elementor-avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d3eeea1827ed15b9990b8286d31df9591647362f3d321dfc3b5596b20c8717e?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Picture of Gert-Jan Loix\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__item-prefix\">by<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGert-Jan Loix\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b373d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b373d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Food aid \u2013 and, by extension, policy \u2013 is not a problem that can be solved with a single good idea or a single policy document. It is a typical <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wicked problem<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (no problem definition, different logic, and every solution creates new tensions)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local authorities, organisations, volunteers and users each see a part of the whole. No one sees everything.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> That is precisely why traditional forms of consultation are becoming increasingly inadequate. We talk <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">about<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> each other, but rarely truly step into each other's reality.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vvsg.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VVSG (Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities)<\/a> therefore deliberately chose during the Food Aid Days to <\/span><b>game<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not as a gimmick.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Not as an icebreaker.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> But as a methodology for complexity <\/span><b>experiential<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to make.<\/span><\/p><p data-start=\"293\" data-end=\"442\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Games force us to change our perspective. And that is not a luxury, but a necessity when dealing with wicked problems. This game, \u201cComplexe Kost\u201d (Complex Food), was developed in collaboration with Johanna Greis from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">University Centre Sint-Ignatius Antwerp and Steven Desair of VVSG. With the playful methods of mossels from brossels<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7d6184 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d7d6184\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_mouse&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a25a6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1a25a6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mosselsfrombrossels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/167.jpg?fit=756%2C800&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-10365\" alt=\"customised game\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mosselsfrombrossels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/167.jpg?w=756&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 756w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mosselsfrombrossels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/167.jpg?resize=284%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 284w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mosselsfrombrossels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/167.jpg?resize=11%2C12&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 11w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23374981 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"23374981\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-543df334 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"543df334\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5108e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d5108e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mosselsfrombrossels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/165.jpg?fit=756%2C800&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10364\" alt=\"food aid days game\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mosselsfrombrossels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/165.jpg?w=756&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 756w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mosselsfrombrossels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/165.jpg?resize=284%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 284w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mosselsfrombrossels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/165.jpg?resize=11%2C12&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 11w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7203c98b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7203c98b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-803e2c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"803e2c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A tailor-made game to facilitate discussion of complex issues<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-411a2a0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"411a2a0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The game opens Food Aid Day and forms the basis for everything that follows. (Presentations, panel discussions, open space, etc.)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants temporarily step out of their professional roles and take on the role of a stakeholder within the food aid system.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The aim is not to come up with solutions or to \u201cwin\u201d.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The objective is:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">build understanding,<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reveal tensions,<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and create a shared language for the rest of the day.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">complexity, making things \u201csimpler\u201d<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The game is therefore not an end point, but a <\/span><b>starting point<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63664e8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"63664e8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad0fc52 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ad0fc52\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-511a873 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"511a873\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nl.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Baudelaire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe fishbowl moment, when the quiet voice of the poor man crept in... that was the moment of the day.\u201d<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f4ed3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"1f4ed3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mosselsfrombrossels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Schermafbeelding-2025-12-16-174512.jpg?fit=236%2C275&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Picture of Steven Desair\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSteven Desair\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Staff member VVSG<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40c20a7c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"40c20a7c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79b447b8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"79b447b8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-259c4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"259c4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Complex Cost: The game explanation in 4 steps<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b6c138d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b6c138d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>1 Empathy in one perspective<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The 70 participants, actors in the food aid process (volunteers, local authorities, social grocery stores, etc.) are randomly seated at tables, each around one stakeholder. Through personas and context sheets, they experience: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How does this perspective feel? Where is the problem?<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><b>2 Propositions and priorities<\/b><\/p><p>Three propositions are discussed and ranked at each table. Differences in opinion become apparent, without immediately being smoothed over.<\/p><p><b>3 Cross-pollination via fishbowl<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Representatives of the different perspectives engage in dialogue. Empty chairs invite others to join in. Tensions are expressed, not avoided.<\/span><\/p><p><b>4 Harvesting and unrolling<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only then do participants let go of their roles. What did I feel? What do I understand differently now? What will I take away with me as myself?<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41ad4927 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"41ad4927\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75b986ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"75b986ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mosselsfrombrossels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Website-herwerking-Kelly-1.jpg?fit=756%2C800&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-10369\" alt=\"food aid\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mosselsfrombrossels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Website-herwerking-Kelly-1.jpg?w=756&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 756w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mosselsfrombrossels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Website-herwerking-Kelly-1.jpg?resize=284%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 284w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mosselsfrombrossels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Website-herwerking-Kelly-1.jpg?resize=11%2C12&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 11w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d5ca244 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3d5ca244\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f02bc79 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f02bc79\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40fd4ab4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40fd4ab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mosselsfrombrossels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Website-herwerking-Kelly.jpg?fit=756%2C800&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-10368\" alt=\"food aid\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mosselsfrombrossels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Website-herwerking-Kelly.jpg?w=756&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 756w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mosselsfrombrossels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Website-herwerking-Kelly.jpg?resize=284%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 284w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mosselsfrombrossels.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Website-herwerking-Kelly.jpg?resize=11%2C12&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 11w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2395d6aa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2395d6aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58c949c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58c949c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What else?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-396cdd37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"396cdd37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vvsg.be\/opleidingen\/kalender\/voedselnoodhulpdag-vlaams-brabant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food Aid Day in Leuven<\/a> Builds on Roeselare:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more time for empathy,<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a stronger bridge to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what's next<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">experts who participate rather than dominate,<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and concrete follow-up structures such as a pool of experts.<\/span><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The game grows with you. It learns. It refines itself.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What it does in particular:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deepen panel discussions,<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">informal conversations change,<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and enable new connections.<\/span><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Play does not provide ready-made solutions.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It does something more fundamental: it sets <\/span><b>movement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in progress.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And perhaps that is the crux of the matter:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Change does not start with consensus, but with contact.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With different perspectives. With discomfort. With shared responsibility.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those who dare to engage with complexity create space for genuine change.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c729d1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"12c729d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-166979cb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"166979cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b83ee8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b83ee8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\ud83d\udca1 Get something started with a game<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f846b07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f846b07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps that is the greatest strength of this game design:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It recognises that change does not start with consensus, but with <\/span><b>contact<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">other perspectives,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inconvenience,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">uncertainty,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and shared responsibility.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Play creates space where words sometimes get stuck.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It slows down to deepen.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It connects without simplifying.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And that is precisely why this fits so well with the role that VVSG plays today: not as an all-knowing actor, but as <\/span><b>facilitator of collective intelligence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Food Aid Day is thus becoming more than just a study day.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It will be a <\/span><b>starting point<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For other conversations.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Other collaborations.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Other actions.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3327f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c3327f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span 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