Result description
Co-creation is usually operationalised using the similar steps from co-design to co-deployment and monitoring. Yet, the environmental, as well as socio-economic and institutional conditions co-creating the NBS in a rural and natural territories differ from an urban ares calling for a better understanding of understanding the role of context in the planning and implementation of co-creation. We argue that role of context or “place” is insufficiently understood in the co-creation literature and practice. We raise the following aspects that needs to be taken into account when co-creating NBS in natural and rural territories:
- geographical aspects (e.g. location and size of the living labs; ratio between green/built space, price of land);
- socio-economic issues (e.g. land ownership; nature-dependent livelihoods, demographies, migration, scattered population, divide between permanent/temporal residents);
- governance issues (e.g. land-use planning, planning culture);
- NBS (location, visibility of impacts).
Addressing target audiences and expressing needs
- To raise awareness and possibly influence policy
We are looking for further experiences applying co-creation in rural and natural territories and modelling approach.
- how to overcome challenges that may arise for example from sparse and aging population and potential conflicts various forms of land-use, but on the other hand exploit the strengths like co-creation on sense of place; and close relationship between various actors; and open space providing a lot of opportunities for various solutions;
- how to make full use of modelling in co-creation in cases where the issues are complex and hard to tackle and how to engage the stakeholders in the modelling work to enhance knowledge production and learning.
- EU and Member State Policy-makers
- International Organisations (ex. OECD, FAO, UN, etc.)
- Academia/ Universities
R&D, Technology and Innovation aspects
- Empirical research among OPERANDUM OALs with key indicators to evaluate the process and the impact generated by the co-creative approach;
- Action plan for the monitoring and impact evaluation of project strategy to engage stakeholders;
- Sustainability strategy to reinforce the social acceptance, the shared knowledge and the upscaling of NBS at local, national and global level.
