Co-creation for policy: Participatory methodologies to structure multi-stakeholder policymaking processes

This guide, prepared by the European Commission Joint Research Centre and EIT’s Climate-KIC, outlines ways to employ co-creation as a tool in policy making.

Chapter 5 introduces the Co-creation for policy tuner as a tool for sense-making, knowledge creation and decision-making, while Chapter 6 provides examples of application in workshop settings.

The handbook aims at helping its users to effectively co-create the powerful policies we need today. It combines an entrepreneurial way of thinking and a concrete process for developing breakthrough ideas that stand a high chance of producing real-world impact. It presents a practitioner-oriented narrative for the design and implementation of innovative participatory processes and workshops to address societal challenges – coordinated by policymakers and with the active engagement of key stakeholders. It applies tried and tested self-organisation and design-thinking principles for co-creation.