Survey: Fostering inclusive engagement in co-creating nature-based solutions

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We are pleased to invite you to participate in a short survey focusing on achieving inclusive engagement in NbS co-creation, being conducted as part of NetworkNature’s Nature-based Solutions (NbS) Taskforce 6 on Co-creation and Governance.

The survey results will be used to inform the development of a collaborative workshop on inclusive participation around NbS, as well as a collaborative publication collating lessons learnt and key messages for policy uptake.

We recognize that NbS - if not informed by justice and inclusivity principles - can reinforce existing inequalities and further marginalize some actors.

This survey has thus been designed to collect your experiences and perspectives and identify successful strategies, critical challenges, and lessons learned in trying to meaningfully engage commonly excluded stakeholders in NbS co-creation processes. 

 

By ‘Commonly excluded stakeholders' we understand social groups highly interested in or significantly affected by NbS, but are unable or unwilling to participate, engage, or meaningfully contribute to co-creation processes. Exclusion can result from personal factors, socio-economic and demographic inequalities, and procedural injustices such as biased processes, lack of transparency and representativeness. Broader social, economic, and political conditions can also limit access to essential services like education, healthcare, and secure livelihood options, further sustaining exclusion.  These groups can vary significantly depending on the context.

We understand co-creation as a systematic process of creating new solutions with people (not for them) that involves citizens and communities in policy and service development. This process spans the NbS lifecycle's three intertwined phases: planning, delivery, and stewardship. In the planning phase, goals are defined, stakeholders identified, and necessary innovations and activities outlined. The delivery phase focuses on executing the plan, establishing partnerships, and continuously monitoring progress. The stewardship phase involves ongoing management and evaluation, promoting sustainability and resilience through partnerships, community engagement, and adaptive management².

Thank you for your participation and for contributing to more inclusive NbS practices! Please also feel invited to forward this survey to other experts in your network.

For additional information on your rights as a survey participant, please click here. You will be redirected to a digital consent form that provides further details about the survey. Your participation is voluntary, and all responses will be kept anonymous. The data collected will be used solely for research purposes within the scope of this project.

I understand that by clicking on the link to participate in this survey (“submit-button” at the end of the form), I am providing my informed consent.

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact Natalia Burgos Cuevas at nataliaburgoscuevas@ecologic.eu.

 

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¹ Mahmoud, I. H., Morello, E., Ludlow, D., Salvia, G. (2021). Co-creation Pathways to Inform Shared Governance of Urban Living Labs in Practice: Lessons From Three European Projects. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2021.690458
² Marcus J. Collier, Niki Frantzeskaki, Stuart Connop, Gillian Dick, Adina Dumitru, Agnieszka Dziubała, Isobel Fletcher, Pauline Georgiou, Katharina Hölscher, Esmee Kooijman, Marleen Lodder, Natalia Madajczyk, Siobhan McQuaid, Caroline Nash, Agnieszka Osipiuk, Mien Quartier, Alice Reil, Mary-Lee Rhodes, Daniela Rizzi, Paula Vandergert, Katrien Van De Sijpe, Peter Vos, Dimitra Xidous, "An integrated process for planning, delivery, and stewardship of urban nature-based solutions: The Connecting Nature Framework," Nature-Based Solutions, Volume 3, 2023, 100060, ISSN 2772-4115, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbsj.2023.100060. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772411523000125)
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natalia.burgoscuevas@ecologic.eu

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