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Description
Today there is a lack of knowledge and skills both in local governments, public sector and civil society on how to work together across sectors in solving wicked problems. The aim of the project is to raise the capacity of Social Innovation Lab to solve wicked problems, namely in managing multi-party cooperation processes and disseminating co-creation methodologies. SiLab will import and adapt scenario planning, empower the members of its network in disseminating the methodologies of co-creation and introduce the essence of co-creation to officials and leaders of civil society organisations.
Summary of project results
The project was driven by the lack of sufficient skills of working together and cross-sectoral cooperation to solve wicked problems. This lack is felt on the level of the local government, in the public sector and also within different communities.
The project had two major goals to address this shortcoming. The first goal was to raise the capacity of Silab to address wicked problems, i.e. the management of multi-stakeholder cooperation processes and dissemination of co-creation methodologies. Scenario based planning was chosen as the methodology to achieving this goal. The methodology was imported to Estonia and adapted to suit local conditions by testing it three times during the project.
The second goal of the project was to disseminate the co-creation methodology to a network of co-creators through empowering the network of co-creation and organizing public events on the topic. To this end, the co-creation network agreed on the strategic directions of the network, which contribute to the promotion and dissemination of co-creation methodology. A total of six co-creation network meetings took place. As a result, the co-creation communication strategy has been completed and is being implemented today.
The main change to be achieved was greater awareness of the co-creation methodology and the increased operational capacity of Silab. There was certainly a big step forward in achieving both goals. It’s easier to assess the impact of the project on Silab''s operational capacity, which certainly improved significantly due to this project. The activities of the project, for example, made a significant contribution to SiLab''s success as a strategic partner of the Ministry of the Interior Affairs in the development of communities and co-creation.