This handbook is a how-to guide for implementing Co-learning Forums, a platform for co-learning and co-production of knowledge, and includes key methodology and tools for organisation and facilitation, in both digital and face-to-face participatory activities.
The methodology is grounded in the Conexus Guiding Principles for Co-learning. This methodology has been developed in the context of international urban Nature Based Solutions (NBS) but has high relevance in a broad range of sectors for the co-production of knowledge.
The handbook includes a catalogue of methods and tools, as well as a list of crucial roles in these activities. This catalogue includes a description and practical examples of how the methods or tools can be used.
Co-learning Forums (CLFs) are a sequence of participatory meetings (both face-to-face and online) to build knowledge and learn in a trajectory way from local arenas, engaging different tools and methods for co-production, including site visits, small group discussions, on-site workshops, plenary presentations, and panel discussions. CLFs facilitate transnational partner-partner communities of learning involving citizens together with researchers and public sector representatives.
