Co-creation for policymakers: an introductory course

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Course details

This MOOC presents an introductory course to the use of co-creation and design methodologies especially tailored to those working in the field of policy-making. The course is composed of 5 chapters delivered in 5 weeks that will guide participants through the main building blocks of this methodology. Within each chapter, different experts in the field will walk participants through the specific aspects of the whole co-creation process cycle. Participants will go away with an understanding of the potential and benefit of using user-centred methodologies, such as co-creation, in the field of RRI and policymaking.

Target audience

policymakers, Scientific and Research Community, Industry and Innovation, Civil society, Non-governmental organisations, Formal and Informal education community, Lab communities, Citizens, EU projects

Learning objectives

During this course, participant will get the opportunity to question current policy-making practices and their limitations and recognise the potential of co-creation. They will understand the concept of human-centred design and examine service design methodologies when applied to policy-making. This course will equip them with tools to explain the importance of problem framing and experiment with different stakeholder engagement methods. Then will then be able to identify the characteristics of prototyping and apply its methods to a specific challenge. By the end of the course, they will be in the capacity of evaluating a co-creation process and ensuring the sustainability of its outcomes

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General

Why do we need innovation in policymaking?

How can human-centricity and co-creation improve policies?

How can problems and their root causes be identified and framed?

How can co-design be used to solve community problems?

How can solutions be implemented and sustained over time?

Tags

policy making

citizen engagement

co-creation

design methods

Offered by

This content is offered by the European Commission. The European Commission is the European Union's politically independent executive arm. It is alone responsible for drawing up proposals for new European legislation, and it implements the decisions of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.