Lisa van Dijk
| Lisa.vanDijk(at)hnee.de |
Premiere: Preparing Multi-Actor Projects in a Co-creative Way
The agriculture and forestry sectors face major challenges. As a result, farms—together with, for example, companies in the value chains—need to develop, test, and scale up innovative solutions. The concept of “cooperation for innovation” is seen as a promising approach in this context, one in which participants work together as equals to develop the necessary adjustments. The collaboration within such an innovation partnership begins with the conception of an innovation project. PREMIERE—Preparing Multi-Actor Projects in a Co-creative Way—offers support during this early phase of co-innovation. Experience has shown that innovation partnerships must effectively align the complementary skills of group members right from the start of the collaboration. Not only must they carefully draft formal agreements or the application for a collaborative project, but they must also solidify the relationship of trust and the commitment to a multi-year collaboration.