Practice Abstract - Research and innovation

Co-creation with different actors

Implementation of innovation in agriculture is complex as it requires professional knowledge from various fields of expertise combining “hard skills” and “soft skills”. In addition, a required innovation is often scattered in the minds of many concerned actors. Implementing an innovation thus requires collaboration between different actors from different sectors, areas of expertise and when this cuts across research, industry and practice, a clear understanding between actors is the ultimate prerequisite for transferring an innovation into practice.

If the innovation is addressed to critical areas, different actors may even have different perspectives on individual issues or even "hidden agendas". All this often leads to misunderstandings and disagreements between actors that hinder the creation or implementation of innovations.

The engaged multi-actor approach must aim to find the appropriate actors, bring them together in a context and create a suitable environment in which these actors can interact through the use of engaged co-creation methods, thereby complementing these scattered pieces of ideas by bringing individual views together.

Source Project
EURAKNOS
Ongoing | 2019-2021
Main funding source
Horizon 2020 (EU Research and Innovation Programme)
Geographical location
Belgium
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