Beyond Assessing, Observing: Or How to Achieve More with Less for a More Co-creative Journey

How should the developmental evaluation of an ecosystem in its construction phase be approached? This is the question that has been ‘hovering over our roof’ for the team of ‘Observing and Evaluating’ throughout the year. We have distinguished two roadmaps: the progress of the process itself, on the one hand, and the impact or significance…

New edition of Arantzazulab’s “Challenge Week” with international students

With this project and through an innovative methodology, the aim is to attract new generations to get involved in social challenges through a week-long stay in Arantzazulab. 20 students from the LEINN arts & global degree at Mondragon Unibertsitatea spent a whole week at Arantzazulab from 27 November to 1 December. From Monday to Friday…

Experimenting with new models of collaboration

All of us and no one. We all have within usinnate leadership,But the tendency to G- fiveFills us with Ego.Lets lose the feeling of shameLets light up the heartAnd the predisposition to empathyWe will achieve sharedFree ownership Melody: Abila Dela – Iparragirre Within the co-creation ecosystem of the Basque Country, in the last year we…

“Slow cooking”

Any process of experimentation needs to be developed over a slow fire in order to extract the learnings and tackle new challenges. This is precisely what we have tried to develop in the experimentation team of the co-creation ecosystem, working on the systemic perspective over a slow fire. Do you want to try the first…

Shaping the Co-Creation Ecosystem: Initial steps of the orientation and promotion group

In the recent post on the evolution of the co-creation ecosystem, we explained that we would be sharing the journey and lessons learned in 2023. We have been working in the five working groups and in this text, we share the steps taken in the Orientation and Promotion group. The objectives of this working group…

The Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa informs the Citizens’ Assembly of the work carried out in recent months

The Gipuzkoa Citizens’ Assembly met again today, and representatives of Gipuzkoa Provincial Council presented the progress made in implementing the 9 recommendations proposed by the members of the Assembly. The Gipuzkoa Citizens’ Assembly represents an innovative deliberative procwess to address the following question: ‘How can we guarantee the agricultural activity of Gipuzkoa to face the…

The Tolosa Town Council reports on the progress made in the implementation of the 14 recommendations of the Citizen’s Assembly

In today’s follow-up session the members of the Assembly received the information on how the recommendations presented are being implemented. On the 4th of November 2023 at 9.00 a.m., the Tolosa Citizens’ Assembly members and municipal representatives met at the Kultur Etxea of Tolosa. The aim of the session was to present how the Tolosa…

Arantzazulab laboratory model: governance and democracy innovation

Arantzazulab is a democracy and governance innovation laboratory that promotes new forms of collaborative governance between public institutions and civil society, with the ultimate aim of empowering citizens, promoting collaborative governance in public policy and deepening democracy. It is a non-profit and non-partisan foundation and is supported by key institutions in the Basque Country. Institutional…

Democracy Labs: Field Catalysts for a more inclusive and future proof society

From the 4th to the 6th of October took place the Democracy R&D network annual conference. Arantzazulab members co-facilitated two workshops, below we share the key ideas presented in one session. On the 5th of October we co-facilitated a workshop together with Eva Rovers and Charley Fiedeldij from Bureau Burgerberaad, and Ane Miren Valenciano and…

Institutionalising Deliberative Democracy. The Basque case.

From the 4th to the 6th of October took place the Democracy R&D network annual conference. Arantzazulab members co-facilitated two workshops, below we share the key ideas presented in one session. On the 6th of October we co-facilitated a workshop together with Claudia Chwalisz from Democracy Next, Kyle Redman from NewDemocracy Foundation, Felipe Rey from…