Draft Report v1.0
The CityLabs lead team were also supported in delivery of activities by twenty-two UCC staff and students with co-creation expertise participating as knowledge gatherers to support facilitated discussions. These individuals were chosen as thought leaders in their respective fields who are also skilled in engagement for co-learning and co-producing knowledge with communities. They supported the facilitation of dialogue within the workshops, ensuring the contributions were inclusive, captured and recorded and provided additional insights and reflections informing this report. As skilled researchers, listeners and co-learning facilitators, they created space for dialogue focussed on supporting the emergence of insights from across the wide expertise in the room – with emphasis given to the voices of community and city stakeholders. University co-creation facilitators are acknowledged in Appendix B. Cork City Council senior staff also participated in the external CityLabs LECP Community Engagement workshops in a supporting host capacity. Their expertise and knowledge from their respective services and directorates supported constructive dialogue and thinking, contributing relevant insights and guidance for productive conversations. Similar to academic facilitators, emphasis was given to participating in a listening mode, giving maximum room to voices of community and city stakeholders. The City Manager attended both sessions in full, providing opening words, welcome and context for discussions – demonstrating the leadership commitment to the process and the subsequent City Council staff workshop provided space for the Council’s internal expertise to contribute to the futures thinking. City Council discussion hosts are acknowledged Appendix C. Event registration was managed by Cork City Council in keeping with GDPR standards and practice for managing participant personal details associated with registration. Names only are included in the enclosed appendices. Co-learning and co-producing City knowledge for City futures The thought processes, discussion and engagement experiences in futures thinking approaches are recognised as being as important as the outputs of these processes; as stakeholders hear and learn from each other and collectively progress ideas, thinking and networks that support collaboration, co-operation and new localised actions to emerge. This is supported through deliberate workshop planning for table seating arrangements to ensure a diverse mix of perspectives and sectors at each table during deliberations.
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