Lessons Learned from Spain MML workshops

A

• Achieve success through multi-stakeholder engagement and consensus;
• Awareness and education are fundamental in changing mindsets;

B

• Be aware of the motivational factor that workshop participants may feel because they like the fact that an interdisciplinary group representing all society's niches is invited to brainstorming for resolving the problem;

C

• Create a friendly and relaxed workshop atmosphere for participants to have lively and open discussions;
• Create higher awareness on technological achievements from challenging and cutting edge successful projects to attract skilled people to work in the sector;

E

• Email and telephone were the best communication channels for promoting the workshop;
• Establish transparent, efficient and effective democratic mechanisms amongst all involved and throughout all the phases to create trust;
• Explain RRI and innovation tools and how to embed them in policy agendas as participants find it useful;

I

• Involve politicians and municipality representatives in workshops to increase its effectiveness;

K

• Keep the workshop's duration short and engage an experienced facilitator;

M

• Multidisciplinary research considering the sustainability vector is key;

R

• Run awareness campaigns so that the issue problem is clearly understood by all stakeholders;

T

• The SDD method was evaluated as very well structured, inclusive, productive, scientific, interesting and dynamic;
• To measure the workshop's success, define clear and achievable objectives;

U

• Use both phone and email for citizen recruitment;
• Use diverse communication channels (e-mail, telephone, face-to-face and word of mouth) for recruiting participants;
• Use the media to bring awareness to the society about the results from research and innovation;

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