Lessons Learned per Milestone 4

Milestone 4

Ensure that all voices have an equal footing in the debate during the workshop;
Request participants keep trying to think from other stakeholders' position;
Allocate time for every participant to present his/her own idea and to discuss it in plenum;
Let different perspectives on the subject, which will lead to a common background for further discussion;
Give all participants the opportunity to discuss and generate ideas;
Take measures to develop and further enhance the engagement and cooperation between different stakeholders;
Request the participants to state their ideas in the form of action statements in order to “push” them to think in practical terms;
Do not interfere too much with the topics participants chose to focus on, it mostly depends on individual needs/experience and knowledge;
Have proactive public participation from stakeholders, in particular from government and industry;
Mobilise stakeholders early in the process to develop viable and sustainable business models;
Plan well the workshop so that participants provide their ideas in an active way;
Avoiding "Groupthink" and the "Erroneous Priorities Effect": taking measures for the protection of the authenticity of all ideas;
Give tight bounds to participants about the shape of the contributions they have to provide, so they will not have other option than provide what is needed;
Actively introduce Gender Equality into discussions and ideas, as most often is a non considered aspect.

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