Co-workshops and the Lemesos Commons

Despite the general agreement about informing and involving all stakeholders and citizens in City Climate Transitions,

specific methods, objectives and therefore results differ. The Lemesos Transition master plan includes two main instruments:

the Participatory Co-design Solutions Workshops -"co-workshops"-

and the "Lemesos Commons"

Their main objectives are

(a) to achieve a shift in social attitude towards people becoming agents of change in the climate crisis

(b) distilling collective wisdom for the Transition.

This wisdom will materialize in the form of transition-advancing detailed and well-thought-out project proposals, take into account multiple stakeholder concerns, are solidly grounded on science, can be socially monitored, have broad support, and deal positively and objectively with objections.

Participatory Co-design Solutions Workshops

Co-workshop methodology (protocol) has been developed in the pilot project LC3. Each workshop has a central theme, a specific issue for consideration and solution design. The sessions are interactive with well-designed activities and a self-reflection ending in each. Experts may join parts of the physical or online interaction, especially at the beginning and for answering feasibility questions and transferring experience from beyond Lemesos. The evolving concrete outcome of co-workshops is their co-designed solutions developed.

The co-workshops, which involve homogeneous groups of citizens, aim to respond to specific problems related to the reduction of temperature in the city, to observe the process and to enable the project to guide so that actions can be feasible on a large scale through the Climate City Contract. The main expected impact is the change of attitude of the participants towards Climate Change, the Municipality and their personal and collective capacity to become change agents.

You can participate in the co-workshops

  • as an expert
  • as a team leader
  • or as a facilitator with appropriate support from the LC3 project team.

Co-design solutions workshops are planned and operated for

  • Professionals involved in the design of public and private built environments (architects, civil engineers, contractors, urban planners, agronomists, social scientists, etc.).
  • Staff and employees of the local government of Lemesos Municipality, as well as organizations responsible for the planning, monitoring, and supervision of projects and actions for climate change adaptation.
  • Scientists working on climate change issues (especially the phenomenon of urban heat islands).
  • active citizens and focused groups concerned with public spaces and who want to intervene through participatory design.

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