{"id":24669,"date":"2024-03-15T13:29:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T13:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futural-project.eu\/?p=24669"},"modified":"2024-03-20T09:10:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T09:10:05","slug":"futural-maps-workshops-the-co-creation-adventure-has-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/futural-project.eu\/lt\/futural-maps-workshops-the-co-creation-adventure-has-started\/","title":{"rendered":"FUTURAL MAPs workshops: The co-creation adventure has started!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new year has started in style for FUTURAL, with quite an energetic mood among our MAPs partners! February was an eventful month for FUTURAL\u2019s collaborative activities, as four MAP Leaders (Durangaldea, Provincie West-Vlaanderen, KIPA<\/strong> and Pongau<\/strong>) organized the first round of co-creation workshops, sharing their common vision to empower their local communities. The Multi-Actor Pilots (MAPs)<\/strong> will assess the challenges and needs in six rural areas so that the tech-savvy members of the consortium can develop digital and innovative Smart Solutions to address these challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FUTURAL follows a participatory, co-creation approach, and its innovation roadmap is organised along four main iterative steps: prototype, test, pilot and demonstration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the prototype phase<\/strong> (June 2023 – May 2024), MAP leaders will organise the first round of co-creation workshops to capture rural stakeholders’ needs to inform innovation design and development of the first Minimum-Viable-Product (MVP) of the SS and the Metasearch Platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the testing phase<\/strong> (June 2024 – May 2025), MAP leaders will organise the second round of co-creation workshops to test the prototype (in a controlled environment) and give feedback to be used to refine the SS and the Metasearch Platform towards the Alpha version. In this phase, each MAP will also run the first Capacity Building workshop to empower rural communities to implement and adopt innovations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the piloting phase <\/strong>(June 2025 – May 2026), MAP leaders will organise the third and final round of co-creation workshops to pilot (in a live, controlled environment) and provide feedback on usability and scalability of the innovations to be used to refine the SS and the Metasearch Platform towards the Beta version. In the piloting phase, each MAP will also run a second Capacity Building workshop to strengthen rural communities further to implement and adopt innovations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the demonstration phase (June 2026 – May 2027), the FUTURAL SS, Metasearch Platform and Open Call\u2019s projects will be demonstrated and evaluated by MAP members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The experience acquired from co-creation in the MAPs will be shared in dedicated workshops in the EU-RIF events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-creating with the MAPs<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

February 2024 began with a co-creation workshop in Berriz, Bizkaia, Spain<\/strong>. The event was organised by Urkiola Landa Garapenerako Elkartea – Asociaci\u00f3n De Desarrollo Rural De Durangaldea (Durangaldea)<\/a>, our Spanish MAP Leader, on 1\/2\/2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Public and private stakeholders (municipalities, foresters, representatives of the primary sector, agricultural unions, and cultural and sports associations) got engaged in enthusiastic and fruitful discussions on the development of Smart Solutions for the Spanish rural community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FUTURAL SS, to match the challenges the MAP is facing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n