Małgorzata Grodzicka-Kowalczyk, Maciej Kowalczyk (PHENO HORIZON) and Katarzyna Boczek  (CDR Brwinów)

As part of the WATERDRIVE project, the PHENO HORIZON team in cooperation with CDR Brwinów conducted workshops under the name: Role and tasks of Local Water Partnerships leaders in water management processes in the landscape.

Workshop work aimed at preparing for work using the Living Labs method: discussing the stakeholders and developing a list of benefits, developing a work schedule as part of the Living Lab, promoting the created Living Lab (preparation by participants of materials supporting stakeholder engagement – drawing a poster, preparing a presentation)

Sessions – the first day of the workshop:

1. Discussion of the issue “Water management in agricultural landscape” Theory and methodology with examples
2. Environmental aspects of water management – scientific expert
3. Processes of participatory spatial planning, statutory conditions and national practice
4. Examples of activities in the agricultural landscape – CDR Brwinów expert
5. Living Labs method – introduction
6. Examples of the implementation of the Living Labs method in Poland

Sessions – the second day of the workshop:

1. Examples of the implementation of the Living Labs method in Poland – an example of a pilot area in the WATERDRIVE project: Kutno Commune
2. Introduction to Walt Disney’s workshop method + division into groups – Pheno Horizon expert
3. participants’ assessment of the effectiveness of the Living Lab method in conducting water management processes in agricultural areas
4. Presentation of conclusions from groups in the form of posters
5. Implementation based on “field” conditions and the experience of Advisors
6. Q&A session from participants to experts

The trainings were very positively received by the participants. In their opinion, they organized the implementation of tasks and opened up horizons for cooperation. The participants gained a broader knowledge of what arguments to use to establish cooperation at the (mainly local) level and what are the synergistic connections of their tasks with other activities carried out – for example by local governments. The participants’ opinions on the whole solution were quite enthusiastic. The method can be used in developing methods of cooperation at various levels.

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