Building bridges: Collaboration and partnership in communities through co-design
Session type:
Discussion
Presented by:
Samuel Martin
SDM Consulting (Co-Design Institute)
Lily Cory
Washington State Department of Children Youth and Families
Session time:
07 Mar 16:30 — 17:30
Session duration:
60 minutes
About the session
A discussion on the importance of engaging community-based partnerships alongside government agencies when doing co-design or service design.
The engagement of lived experts is paramount in creating a truly community-centred program or policy. This session will showcase examples of successful partnerships between organizations and government agencies that marginalized communities can be a part of design.
This will provide actionable insight into how fostering collaboration between diverse stakeholders can provide positive change in communities.
Participant takeaways:
Concrete real-life examples of Government and Community Partnership in service Design and how the partnership can catapult policy and programming.
Concrete tools that can be implemented in current practice
Opportunity to ask questions to government staff, and community staff who do service design directly with communities.