Initial methodology for co-designing (local) citizen actions in citizen science initiatives and Living Labs and Fab Labs - more4nature D1.7

This report introduces the more4nature methodology for co-designing Citizen and Community-Led Actions (CCLA) with civil society stakeholders, in collaboration withLiving Labs and Fab Labs. In the context of more4nature, Citizen and Community-Led Actions are interventions driven by individuals or groups aiming to protect the environment. more4nature isbased on a broad understanding of the potential role of civil society actors in Environmental Compliance Assurance (ECA), explicitly including both citizengenerateddata and Citizen and Community-Led Actions, both of which play a pivotal role to address issues and challenges with Environmental Compliance Assurance. Thisdocument situates Citizen and Community-Led Actions in the more4nature context of Environmental Compliance Assurance, and outlines the initial methodology aimed atsupporting civil society actors in their co-design of CCLAs. Part I of this document explores which and how different civil society actions relate or contribute to collaborative ECA, using the more4nature framework for analysis of the case situation (Wehn and Pfeiffer, D3.1 Methodology for double Loop Action Research 2024). This report introduces six aspects of particular importance for situating andcharacterizing CCLA contributions to collaborative ECA. Specifically, Identifying actor groups involved in CCLA(s) in an ECA-related context; Understanding CCLAs as targeted interventions of civil society actors aiming to change behaviour of other actors (CCLA targets); Establishing the purpose of CCLAs based on the reasons for non-compliant behaviour in the case situation; Clarifying how CCLAs create and affect relationships and interaction patterns between civil society actors, duty holders and institutional actors; Distinguishing key CCLA action resources from the ECA action resources of state actors; Linking the potential outcomes of CCLAs to intended outcomes of the more4nature case learning journeys. These aspects build a solid conceptual frame, which can be used as the basis for the elaboration of the guidance to civil society actors as part of the co-design methodology. The document also assembles a collection of types of actions that are available to civil society actors as an action resource, in line with the more4nature conceptual framework. A total of 9 types of CCLA are elaborated and documented from the perspective of how citizens and communities can act within each, outlining potential targets, purposes and contributions to intended outcomes. Part II of this document provides the practical reference for the co-design process, by describing a series of co-design cards that address the above-mentioned aspects. These co-design cards are complemented with case-based inspiration in the form of Action Pathways, that help illustrate the variety of paths civil society actors can take in their CCLA co-design and implementation process. Finally, special attention is given to promote interactions with other initiatives, networks, in particular Living Labs andFab Labs, to support the CCLA co-design and implementation process. This methodology will be used in the Action Research activities of the 20 Pioneer cases,and it will be made available in an adapted format to civil society stakeholders in relevant more4nature Pioneer and Follower cases, in order to support their CCLA codesignactivities. For that purpose, this document is intended as a reference for the implementation of the co-design methodology, which takes place in the context of Task3.5 (T3.5). Selected content of the present deliverable will be made available to relevant more4nature partners (i.e. Pioneer case contacts), and who will use it withcase stakeholders in the CCLA co-design process as part of case activities. The final version of the more4nature CCLA co-design methodology (D1.8) with refinedguidance materials will be produced by month 46 (October, 2027), based on feedback and inputs from more4nature cases, obtained during the double loop Action Research.