This MEL Dialogue brings together key perspectives on how to evaluate collaboration between various partners in DeSIRA projects. Almost all DeSIRA projects involve living labs, platforms, or partnerships of different stakeholders in the Agriculture Innovation System. Collaboration among agri-food system actors plays an important role in fostering innovation. But how do they do this, and when do we call that a success?
- Koen Vervoort from the European Network on Living Labs, _ENoLL, presented their Living Lab framework and assessment processes. The ENoLL assessment serves to enable certification of Living Labs, and can also be used for accountability, benchmarking, value capturing, and maturity assessments.
- Erwan Sachet from the DeSIRA project Santes et Territoires presented the project’s experiences with using Development Evaluation during the start-up phase of the living labs in Senegal and Cambodia.
The DeSIRA MEL support team presented some other existing approaches and presented a new way of thinking about the functioning of MSP based on behavioural change theory.
Session´s Powerpoint Presentation