The first co-design workshop of Citizens4Water
Karen
July 30, 2024, noon
On May 23rd 2024, we organised an online co-design workshop within the Citizens4Water project, as a first step to set up a global repository of citizen science initiatives for hydrology and water management.
A variety of citizen science professionals working in hydrology and water management took part, based all over the world, including participants from Europe, America, Africa and Australia.
After getting to know each other in an interactive introduction, we presented the project plan and discussed the aims and vision for the repository. Subsequently, participants gave feedback on the repository needs and functions, and the reporting template through three different rounds.
The participants named three main use and community benefits for the online platform:
An overview of the current projects, incl. best practices, general information, content, technology used…
A way to share experiences from own projects and expertise
A better way to find related projects for collaboration.
We also discussed the end-user needs. Three main needs that can be addressed by the platform were named:
Knowledge sharing
Inspiration
Accessibility of information
Finally, we discussed the reporting template that projects must fill out to be part of the repository. We gathered useful suggestions for improvements.
A more detailed report of the workshop can be downloaded through the link below.
We would like to thank all the participants for their valuable questions and feedback. We greatly appreciate all the input and will take everything in consideration when further developing the platform and reporting template.
In the coming months, we are planning one-on-one interviews to gather more in-depth feedback. The platform and reporting template will be developed and launched in 2025. In the meantime, everyone is invited to share feedback through this padlet board. Finally, to stay updated on the next steps of the project, please sign up to our newsletter.