FLIARA: MULTI-ACTOR CONSORTIUM – A KEY INGREDIENT TO SUCCESS

Through a multi-actor consortium FLIARA has developed a deeper understanding of key issues and combined knowledge from science and practice to produce proposals that will contribute to and speed up the acceptability and uptake of new ideas, approaches and solutions developed in the project.  

Build a Multi-Actor Consortium: Identify partners with expertise in core topics and ensure diversity of perspectives and skills. Consider the reach and stakeholder connections of each partner. FLIARA has a transdisciplinary consortium, roles for 20 Female Ambassadors, and established a diverse Stakeholder Advisory Board.

Embed Participation in Design: To maximise value, dedicate activities and spaces for meaningful collaboration. FLIARA held activities at local, national, and international levels—from co-creation of reports to futures workshops and policy discussions with practice and academic partners at CoP events, the European Parliament, and academic conferences.

Engagement and Tailored Outputs: Stakeholder mapping and targeted communication and dissemination ensured a wide diversity of participants and maintained interest. Tailored messaging and outputs was integral to this process. FLIARA developed a website, social media channels, Practice Abstracts, Fact sheets, Vlogs, academic papers, newspaper articles, reports, organised webinars and policy forums.

Multi-Actor Engagement. Horizon Europe has increased the mandatory requirement for multi-actor participation in many of its research calls. This reflects the growing need to bridge the gap between policy, science and practice. FLIARA has proven that a multi-actor consortium through effective collaboration can support real-world relevance and adoption of results.