Guide to Co-Design

Summary

Learn how to create a participatory design process.

Local governments can use participatory “co-design” principles and practices to help ensure that their programs and products that use open data are designed to meet the needs of current and potential users.

In this guide, you will learn what co-design is, see an example of it in action, and get some tips of how to apply co-design in your context.

“Co-design” refers to a participatory approach to designing solutions, in which community members are treated as equal collaborators in the design process.