Co-design is associated with design thinking, a human-centered, prototype-driven process for the exploration of new ideas. In the realm of public policy, however, co-design means to stand for the generation of real-world solutions to public problems, not just the exploration of creative approaches. Lest we forget, the public sector operates under an exigent set of concerns, demands, interests, pressures, and restrictions that make it a very open—and therefore complex when not chaotic—system. Notwithstanding, the public realm is expected to be legible and coherent so it might also serve as a stabilizing force. Hence, at the first remove, the challenges that co‐design faces when applied in government have to do with increased complexity, diminished control, and—paradoxically—doubtful legitimacy because numerous other parties must (more often than not) be involved, depending of course on the nature of the public problem at hand. Therefore, it may be necessary to consider ways to synergize co-design and strategic partnerships (as distinct from mere reliance on experts), including from the perspective of organizational learning.

I am busy with 3D co-creation and 3D co-design in collaboration with citizens in Ghent Belgium, to reconstruct history of cultural heritage, and build the future by designing public space and urban design... Finally it results in an "Animated Spatial Time Machine" made by co-creation and co-design. Welcome to discuss.

hi, I'm conducting a project that utilises hermeneutic, social construct Community of Practice to gather and codify knowledge and thematically map it to the end product of best practice model/s as recommendations. i believe their is scope to work in this way to capture collaborative "expert" knowledge and energy! Its level 4 knowledge management, so although not level 5, its still valuable to impact policy development.