D5.6 Events promoting ownership of solutions

Ownership of TransformAr solutions were promoted in the different demonstrators predominantly through events and workshops with stakeholders, including landowners, community groups and local authorities. A pattern here was that engagement and ownership around the solutions was often best when there was early and continued engagement with stakeholders through the development phase of solutions. The final events provide a good opportunity to showcase delivered solutions with more meaningful examples that can be shared with key stakeholders and to wider communities, to raise awareness and build ownership. The variation in engagement across the demonstrators highlights the benefit of a flexible approach, so that engagement and ownership can be bespoke to the region. For some solutions and regions local authorities are the key owner of solutions going forward, whereas in other regions, engaging businesses and a range of stakeholders at different levels is key.