6 EFFECTING
6 EFFECTING
Phase 6. Effecting- Navigating that things get done in the experiments
This phase is the big brother of step B( uilding networks and the experiment) in part two of the strategy. It is about coordinating the implementation of the different experiments and ensuring that the contributions the municipality promised to add to the experiment are kept. As in step B, this is done through establishing a monitoring and evaluation scheme early on in the process, firmly rooted in the entire experimental setup. This scheme helps to evaluate if the charted goals are reached and if not, what actions have to be triggered in the next phase to alter the experiments.
Tasks to take in this phase could be:
Task 6-1: Let the experiments begin! Ensure that the contributions the municipality promised to add to the experiment are kept and help to speed up the process. Task 6-2: Develop indicators for monitoring whether the targeted goals are on their way to be achieved. Task 6-3: Decide on a timing and role division concerning the monitoring. Where in the time or during the building phases could an evaluation and re-evaluation of actions take place?
Task 6-4: Develop also indicators for monitoring the organisational setup of the living laboratory itself. Questions to evaluate could include: How is the joint execution of the experiments working? How are power relations affected? Where has the concept to be altered to ensure a goal-oriented operation of the living lab?
Task 6-5: Based on the results of the monitoring, carry out an evaluation if important institutional barriers, societal, economic, environmental trends and drivers of change might have been overseen in the first four phases.