Methodologies
On this page you will find documents that describe in detail the methodologies employed by various project partners to design and implement IN-HABIT’s Visionary and Integrated Solutions.
Co-creating social transformation: IN-HABIT methodology to transform vulnerable urban realities from within
This methodological guide, developed by the University of Cordoba, draws from its experience and provides a practical roadmap to replicate and adapt the IN-HABIT approach in other neighbourhoods, cities, and with other vulnerable groups. In these pages you will find:
• The key principles of the IN-HABIT methodology.
• The steps to follow, including tools and recommendations.
• Concrete examples of interventions.
• Success factors.
• Barriers and strategies for adaptation.
We invite you to explore this guide as a flexible and adaptable resource, which can be used as a whole or consulted in parts, depending on the needs of each context.
Community-Led Inclusive Green Spaces: IN-HABIT Methodology for Participatory Urban Interventions
This methodological guide builds on the experience of community-led interventions that reimagined neglected or underused public spaces in Nitra pilot as inclusive green hubs. It provides a practical roadmap for adapting and replicating these approaches in diverse urban contexts. Inside you will find:
• The core principles of the IN-HABIT methodology developed and tested in Nitra, Slovakia.
• Key phases for replicating the approach.
• Tools, methods, and entry points for participatory co-design.
• Factors of success and common barriers.
• Lessons learned and pathways for adaptation in other cities.
INHABIThon Activity Guide
This guide has been conceived by our partner Design for Change as a practical and strategic tool for facilitators seeking to empower groups of children through the experience of designing solutions to real problems. Its main objective is to facilitate the replication of participatory spaces (named here “INHABIThons”) that promote the CoCoCo model —co-designed, co-developed, and co-managed— as a way to sustain the impact of IN-HABIT beyond its completion.
This guide is complemented by other key documents.
• For facilitators:
• A compilation of activities for facilitators.
• For participants:
See also this video explaining the “I Can” Mindset:
Toolkit for Stakeholder Engagement
This Toolkit aims to provide a set of guidelines, methods and tools for the wider engagement of stakeholders in the People-public-private partnerships (PPPPs). It includes instructions for stakeholders mapping and local needs assessment, selection criteria, structure, working rules and diversity management procedures, co-design methodology, and the necessary guidelines and templates for the creation and management of the four local IN-HUBs. The Toolkit was the basis for the training process of the Local Community Activators during the IN-HABIT Project, providing the reference set for the management of the four local IN-HUBS established in the cities of Córdoba, Lucca, Nitra, and Riga. It supported the accomplishment of a fully inclusive process of co-creation, co-design, co-management, and co-monitoring of the innovative solutions envisioned by the four local PPPPs, with specific attention at the engagement of less represented and more at risk of exclusion stakeholders (Gender, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion perspective).
Inclusive Transition Pathways
The Inclusive Transition Pathway (ITPath) is a specific tool designed to foster the inclusion aspect of the project’s overall strategy and to guide the development of a multicentric governance model in the four cities.
• It is a pathway, in the sense that it visualises the journey from the initial moment of the project (month 0) to the final situation foreseen at its end (month 60), recording its key operational moments and milestones.
• It regards the expected transition towards a more innovative, polycentric and sustainable governance model, documenting agreements, pacts and protocols created along the process.
• It is inclusive, as it is aimed at supporting and measuring the larger engagement of stakeholders in the process, with a specific attention to gender, diversity, equity and inclusion (GDEI).
This document explains the development of the Inclusive Transition Pathways in our 4 pilot cities, and may be used as a model for other similar projects.
See also the following videos: