The C2Lab is a co-creation space and counts on your active participation. The aim is to mature project ideas for the indicated challenges in discussions with the other participants and build a proposal together. The work initiated at the C2Lab should be further implemented after the lab itself. For the work at the lab, we will provide you with a project canvas and facilitators to help and guide the process.
These are the steps to the C2Lab:
1. Register, choose a challenge, and set up your profile
When registering for the event, you will choose a challenge which you want to work on. Alternatively, you can present your own project idea and pitch it to the other participants. Complete your profile so that the other participants can get to know you.
Make sure that you select "Long Term Matchmaking" in the registration process to get to know the other participants and book meetings.
2. Share your offers in the marketplace
Indicate what kind of what ideas and capabilities you offer for new projects and what kind of projects you are looking for. Publish this in the marketplace and browse what the other participants bring to the table.
3. Request meetings ("Long Term Matchmaking")
Invite other participants to preparatory meetings to speak about collaboration opportunities that you will further explore at the C2Lab. These meetings can take place anytime between registration and the in-person workshop.
4. Join the online pitching session
At the beginning of September, we will invite you to an online pitching session to present yourself personally to the other participants. This is an additional opportunity for you to meet your prospective project partners.
5. In-person C2Lab
We will meet in Strasbourg on 25-26 September 2024. Based on your challenge selection, you will join the respective working group to initiate your project ideas with your fellow peers. Each working group will be guided by a facilitator. Within your group, you will develop your project proposal by discussing the main elements of every project:
- Common goals
- Objectives and scope of the project
- Target groups
- Activities, deliverables and milestones
- Risks and assumptions
The goal is to have a project roadmap at the end of the C2Lab that your team will further implement and bring to an application to a public call or alternative funding opportunities. At the end of the discussions, you will define the next steps for your collaboration.
