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Foundation e-Learning · EL-106 Methods & channels

An Introduction to Co-Production.

Forty minutes on moving from doing to, to doing with.

Starting point No prior knowledge required
01 Why it matters

Where co-production fits

This e-learning course is an introduction to the background of co-production and explores the concepts and definitions around this particular engagement methodology. This foundation course will give you a grounding of co-production and an understanding of where it fits in to the wider engagement process.

You will learn the principles of co-production and how to build a co-production environment with the relationships and social capital to allow for co-production to be effective.

Produced by the Consultation Institute, with subtitles throughout. The intermediate course Co-production for consultation & engagement takes the same principles further with a trainer.

02 What topics will you cover?

Four topics, forty minutes

The principles come first, because the three topics after them assume you have them.

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The principles of Co-ProductionThe six key principles the rest of the course builds on: recognising people as assets, building on their capabilities, mutuality and reciprocity, peer support networks, blurring the line between professional and service user, and facilitating rather than delivering.
02
Where the principles can be applied within consultation and engagementWhich parts of a consultation are open to a co-produced approach: framing the question and the options, designing the materials and the events, running the conversations themselves, and interpreting what comes back, along with the points where the decision has to stay with the authority.
03
The benefits of an asset-based approachStarting from what a community already has instead of what it lacks: the skills, groups, buildings and relationships already in place, how to map them, and why a needs-led framing tends to produce dependency where an asset-led one produces capacity.
04
The ways in which social capital underpins thisWhy the relationships have to be there before the work begins: bonding, bridging and linking capital, the trust that lets people speak candidly, and what it takes to build that stock in a community where previous consultation has left it depleted.
What will you achieve? An understanding of…
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The principles of co-production

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Where these principles can be applied

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How to build an asset-based environment for Co-Production

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The difference between Co-Production and Co-Design

03 Who is this course for?

Public, private and voluntary sectors alike.

This course is suitable for anybody working within consultation and engagement who is considering applying co-production principles to their work in the public, private or voluntary sectors.

04 How it works

Three modules, the first two closing with a short assessment.

01
An introduction to Co-Production

Three chapters: the introduction, the see-saw of co-production, and an asset-based approach and social capital.

02
Principles and Application

Five chapters: six key principles, from doing to to doing with, a simplified involvement timeline, co-production against co-design, and asset-based methods.

03
Continuous Engagement

One chapter on a logical progression for co-production. The course closes with next steps.

06Before you enrol

Common questions

Anything not covered here, ask us. We answer the same day.

01

How long does the course take?

Approximately 40 minutes across three modules. It is self-paced, so you can stop and return, and your place is remembered. Subtitles are available throughout.
02

Is co-design the same thing?

A chapter in module two is given over to exactly that question, and it is one of the four things the course sets out to leave you understanding.
03

How do I pay?

You can pay by credit card when you book, or if you’d prefer to be invoiced, please just email us at contact@consultationinstitute.org
04

How many CPD points does it carry?

Five tCI CPD points, logged against your record when you finish, along with a certificate of completion.
05

Are there assessments?

A short assessment closes the first two modules. They check you have taken in the section. There is no exam.
06

Can we buy it for a whole team?

Yes. Organisation members hold e-learning seats that anyone in the team can use, so speak to us and we will set the team up.

A grounding in co-production, in forty minutes

£140 for a single licence, five CPD points, and a certificate at the end.

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