Who makes neighbourhoods and the public services they benefit from? And how could both be improved if public agencies had a better idea of how to join up what they can do with what communities do for themselves? This the starting point for exploring what the idea of ‘co-production’ – the recognition of all of the different inputs that go into producing something – might mean for neighbourhoods in Birmingham.
Resident University will be holding a series of special lectures, seminars and workshops to look at these questions in more detail, and to learn from what is already happening in neighb0urhoods across the city. Places where residents, community groups and public services are already redefining our understanding of who really does make our neighbourhoods.
The first of the these events will be on the morning of February 10th at the Nishkam Centre, start time tbc. To get involved, please contact us.
To find out more about what co-production, you can download a copy of an initial briefing paper written for Birmingham City Council by the Chamberlain Forum
