That is what the MATRUSCHKA partners were discussing and testing in the Stakeholder training seminar in Malmö. On three days in the end of May, 34 participants from 8 partner cities were gathering.

In several sessions the participants were introduced to the steps of how to prepare stakeholder involvement, always mixed with small tasks and group work to practice the presented content.
Methods for stakeholder involvement were shown in an exhibition which gave room for discussions about suitability of methods for the cities own case.

In an interactive role play together with all participants the method of open space was tested in practice to give an impression of how it can work.

The last day was rounding up the steps of stakeholder involvement before two experts were presenting their own experience of involving stakeholder.
Ms Minu Hemmatti, with great experience in multi-stakeholder processes in international contexts, stressed the importance of monitoring and evaluation.
Mr Ditlev Nissen, consult in participation and conflict resolution, was presenting his experience in conflict resolution in a project he had in Greenland.

After the official training seminar, the participants had the chance to follow a guided tour in the Western Harbor in Malmö, an industrial area currently being transformed into an urban quarter. This transformation is done under ambitious sustainability aspects and the quarter will be a model of urban sustainability, with balanced economic, social and ecological factors.

The three days of training seminar gave a lot of input for the cities´ further work and was hopefully inspiring for the upcoming Local Forums!