SEP Vision Development - SEP Brainstorm! and FY 25 focus planning

[CherrelleTucker]

Summary

SEP Vision Development - SEP Brainstorm! and FY 25 focus planning

Acceptance Criteria:

- [ ] Large topics of focus drafted in a tentative FY24 5 Summary of Work for SEP, distinct from the SNWG MO
- [x] Co-design responsibilities

Dependencies

None currently identified

Risks

None currently identified

Future PI

SNWG website revamp

[CherrelleTucker]

Re: Co-design responsibilities: Cherrelle J. Tucker 9:49 AM Jun 18 possibly under obj 7/Project Plan possible "SEP" Plan that referenced in Program Plan or "Cheat Sheet" doc that is used but not referenced.

[CherrelleTucker]

https://github.com/NASA-IMPACT/snwg-sep/issues/35

https://github.com/NASA-IMPACT/snwg-sep/issues/55

https://github.com/NASA-IMPACT/snwg-sep/issues/47

[CherrelleTucker]

CoDesigning_Ocean.pdf Meadow et al 2015.pdf WMO_SE-ENE_Sadoff.pptx

Hi team,

As we move into a slightly different era under Earth Action with a greater focus on users and impact, I want to make sure that we’re starting with the same understanding and perspective on how I want us to get there. I’ve talked about user and stakeholder engagement in three ways:

1. Co-design, co-production, co-development, co-creation (lots of buzzwords meaning basically the same thing) of solutions – you’ll see some definitions in the readings here, but generally these concepts enable a more collaborative, collective, iterative process that brings users into solution formulation and implementation for a more actionable, usable end product. In short, we want to collectively produce something that is actually valued and used at the end of the day.
2. Awareness building of existing solutions so that they are utilized in new applications and new communities
3. Training so that solutions can be accessed and applied

Separate but related, we’ll eventually need to take a close look at solution evaluation – how have our solutions performed for the users they’re meant to support? Lots to unpack here… eventually.

Here are some useful readings on what these processes might look like. Peruse these at your leisure. Many are USAID-heavy since they’re particularly good at this, but hopefully they still give you a good understanding. I hope this is helpful background as you “drink the Kool aid” with me.

• USAID report – Co-Creation: An Interactive Guide (this is like the co-creation one-stop-shop!). A goal of mine is to develop a guide like this for NASA specific to our unique context. • USAID website – CLA Toolkit (collaborating, learning, and adapting – similar to MEL, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning; includes many more resources within) • USAID report – Co-creation with Indigenous partners (tons of great graphics and case studies in this hefty report that relate to co-production beyond Indigenous communities) • Paper (Miner 2023) – The co-production of knowledge for climate science (includes NASA colleagues Kelly Luis, James Rattling Leaf, Kim Miner) • Paper (Yua 2022) – A framework for co-production of knowledge in the context of Arctic research (useful graphics and considerations here too) • Couple of other papers attached on how these concepts have been applied. • A PPT slide deck (with notes left in) of a presentation I gave at a WMO event – this is focused on climate services but also discusses co-production, Design Thinking methods, and the PACE Applications Program as a case study.