Introduction

As part of the CLIMAS project, a series of tools have been designed to support citizen engagement and inclusive decision-making in climate adaptation processes. This survey is part of an ongoing evaluation to understand how these tools perform in real-world settings, based on feedback from users like you.

Purpose of the Survey

The goal of this survey is to assess each tool according to four key criteria:

• Usability – How user-friendly and accessible is the tool?
• Inclusivity – Does the tool support diverse and equitable participation?
• Effectiveness – Does the tool help achieve its intended outcomes?
• Flexibility – Can the tool be adapted and scaled for different contexts?

Your insights will directly contribute to refining and improving the CLIMAS Toolbox to better serve a wide range of users and communities.

How to Complete the Survey

1. Please read the short descriptions of each tool and the evaluation criteria provided below.
2. First, rate how important each of the four criteria is to you when assessing a participatory engagement tool.
3. Then, for each tool you are familiar with, rate its performance on each criterion.

The survey will only take a few minutes, and your responses are greatly appreciated.

Before participating in this survey, we kindly ask you to take a few moments to read a brief description of the CLIMAS project and provide your informed consent. Please note that any personal data you provide in the consent form will not be linked to your survey responses. All answers will remain completely anonymous, and your personal information (if you choose to provide) will be kept strictly confidential and used solely for documentation of consent, in accordance with data protection regulations.

Consent Form

Dear User of the CLIMAS Toolbox,

We hereby contact you on behalf of the CLIMAS project “CLIMAte change citizens engagement toolbox for dealing with Societal resilience” to collect your consent to participate in a survey about gathering your opinions and feedback on the CLIMAS Toolbox.

CLIMAS IN A NUTSHELL The main project ambition is to learn from the ongoing and past experiences in citizens' engagement in climate change action such as Climate assemblies and Living labs and help the diverse European regions and local communities to resist through deliberative democracy. The ambition of the CLIMAS project is to deliver an innovative problem-oriented climate adoption Toolbox, co-designed together with stakeholders by applying a values-based approach, design thinking methods and citizen science to promote their direct engagement and empowerment. CLIMAS will formulate scientific based guidelines for policymakers on how to shift Climate Assemblies from technically based deliberations that belong to climate change experts to multi-stakeholders’ deliberations based on solving societal dilemmas from a bottom-up perspective.

CONSENT FORM

This activity is part of the CLIMAS Horizon Europe project (www.climas-project.eu).

It represents an optimal opportunity to inform stakeholders about the project activities, enable cross-cooperation and gain feedback from external Advisory Board members, citizen assembly practitioners, and citizens promoting or participating in Climate Assemblies.

This activity does not have any commercial purpose. The involved participants do not receive any monetary benefits by conducting this activity. They participate on a voluntary basis and can withdraw from the activities at any time. Your contribution to the survey may be published in project reports, journal articles, conference presentations, and via any other mode or channel of scientific exchange and dissemination considered appropriate, while protecting the participants’ privacy preferences.

Participants’ personal data (first name, last name, organization name, job title/position, email address) will only be used by the CLIMAS Consortium for the purposes of the project. Only in case specific permission is given, they may also be used to invite the participants to take part in future research activities and initiatives.

Personal data will be collected, processed, and protected according to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679. Participants have the right to request access to and rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing concerning the data or to object to processing as well as the right to data portability just sending an email to the responsible of data treatment, that is the University of the Aegean (Greece); Prof. Amalia Polydoropoulou (polydor@aegean.gr), Dr. Anna – Maria Kotrikla (akotr@aegean.gr)

Dr. Fameli Kyriaki – Maria (kmfameli@aegean.gr). They will also have the right to lodge a complaint with any European supervisory authority. Full privacy policy is available at www.climas-project.eu.

After reading the information sheet above, I consent voluntarily to participate in this survey and understand that I can refuse to answer questions and I can withdraw from it at any time, without any reason. Moreover, I provide my consent to the following activities:

-           To participate in project survey.   

-           To store my inputs into the CLIMAS Consortium repository for the direct purposes of the project.  

-           To be contacted by the CLIMAS Consortium in the next 2 years for matters related to project activities.   

-           To be contacted by the CLIMAS Consortium for matters related to scientific research, even beyond the purposes of the current project.

If you want to know more about the CLIMAS project:

Visit our website at www.climas-project.eu

Subscribe to our bi-annual Newsletter at www.climas-project.eu/newsletter

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To begin the survey, please click the "Start Survey" button below.

By clicking, you confirm that you have read and agree to the terms of the consent form. If you do not agree, please do not proceed with the survey.