Strengthening sustainable innovation policy with CASI tools: Insights from and for Portugal

Sustainable innovation forms the basis for the new solutions of and opportunities for the future although it has not yet achieved an established programmatic policy position. The CASI project has developed a set of tools, which can strengthen the development of sustainable innovation policy. This set of tools includes a data bank, a citizen engagement methodology, citizen agendas and a framework for sustainable innovation. This policy brief reviews and showcases how these SI tools can be used when strengthening sustainable innovation policy.

In Portugal, the identified policy need relates to suitable communication approaches that promote citizen engagement on activities focused on the promotion of sustainable innovation with large coverage and that reach out to citizens at large. The citizen engagement methodology promoted by CASI, especially by the CASI-F framework may provide key guidance throughout the process of reaching out the target audience and communicating to them in an attractive manner.