Co-Creation in Action
Recent Projects
Browse through to explore what co-creation looks like in the design and delivery of projects. Get in touch with questions or suggested ways we can work together.
Greenpeace (MENA)
The challenge
Greenpeace MENA initiated a renaming process from MENA to SWANA and wanted to use it as a catalyst for deeper organisational reflection on organizational culture and decision-making, language, governance, partnerships, and internal culture.
What we did
Soltara is designing an organisational transformation process across five phases: inception and methodology design; stakeholder consultations across staff, board, partners, donors, and community members; thematic analysis and comparative scoping report; facilitated learning workshop; and final synthesis report with strategic recommendations across seven organisational areas.
What this means for you
Identity and governance are closely linked and the words organizations use matter. Soltara facilitates the process that surfaces internal priorities, builds shared understanding, and co-creates a roadmap organisations can implement.
Ooredoo Telecom (Qatar)
The challenge
The department had formal reporting systems. Staff were not using them. The culture of silence was measurable and the formal mechanisms were not producing honest communication.
What we did
Soltara redesigned the department’s strategic goals and rebuilt its stakeholder engagement approach. We facilitated co-design processes with staff and management, and built reporting practices designed for genuine engagement.
What this means for you
If your policies exist on paper but you need help shaping and supporting how people actually behave, reach out.
Inter-Parliamentary Union
The challenge
The department had formal reporting systems. Staff were not using them. The culture of silence was measurable and the formal mechanisms were not producing honest communication.
What we did
Soltara redesigned the department’s strategic goals and rebuilt its stakeholder engagement approach. We facilitated co-design processes with staff and management, and built reporting practices designed for genuine engagement.
What this means for you
If your policies exist on paper but you need help shaping and supporting how people actually behave, reach out.
Strategy&, part of the PwC Network (Netherlands)
The challenge
Women at one of Europe’s leading strategy consulting firms needed leadership and career development support grounded in research, not in generic executive coaching.
What we did
Soltara designed and delivered a structured leadership development day drawing directly on peer-reviewed research in career construction, feminist standpoint theory, and inclusive HR practice.
What this means for you
Leadership programmes designed by the researchers who produce the evidence they draw on are able to tailor programs to suit context and sector. Soltara does this seamlessly.
AFFORD (United Kingdom)
The challenge
ABC Phase II needed rigorous gender analysis of how UK- and Europe-based West African diaspora actors engage in entrepreneurship, investment, and employment creation across Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, and The Gambia.
What we did
Soltara conducted a full gender analysis combining targeted desk review with 8 key informant interviews, two expert validation sessions with 8 specialists, and cross-country synthesis of five country-level gender analyses. We applied a gender-lens investing and dignified work framework and translated all findings into practical logframe revisions and a complete MEL indicator suite for Phase II.
What this means for you When your programme operates across cultures with different relationships to gender and economic life, you need analysis that is rigorous and immediately usable
Feminist Ethics Collective
The challenge
Institutional review boards needed a clearer understanding of the barriers researchers and reviewers face in ethical review processes, and evidence to strengthen institutional practice.
What we did
We are conducting an empirical study with feminist researchers to understand their experiences with Institutional Review Boards and review committees, identifying recurring barriers and developing evidence-based recommendations for improvement and supporting feminist, participatory, and decolonial research with a focus on the Global South.
What this means for you
Stronger ethics review starts with understanding how it actually works on the ground. Soltara turns lived experience into concrete, actionable recommendations for institutions and researchers.
Union for the Mediterranean
The challenge
UfM needed to strengthen institutional accountability and workplace understanding around sexual harassment prevention, reporting, and monitoring, on the commemoration of International Women’s Day.
What we did
We designed and delivered staff and stakeholder training covering prevention, reporting mechanisms, and monitoring policies with case studies.
What this means for you
Workplace dignity depends on people knowing the systems that protect them are real and trusted. Soltara builds that trust through practical, policy-grounded training.
EMBRACE Project (European Union Horizon & Maastricht University)
The challenge
Advancing public sector reform in Lebanon after the port explosion required a clear picture of where opportunities and barriers to institutional change existed, and the mobilization of all stakeholders.
What we did
We led country-wide empirical research and multi-stakeholder consultations, producing evidence to inform reform policy and implementation.
What this means for you
Reform succeeds when it’s grounded in real institutional context, supported by local partners, and responsive to the needs of each country. We work with governmental and non-governmental actors to identify opportunities and overcome barriers, even in context of crises and disaster.
National Centre for Social Research (United Kingdom)
The challenge
A financial literacy education programme in Kuwait needed rigorous evidence and feedback from stakeholders to assess how well it was working and where it could improve.
What we did
We helped with analysis of qualitative research and evaluation of the programme, generating findings to assess implementation and inform ongoing learning.
What this means for you
Strong programmes get better with good evidence. Soltara provides the evaluation clarity needed to fortify delivery and demonstrate impact.
Lebanse League for Women in Business
The challenge
A programme aiming to increase women’s representation on boards of syndicates, universities, and civil society organisations needed robust monitoring to track and strengthen its outcomes.
What we did
Soltara led monitoring and evaluation across the programme, generating evidence to improve project design, engage stakeholders, and apply intersectional gendered analysis to women’s promotion opportunity to board and leadership positions.
What this means for you
Representation goals need measurement to matter. Soltara’s M&E work turns programme activity into demonstrable, improvable outcomes.
Oxfam International (Lebanon)
The challenge
Preventing and responding to gender-based violence required a clear understanding of organisational capacities and priorities across multiple stakeholders.
What we did
Soltara conducted multi-stakeholder research examining institutional capacities, informing programme strategy and learning.
What this means for you
Effective GBV response needs NGOs to support it and honest organisational self-assessment, especially in times of crisis and backlash. Soltara surfaces the priorities and gaps that shape stronger strategy and recommends ways to empower local organizations through solidarity and resources.
Syrian Women's Political Movement (Syria & Europe)
The challenge
Women activists and advocates across Syria and Europe needed stronger capacity in feminist research, policy writing, and public advocacy.
What we did
Soltara designed and delivered training on feminist research methods, policy writing, and opinion writing, including curriculum development, coaching, and mentoring.
What this means for you
Feminist leadership grows through skills and sustained support. Soltara builds both, equipping advocates to shape policy debate directly.
Mujeres Diásporas (Spain)
The challenge
Migrant women in Barcelona with lived experiences needed to organize advocacy platform grounded in their own lived experiences to influence policy dialogue.
What we did
We took part in a participatory advocacy initiative, translating research into policy dialogue and public engagement.
What this means for you
Advocacy is strongest when it comes from those directly affected. Soltara helps translate lived experience into strategies for influence.
Arab Reform Initiative (France)
The challenge
The Women, Peace, and Security agenda remains very focused on states and military actors. The Support Arab Women on the Table (SAWT) engaged local initiatives across Libya, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, and Yemen to advocate for more inclusive and locally-defined peace.
What we did
We worked with local partners in the selected countries to build participatory research skills, analyze country-wide data, and develop recommendations for widening the agenda for women in peace and security to engage grassroots movements and local priorities.
What this means for you
Sustainable peace and security needs to be inclusive of women’s perspectives and local movements. Work with us on civil society’s role and the importance of participatory research for inclusive national policies on peace and security.
European Institute of the Mediterranean (EuroMeSCo)
The challenge
Mediterranean policy dialogue needed grounded research and structured consultation with policymakers at the Union for the Mediterranean.
What we did
Soltara led research and facilitated multi-stakeholder consultations, producing evidence and recommendations shared with the European Commission’s DG NEAR.
What this means for you
Policy influence requires credible evidence, shared with the institutions positioned to act on it. Soltara delivers both.
American University of Beirut: Support and Accelerate Women's Inclusion (SAWI)
The challenge
Advancing inclusive employer policies across the MENA region required the creation of the first regional index, and engaging employers in developing inclusive recruitment, retention, and promotion policies.
What we did
Soltara served as co-lead and implementing partner, leading work on Equal Employment Opportunity, strategic communications, events, and knowledge dissemination.
What this means for you
The burden of economic participation should not fall on the shoulders of women. Employers must take responsibility for inclusive policies. Soltara can support through executive education, research, and anchoring policies in women’s lived experiences, while strategically communicating with stakeholders and policy audiences.
Organizations We've Worked With
