The Co-VAL stakeholder panel consists of about 25 stakeholders working together with Co-VAL consortium members, with a high interest and expertise on issues related to the research areas of Co-VAL. Members were selected on the basis of their interest in the topic and the experience and expertise they can bring to the panel. Knowledge is shared from stakeholders to Co-VAL researchers, giving Co-VAL’s research a practice-led perspective and helping to increase the applicability and sustainability of Co-VAL’s policy recommendations.

The main goals of the panel are to facilitate knowledge sharing between the research and policy community based on peer to peer mechanisms; to enrich Co-VAL’s research findings with a practice-led perspective; to engage stakeholders in a co-creation process around Co-VAL’s research; to get feedback from stakeholders for focusing future research; and to promote applicable and sustainable policies.