The Tandem framework is a holistic approach developed by SEI to enable scientists, users of climate information and intermediaries to co-design climate services, tailoring them to specific contexts so that they can most effectively support climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. This discussion brief focuses on key components of Tandem and offers guidance on how to integrate them to produce ever-more useful knowledge for co-designing climate services.
The Tandem framework guides providers and intermediaries of climate services through seven iterative steps to engage with the intended users to produce relevant and actionable information and sustainable climate services that meet the users’ planning and decision-making needs. The resulting process is designed to build trust, capacity and shared understanding among providers, intermediaries and users, and to facilitate extended collaboration. An active monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) process is thus integral to the ethos of co-design and co-production in Tandem.
This discussion brief focuses on monitoring, evaluation and learning as key components of Tandem and offers guidance on how to integrate them to produce ever-more useful knowledge and thus maximise the benefits of the Tandem framework for co-designing climate services.
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