Dynamics of Co-Creation of Public Policies in Complex Institutional Contexts: The Case of the Camino de Santiago in France and Spain
This research analyses the emergence of the dynamics of co-creation of public policies within complex institutional contexts, by mobilizing the concepts of co-creation, leadership and managerial innovation, as well as undertaking a longitudinal study integrating 35 interviews. In the setting of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage routes, our results show that: (1) the co-creation of public policies is a long-term process linked to changes in the leadership of the stakeholders; (2) this is made possible by the emergence of associative border actors, the agents of managerial innovation. We include an evaluation grid of public co-creation as well as a classification of managerial innovations.