Co-production is potentially transformative and its power comes from re-framing the problem and re-establishing relationships to enable more holistic and people-centred approaches.

Co-production can also tackle the lack of trust between some users and professionals, a dependency culture where people look to the state to solve their problems and a culture of expertise where professionals are trained to be the sole source of solutions. At its best, co-production can build people’s capacity to live the life they want, in the community where they live.

Social Innovator series: Ways to design, develop and grow social innovation.

Robin Murray argues that the early years of the 21st century are witnessing the emergence of a new kind of social economy.

This pamphlet argues that the early years of the 21st century are witnessing the emergence of a new kind of economy that has profound implications for the future of public services as well as for the daily life of citizens.

The last report in NESTA's co-production series examines how people's needs are better met when they are involved in an equal and reciprocal relationship with professionals and others, working together to get things done. People's needs are better met when they are involved in an equal and reciprocal relationship with professionals and others, working together to get things done. This is the underlying principle of co-production - a transformational approach to delivering services - whose time has now come.

This report is about real stories of reform, led by people who work in and use public services. This is public services inside out - innovation that overturns the conventional passive relationship between the 'users' of services and those who serve them. As we enter a period in which cuts and savings will be made from on high, these examples point to the possibility of a different approach: better, cheaper services created from the ground up by those who know public services the best.