ABSTRACT
Community development is a good case to assess how co-creation and co-production can have an impact on local neighbourhoods. One often-used illustration of the success of co-production in community development is the well-known case of Porto Alegre in Brazil. This project highlights the improvement of the local infrastructure, education, health and social care through the use of co-production, and finds its origin in co-productive community development. Co-productive community development can also lead to a series of indirect effects, such as the social and personal progress of the participants: the citizens' competence, empowerment and renewed trust in their government. Community development offers an important and unique viewpoint on co-creation and co-production with vulnerable groups. Co-production in community development may be different from co-production in other policy domains like health care, safety or education. Community development projects regularly take place in so-called derelict neighbourhoods with many different social issues.
