models of SSE and STC by LRGs and local actors in emerging countries, counting also on the support by UN or development partner projects. These guidelines were elaborated by applying a case-study research. In particular, for each experience, desk-based analysis of relevant documentation was combined with in-depth individual or collective interviews with leaders and key informants. In line with our conceptual and interpretative framework, case studies were analysed considering their start-up, development and Theory of Change, mapping all the relevant actors and territories involved in the process and respective interaction modalities as a basis for adhoc governance solutions, assessing the risks faced during the implementation and the strategies developed to cope with these risks, providing insights about the changes generated. Therefore, these Policy Guidelines [available here] go far beyond a simple descriptive approach, in favour of an in-depth analytical investigation of the key determinants of selected practices. This allows for the identification and understanding of how the latter are embedded in a multi-level local system, in other words, how they relate to and engage with enabling/constraining policies and norms, institutional settings and organizations, ecosystem actors and services. Furthermore, our analytical approach supports the detection of features and processes that can provide key insights informing policy practices worldwide.
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