Learning Arenas (Governance)

Structured spaces where different classes of actors, value chain participants, oversight authorities, and affected stakeholders, interact to apply and learn from technical, organizational, and legal implementation measures.

Learning arenas differ from regulatory sandboxes (which are regulator-controlled) by encompassing the broader ecosystem of learning interactions: industry consortia, standards bodies, civil society engagement, academic research, and informal knowledge sharing. Effective governance requires identifying which actors participate in which arenas and how learnings flow between them.

The concept acknowledges that regulatory knowledge isn’t produced solely through formal channels but emerges from the full network of implementation experiences.

Related: 05-atom—regulatory-learning-definition, 05-atom—meta-learning-governance, 05-molecule—regulatory-learning-space-framework