This report is a deliverable of GALILEO Task 1.1: Context definition and context-based methodology development to co-create promising management innovations of AFSPs (M1–M8), led by CIRAD, with support of all in-country partners. T1.1 sheds light on the social and institutional context of GALILEO project's focal zones and develops the multi-actor co-creation methodology. Deliverable D1.1 establishes the contextual baseline and a shared co-creation pathway for eight Living Labs (LLs) across Senegal (2), Kenya (1), Ghana (3) and Cameroon (2), providing a harmonised evidence base and practical procedures to initiate multi-actor design of agro-(silvo-) pastoral innovations. The tables in the section 3.1 offer condensed information about the LLs. The document synthesises country contributions developed under a common yet flexible methodology and sets out how each team assembled and analysed data to build a comparable foundation for subsequent tasks in WP1 and beyond. It is explicitly presented as a synthesis of the data collected and analysed in each LL and supporting materials produced through coordinated fieldwork and analysis, with methodological sensitisation sessions conducted to ensure consistent application in all sites.The overall description (title, size, coauthors) of the 4 countries (8 LLs) documents is available in ANNEX 8 and the original files (anonymized) are shared in Zenodo. The overall approach described in T1.1 articulated a sequence of “five-step” process that combines secondary and primary sources in iterative cycles of collection and interpretation. After an initial organisation of roles and the desk review (about 500 documents screened), teams conducted key informant interviews (155 KII), launched internal data collection, and prepared the data analysis to inform two cornerstone activities: the baseline survey (under WP5) and the LL inception workshop. These, in turn, feed a second round of analysis that straddles several tasks of the GALILEO proje