In this paper, we explore the practices of co-creation in the context of enhancing employment for highly skilled internationals in Finland. Co-creation is an emerging paradigm in public administration. It involves active collaboration between public authorities and various stakeholders. Relying on a practice-based approach, we analyze multistakeholder workshops designed to address recruitment challenges faced by internationals in which authors of this article had dual roles of participants and observers. The research highlights the facilitated nature of these co-creation processes, the role of planned activities, and the dynamics of interaction among participants.  In this paper, we showed how co-creation in the context of enhancing highly skilled internationals’ employment was done through a facilitated process, where a diverse group was seeking for a consensus. With this paper, we contribute to the literature on public sector collaboration by offering a detailed account of the micro-level practices that enable co-creation. We emphasize the potential of co-creation to democratize problem-solving and foster power-sharing among diverse actors, thereby enhancing the public value produced through collaborative efforts. By examining the specific practices that constitute co-creation, we provide insights into how public sector co-creation processes can be effectively facilitated.

Key words: co-creation, facilitation, practice, online workshop