# The theory behind the Toolkit In this section, you will be able to read about the concepts and methodologies behind the **REFLOW Collaborative Governance Toolkit (RCGT)**. In the first section, [**Setting the scene**](/reflow-governance-toolkit/the-theory-behind-the-toolkit/setting-the-scene-collaborative-governance-for-circular-city-transition.md), you can read about [Collaborative Governance](/reflow-governance-toolkit/the-theory-behind-the-toolkit/setting-the-scene-collaborative-governance-for-circular-city-transition/what-is-collaborative-governance-1.md) and [the Circular Economy Transition](/reflow-governance-toolkit/the-theory-behind-the-toolkit/setting-the-scene-collaborative-governance-for-circular-city-transition/what-is-a-circular-transition.md), the main theory frameworks of the RCGT, and access and read about [existing toolkits](/reflow-governance-toolkit/the-theory-behind-the-toolkit/setting-the-scene-collaborative-governance-for-circular-city-transition/what-is-a-governance-toolkit.md), developed by different organisations, that inspired this toolkit. In the second section, [**the RCG Toolkit**](/reflow-governance-toolkit/the-theory-behind-the-toolkit/part-2.-the-reflow-collaborative-governance-toolkit.md), you can read about the foundational elements of the toolkit, including the [REFLOW Collaborative Governance Framework](/reflow-governance-toolkit/the-theory-behind-the-toolkit/part-2.-the-reflow-collaborative-governance-toolkit/foundational-elements/the-reflow-collaborativegovernance-framework.md), the [transition journey](/reflow-governance-toolkit/the-theory-behind-the-toolkit/part-2.-the-reflow-collaborative-governance-toolkit/foundational-elements/the-collaborative-governancetransition-journey.md), that sets the timeline in which activities and tools in the RCGT can be implemented, and the [portfolio approach](/reflow-governance-toolkit/the-theory-behind-the-toolkit/part-2.-the-reflow-collaborative-governance-toolkit/foundational-elements/the-portfolio-approach.md), which can be used to strategically connect and mutually reinforce activities and experiments under a full-stack designed transition. In the third section, the [**Activity Matrix**](/reflow-governance-toolkit/the-theory-behind-the-toolkit/3.-the-activity-matrix.md), you can read about how the wide range of activities and experiments proposed in the RCGT are organised and interact between each other. The ones that were tested and implemented within REFLOW project are developed in detail in the [**TOOLS**](/reflow-governance-toolkit/4.-bibliography.md) section of this toolkit. You may also download [the document delivered to the European Commission](https://zenodo.org/record/3872729) by the [REFLOW](https://reflowproject.eu/) consortium in which the main concepts of the toolkit are developed. {% embed url="" %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://books.fablabbcn.org/reflow-governance-toolkit/the-theory-behind-the-toolkit.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.