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A toolkit to increase the participation of crisis-affected populations in humanitarian innovation
There is a consensus in the humanitarian sector that increased participation of crisis-affected populations in humanitarian innovation leads to significant benefits, including improved and more relevant outcomes, as well as higher adoption rates. However, within the sector, there is a lack of a shared understanding of what exactly participation means. Despite the availability of a wide range of participatory approaches, there is a need for more clearly defined pathways to increase stakeholder participation during the humanitarian innovation process.
The MIT D-Lab Participation Toolkit aims to address this issue. While these materials were created for the humanitarian context, they may also prove to be useful in the development context or any situation where project planners or implementers are interested in engaging with the users.