MIT D-Lab Publications Participation for Humanitarian Innovation Toolkit
Inclusive participation presents numerous benefits for people affected by crises, and different participatory practices yield different outcomes. However, meaningful participation requires conditions and enabling factors that are often difficult to foster in complex humanitarian contexts, and trade-offs are often necessary.
The Opportunity Adviser examines the benefits of participation alongside the barriers that may be present. This comparison helps implementing stakeholders to consider the desired outcomes of their intervention, and design the appropriate type of participatory events to engage other stakeholders meaningfully and successfully, and identify better solutions to humanitarian challenges.