• Current opened records

  • A practical guide to meaningful participation

Book
CID:
  • 32667
Corporate Author:
  • International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Publication Date:
  • 2025
Publisher:
  • IFRC
Place of Publication:
  • Geneva, Switzerland
Physical Description:
  • 26 p.
Language (Library):
  • English
Abstract:
  • The document explains how meaningful participation strengthens humanitarian action by ensuring that people from crisis‑affected communities play an active role in shaping decisions and activities throughout the entire programme cycle. It clarifies that participation must go beyond token consultation, requiring genuine influence, shared power and ongoing dialogue so that community input leads to real changes in how programmes are designed, implemented and evaluated. It outlines practical considerations—such as defining clear scopes, ensuring inclusion, choosing appropriate participation methods, and measuring impact—and provides concrete examples from National Societies to show how participatory approaches improve relevance, trust, dignity and effectiveness. Ultimately, it emphasizes that starting small, being flexible and demonstrating real outcomes are key to making participation meaningful and sustainable.
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Copyright:
  • The copyright of this document is owned by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) or a third party. You may access and download the document or any part of it for private and non-commercial research purposes. You may not however reproduce, distribute, publish, modify, copy, translate into other languages or adapt the document or any part of it without the prior written permission of the IFRC or the third party.
Document Format:
  • photocopy
Number of Copies:
  • 1
Holding Library:
  • Library
Created Date:
  • 06 March 2026