Engaging Communities as Research Collaborators

This tool offers strategies for engaging community members as part of a research team and including their experiences, perspectives, and expertise throughout the research process. It outlines principles for including community members as co-researchers and evaluation advisors and provides practical examples of collaboration strategies to apply in each step of the M&E process. The tips and techniques here can be adapted to fit different evaluation goals and contexts, and teams should continually examine, refine, and expand on these approaches through their collaborations.