Fostering partnerships for community engagement

A toolkit for building equitable and sustainable partnerships with communities, emphasizing transparency, trust, and community involvement in decision-making.

The toolkit guides researchers, policymakers, and service providers on building equitable and sustainable partnerships with communities. It emphasizes understanding the community’s history, cultural values, and power dynamics before initiating work. The toolkit outlines best practices for ensuring transparency, equity, and trust in partnerships, highlighting the importance of compensating community members and addressing structural inequalities. By fostering these partnerships, the toolkit aims to improve the effectiveness and ethical impact of community-engaged work, ensuring that community voices are central to decision-making and project outcomes. In this toolkit, you will learn:

▪ Why building equitable and sustainable partnerships is important.
▪ How to find and evaluate potential partners.
▪ What the best practices are for building good partnerships, including examples from Urban Institute partnerships.

Source: Urban Institute
Author information: Jessica Shakesprere, Matthew Mizota, Rod Martinez, Hannah Daly, and Elsa Falkenburger
Language: English

Year of publication: 2021