- Tips for engaging populations in low resource settings – A co-created and dynamic document sharing general principles and case studies from a range of settings.
- Oxfam’s guide for frontline staff – Full of simple ideas for hygiene promoters and other community-facing staff to use during their day to day activities at this time.
- GOAL’s guide on facilitating Community-led Action - This is an adapted guide for COVD-19 response explaining a step-by-step process for community mobilisers.
- Community Engagement at a Distance – A guidance note from BBC Media action explaining how programmes can be adapted to continue to engage people during COVID-19 response.
- RCCE Action Plan Guidance – Developed by IFRC, WHO and UNICEF this document provides general guidance for developing a risk communication and community engagement strategy with a simple template to follow.
- Collective Communication and Community Engagement in Humanitarian Action – General guidance on engaging communities during crises (not COVID-19 specific)
- Community Engagement Hub – A collection of resources from IFRC covering effective use of different delivery channels, accountability to populations and ways of assessing perceptions.
- RCCE Toolkit – includes links to a range of resources for developing and implementing RCCE work.
- UNICEF’s RCCE Guidance – Provides an overview of key principles with links to other useful resources.
- Guidance on accountability to populations – Guidance from UNICEF about suggested ways of establishing accountability mechanisms to allow communities to provide feedback on COVID-19 response programmes.
Want to know more about COVID-19 and community engagement?
- What is community engagement and how can it affect the work of organisations and governments during an outbreak?
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- Practical ideas for engaging communities at a safe distance
Editor's note
Author: Jennifer Palmer
Review: Sian White, Eva Niederberger, Sheillah Simyu, Jenala Chipungu
Last update: 12.05.2020