Welcome - Collaborative Planning (Mesh-Guides)

Guide: A Practical Guide to Planning an Engagement Strategy for your Global Health Research funding application

This Mesh guide is intended to support the preparation of a Community Engagement and Involvement (CEI) strategy. It is aimed at researchers who are planning an engagement strategy for a funding application, Public/Community Engagement leads who are planning engagement strategies for a specific piece of research, or anyone who is new to CEI and wants to learn more about it.

Resource Guide: Stakeholder Engagement in Global Health Research

Guides & Tools: Public engagement and crowdfunding in health research

This practical guide was developed through a collaborative process of public engagement led by TDR Global. This practical guide provides tools, open-access resources and advice for researchers, especially those living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).  

Guide: NIHR Resource Guide for CEI in Global Health Research

Researchers funded by the NIHR Global Health Research Programme are expected to involve patients and the public in planning, implementation and evaluation of their research. This resource guide provides community engagement links, resources, references and learning to offer research teams and funding applicants a starting point

News: International Network on Patient and Public Involvement (PPI)

The International Network for Public Involvement and Engagement in Health and Social Care Research was launched in London on 27th November 2017. Our vision is for a world where patient and public involvement is an integral part of health research.

Literature: Planning for the social and economic impacts emerging from school-university engagement with research

In this article from the Journal of Science Communication (2015) the authors reflect on their work with teachers and students at a local school in Milton Keynes in the UK. They propose a flexible and adaptive metric to support all stakeholders with planning school engagement.

Red Cross Red Crescent, Community Engagement and Accountability Resource

A resource from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent to support Community Engagement at the centre of humanitarian work.

Community Planning Toolkit: Community Engagement

A toolkit of methods and guidance on collaborative decision making and community planning.