Community-led Innovation Toolkit

Community-led humanitarian innovation (also referred to as community-led innovation) is a cornerstone of Start Network’s vision for systemic change. It seeks to shift power to communities and fundamentally reshape the humanitarian system. Instead of perpetuating a dependency cycle that frames communities as passive recipients of humanitarian aid, community-led innovation champions them as active agents of change. The approach described in this toolkit is seeking to enhance disaster resilience and response while prioritising the agency and leadership of crisis-affected people.