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💭 Could public participation be the key to a fair and trustworthy benefit system? 💡As part of our new blog series, Dr Louise MacAllister reflects on two projects that demonstrate how public participation is essential for designing an effective benefit system. Centring the needs, knowledges, and experiences of people that a system is designed to help, ensures that important elements are not overlooked, priorities are met, and everyday challenges are recognised and overcome through design and deliberation. We know this creates policies that work better on the ground. But what is required to arrive at implementable recommendations? Here are three vital elements: 1️⃣ Bring together the right people: it’s important not just to recruit people who want to have a say on the topic but to ensure that participants reflect demographic diversity and a range of different experiences. 2️⃣ Be real about the challenge: when participants are aware of the constraints and opportunities they can build recommendations that fit within these and can be implemented successfully. 3️⃣ Allow plenty of time for facilitated deliberation: when participants have time to deliberate they move beyond ‘front of mind’ or ‘knee jerk’ responses and develop thoughtful recommendations. Read the blog in full here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eBWfp68u

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