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In practice

How to start and maintain a co-design project and apply the principles of co-design throughout all stages.

Dive deeper into each section to learn how to embed best practice co-design principles throughout key project stages:

  • Identifying co-design partners: Determining the right people to be involved in the work you are doing.
  • Building inclusive partnerships: Establishing trust and shared understanding is essential for successful co-design partnerships.
  • Establishing project leadership: Building Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership into all levels and components of the project.
  • Ensuring benefit to community: Ensuring communities themselves determine the benefits to be gained.
  • Respectful project processes: Using culturally respectful project processes that prioritise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of working.
  • Transparency and evaluation: Transparency in monitoring your project and determining outcomes is crucial for accountability.
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