Participatory video for meaningful engagement of older people: a toolkit

Overview

This toolkit shows how the process known as “participatory video” (PV) can be used to ensure meaningful engagement of older people and contribute to the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030). Anyone who wants to engage meaningfully with their communities on aspects of healthy ageing from the perspectives of older people can benefit from this toolkit.

The aim of this toolkit is to provide people working to implement the Decade with practical ways to understand and use the methods in the PV process for meaningful engagement of older people, to amplify their voices and foster healthy ageing everywhere. The toolkit sets out steps in planning, preparing, equipping, facilitating and managing PV, including obtaining consent and use of the films for dialogue with decision-makers and for wider advocacy. 

This toolkit is based on the approach, methods and experience of a pilot PV Voice project conducted by WHO during 2020–2021 in which case studies were conducted in communities in three countries: Canada, Jordan and Togo.