Crowdsourcing Open Call Process

This framework was developed in partnership with SIHI, a network convened by TDR and partners to advance social innovations globally. The framework involved a three-step process, including an open crowdsourcing call for ideas (described here), a scoping review, a series of multisectoral discussions, and an adapted Delphi process.⁷ Crowdsourcing is an approach in which a group of individuals attempt to solve all or part of a problem, then implement exceptional solutions in the community.

Our open access resources are in English, but regional SIHI hubs can be contacted for Spanish, Chinese and electronic resources in other languages (see section on Regional Social Innovation in Health Contacts). Co-creation, a collaboration between innovators and end users, is an essential part of social innovation in health and should be incorporated at each phase in order to generate new institutional or social arrangements as well as develop a sustainable social innovation in health project. We have highlighted in bold ways where co-creation with end users and key stakeholders can and should be incorporated at each phase of a project. Alongside this conceptual framework, a research checklist has been developed to help people responsible for monitoring and evaluation of social innovations.⁷