Table 1. Public participation principles of the World Mosquito community engagement approach.

Principle	Measure of Success
Respectful Caring for and heeding the interests and concerns of others	1. Issues raised by people are treated as valid and properly considered
Inclusive Making an effort to include everyone within its scope	2. Efforts are made to include all people with a potential interest in the project in project communications 3. People are able to nominate their interest in being included in the project communications
Transparent Being clear, open, and not hiding anything	4. Project information relevant to community understanding and interest is readily available and kept up to date
Responsive Showing that requests or concerns have been heard and trying hard to accommodate them	5. Commitments made by project personnel are met 6. Public requests for information are responded to promptly 7. Concerns raised are listened to and efforts taken to resolve them
Honest Telling the truth, not trying to deceive or allowing untruths to prevail	8. All communications about the project are factual and cover the information of potential interest to people 9. Information is presented in appropriate forms and languages so that all interested people can understand