The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat has created a bespoke urban and rural planning framework and participatory planning methods (known as “Habitat Planning”) at the village level and peri-urban planning scale in Tajikistan and Afghanistan, and will be shortly launching similar projects across Pakistan, Syria and India. The Agency is exploring innovative ways to continue to engage the communities they serve to ensure a participatory planning process. Initiatives include using established tools when going remote, and the rapid collection of accurate data to enable knowledge sharing.