Stakeholder Engagement

Tuesday, October 10, 2023 4:15 PM

Stakeholder
- Affected by an output; will affect startegy
- Power to respond, negotiate with, and change the strategic future
- Depend on the organization

Categories of Stakeholders | Power-Interest Grid

Players - high power, high interert

Subject - low p; high in
Context setter-high p; little interest
Crowd- little interest, low pow

Knowing the stakeholders helps in crafting strategy

Engaging Stakeholders
- the process of identifying, analyzing, and
communicating with stakeholders, as well as Genuine vs Token Participation
providing them with opportunities to respond
and participate.
- Interacting and working with our stakeholders
- A fundamental feature of democracy
- To cultivate a culture of participation and
consultation
- To let people articulate their interests and to
contextualize the policy (make the pOlicy kand
where it's supposed to land; localization)
○ Informing is the lowest form of
engagement
- Make the society more inclusive; consulting with
developmental sectors adhered to Gender
Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI)
- Stakeholders can suggest policies that are far
better than policymakers since they are
experiencing them on-ground (user-centered)
○ Stakeholders are capable of understanding
and making sense of issues
○ Policymakers do not inherently know
everything
○ Success rate is higher for policies that are
crafted with stakeholder engagement
- It is a political process to figure out political
feasibility
- Get the widest possible inputs and feedback

Characteristics of Good Consultation [TEIT-FORDIL]

- Targeted at those who most likely to be affected by the project

- Early enough to scope key issues and have an effect on the project decisions
- Informed, meaningful – disclose relevant project information in an understandable fo
techniques are appropriate to the local culture and customs
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 Characteristics of Good Consultation [TEIT-FORDIL]

- Targeted at those who most likely to be affected by the project

- Early enough to scope key issues and have an effect on the project decisions
- Informed, meaningful – disclose relevant project information in an understandable fo
techniques are appropriate to the local culture and customs
- Two-way so that both sides have opportunities to exchange information, listen, ask q
their issues addressed
- Inclusive of gender
- Localised to reflect the local timeframes, context, decision making process and langua
- Free from manipulation and coercion
- Documented to keep track of who has been consulted and key issues raised
- Report back to stakeholders in a timely manner on consultation outcomes and next st
- Ongoing throughout the project life
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