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#*Identify the general development of the project as it is expected to be held. | #*Identify the general development of the project as it is expected to be held. | ||
#*Identify the groups that have a significant interest in the project (individuals, groups, communities, organizations, etc. ). | #*Identify the groups that have a significant interest in the project (individuals, groups, communities, organizations, etc. ). | ||
− | #*Define the interests and agenda of the agency directing the exercise. This can be redressed later in the process by allowing the inclusion of more stakeholders as their | + | #*Define the interests and agenda of the agency directing the exercise. This can be redressed later in the process by allowing the inclusion of more stakeholders as their interests comes to light. |
#'''Determining stakeholders' interests:''' | #'''Determining stakeholders' interests:''' | ||
#*Investigate roles, relative power and capacity to participate in the project, in order to draw out key interests for each stakeholder group. Key questions could include: | #*Investigate roles, relative power and capacity to participate in the project, in order to draw out key interests for each stakeholder group. Key questions could include: |
Revision as of 19:23, 2 September 2008
STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS |
The identification of a project's key stakeholders, an assessment of their interests and the ways in which those interests affect project riskiness and viability. A basic premise behind stakeholder analysis is that different groups have different concerns, capacities and interests, and that these need to be explicitly understood and recognized in the process of problem identification, objective setting and strategy selection. The key questions asked by stakeholder analysis are "Whose problems or opportunities are being analyzed" and "Who will benefit or loose-out, and how, from a proposed project intervention"? The ultimate aim being to help maximize the social, economic and institutional benefits of a project to target groups and ultimate beneficiaries, and to minimze its potential negative impacts, including staheholder conflicts. A stakeholder analysis develops a strategic view of the social environment in which a project will be implemented, thus it is usually the first step in building the relationships needed for the success of a project. A stakeholder analysis can be undertaken throughout all the stages of a project cycle. It can be used to:
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Conducting a Stakeholder Analysis |
Step by Step
Creating the MatrixThis is where stakeholders are plotted against different variables, in particular the elements taken into consideration are the importance of each stakeholder and his influence in the project.
In the boxes A,B,C,D the stakeholder should be listed considering their relevance as influence as follows:
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References
- ↑ www.landcareresearch.co.nz (23 July 2008), www.panda.org (23 July 2008); Aid Delivery Methods - Project Cycle Management Guidelines, European Commission, 2004
- ↑ www.euforic.org (14 August 2008), www.landcarersearch.co.nz (14 August 2008), www.who.int (14 August 2008), Project Cycle Management Guidelines, European Commission, 2004
- ↑ www.dse.vic.gov.au (14 August 2008)