Forms of Stakeholder Dialogues

From consultation to implementation

Depending on the issues at stake, on the role of Stakeholder Dialogue initiators and the purpose of the dialogue process, Stakeholder Dialogues can be implemented in different forms. If consultation is at the forefront, once-off stakeholder workshops or a sequence of stakeholder workshops can integrate different viewpoints into planning or decision-making. If collaboration and joint implementation is at the forefront, regular stakeholder meetings become part of an overall strategy for implementation and cooperation.

One can distinguish broadly between two underlying purposes of Stakeholder Dialogues...