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Stakeholder Engagement in Policy Development: Observationsand Lessons from International Experience
Information Technology in a Global Economy
INTRODUCTION
· Methodology
· Useful engagementtools
· Factors that support effective tool use
· Foundations of Stakeholder Engagement
· Cases
· Case comparison
· Discussion
· Conclusion
METHODOLOGY
· Policy making increasingly involves stakeholders
· Notjust decision makers
· Technology provides many benefits
· Supports advanced complex modeling
· Allows more stakeholders to participate (engage)
· Stakeholder engagement
· Improves acceptance
· Increases policyquality
· Reducesiterations for re-work
· Two primary questions regarding technology tool use
· What types of engagement tools are useful?
· What factors support effective tool use?
STAGES OF THE POLICY PROCESS
FOUNDATIONS OF STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT
· Stakeholder engagementenhances
· Accountability
· Efficiency in makingdecisions
· Good governance
· Stakeholder
· “Any group or individual who can affect or is affected by the achievement of an organization’s objectives.”
· First phase
· Stakeholder identification andanalysis
· Stakeholder engagement
· Informing
· Consulting
· Involving
· Collaborating
· Empowering
CASES
· E-GovernmentStrategic Planning inAfghanistan
· Renewable Energy Policy for Kosice,Slovakia
· Redesigning theEuropeanUnion’s Inspection Capability
for InternationalTrade
· Understanding Child HealthOutcomes in New Zealand
· Transportation andUrban Planning Indicator Development in theUSA
CASE COMPARISON
· Points ofcomparison
· Situation andapproach
· Types of stakeholders and participation
· Methodsfor stakeholder identification
· Methodsfor stakeholder engagement
· Tools and technologies used
· Results
SUMMARY
· Stakeholder engagement is worth the effort
· Success starts with care in stakeholder identification
· Engagement helpsbuild consensus
· Tools include
· Technology
· Legacy