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The role of the facilitator is extremely important. Even the best-planned approaches can fail if the facilitator fails to enable everyone to contribute. Who is the right person to facilitate the process? Who will take the ultimate responsibility for coordinating the process?

Stakeholder participation can be used to democratise science and empower citizens, to inform policy making and to advise decision-making processes.

What are participatory processes? The main purpose, and the power, of any participatory approach, is reflection on the material generated to identify what has real meaning, and thus to ensure that the information that comes out of discussions results in real action.