Stakeholder

This is a summary article signposting the FRACTAL Learning modules 1-6 on inspirational adaptation cases in Africa.

Through a case study approach, based on studies of two Swedish urban regions, Stockholm and Gothenburg, this paper proposes a systematic method to analyze and identify stakeholder roles and responsibilities in adaptation.

Social network mapping is used to help identify stakeholders in climate adaptation planning.

Ecosystem based adaptation: a multi-stakeholder affair

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?

Learn about the significance of power and how it can act in positive ways (empowerment) but also in negative ways, for example through excluding people from participating in the process or manipulating what information is shared.

How do you engage stakeholders after they have been identified? Effective use of stakeholders requires that decision-makers use the right stakeholders in the right place at the right time and undertake appropriate analysis of the elicited information.

This background article provides an introduction to stakeholder analysis.

Learn about useful exercises for identifying stakeholders that have a legitimate stake in the outcome of a decision or project.

What weADAPT offers to Policy Makers, Project Officers and Researchers.