Learning objectives: 

• Understand the rationale behind stakeholder engagement and the importance of goal setting and stakeholder identification for an ELD study
• Have learnt about different practical tools for stakeholder identification
• Gain the principle know-how to be able to design a stakeholder engagement process and to monitor the process
• Be capable of writing a policy brief in order to address key recommendations to policy-makers

Contents:

• Stakeholder engagement in the ELD process
• The rationale behind stakeholder engagement
• Three steps in stakeholder engagement:
  • Plan: Identify goals and stakeholders and design the stakeholder engagement process
  • Act: Stakeholder engagement tools and facilitation of engagement
  • Reflect: Monitoring and evaluating stakeholder engagement
• Use of scenarios to inform political decision-making
• Policy briefs: key messages and recommendations for policy impact

Estimated duration of the lecture: 

30-40 minutes

Estimated time for further studies:

2-3 hours (lecture of the entire ELD Practitoner's Guide and handout)