What is a Stakeholder?
            What is a Stakeholder?
       •Any individual, group or institution 
            Any individual, group or institution 
           who is affected by a project in a 
            who is affected by a project in a 
           positive or negative way; or
            positive or negative way; or
       •Any individual, group or institution 
            Any individual, group or institution 
           that has an interest (or stake) in the 
            that has an interest (or stake) in the 
           project
            project
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                                Why Analyse 
                                Why Analyse 
                             Stakeholders?
                             Stakeholders?
       •Understand your clients/beneficiary 
           Understand your clients/beneficiary 
           interests, needs and capabilities
           interests, needs and capabilities
       •Clarify all groups that might have an 
           Clarify all groups that might have an 
           interest in a project or project concept
           interest in a project or project concept
       •Identify potential opportunities and 
           Identify potential opportunities and 
           threats to project implementation
           threats to project implementation
       •Determine the extent to which certain 
           Determine the extent to which certain 
           groups should participate in project 
           groups should participate in project 
           planning, implementation and 
           planning, implementation and 
           evaluation
           evaluation
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                     Steps in Analysing 
                     Steps in Analysing 
                               Stakeholders
                               Stakeholders
       1. Identify important stakeholders and their 
       1. Identify important stakeholders and their 
              interests
              interests
       2. Assess the power and influence of 
       2. Assess the power and influence of 
              stakeholders in relation to the project
              stakeholders in relation to the project
       3. Determine appropriate project response to 
       3. Determine appropriate project response to 
              each stakeholder/group
              each stakeholder/group
       4. Plan which stakeholders will participate in 
       4. Plan which stakeholders will participate in 
              the project cycle, when and how
              the project cycle, when and how
       5. Start to identify risks from stakeholders
       5. Start to identify risks from stakeholders
       6. Develop strategy for building participation 
       6. Develop strategy for building participation 
              and stakeholder commitment.
              and stakeholder commitment.
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             Prepare a Stakeholder 
              Prepare a Stakeholder 
                                           Matrix
                                            Matrix
             Stakeholder                          Interest                          Impact
             Stakeholder                          Interest                          Impact
       S.1
       S.1
       S.2
       S.2
       S.3
       S.3
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        Who are the Stakeholder 
         Who are the Stakeholder 
                                       Groups? 
                                       Groups? 
                         Checklist for Stakeholders                                  Stakeholder
                          Checklist for Stakeholders                                 Stakeholder
          1. Have all stakeholders been                                             S.1
          1. Have all stakeholders been                                             S.1
                listed?
                 listed?                                                            S.2
          2. Have all potential supporters  S.2
          2. Have all potential supporters 
                and opponents of the project  S.3
                 and opponents of the project  S.3
                been listed?
                 been listed?
          3. Have gender issues been 
          3. Have gender issues been 
                considered?
                 considered?
          4. Are new stakeholder groups 
          4. Are new stakeholder groups 
                likely to emerge as an 
                 likely to emerge as an 
                outcome of the project?
                 outcome of the project?
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