1. Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics Economics and Trade Branch SESSION 8 INTRODUCTION TO STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION Capacity Building Workshop on Integrated Assessment of Trade- related Policies and Biological Diversity in the Agricultural Sector 25-27 October 2006,Geneva, Switzerland

2. OBJECTIVES OF THIS SESSION 1. To identify the main groups of stakeholders likely to be affected by changes related to the trade policy under consideration as identified in the country project proposals. 2. To start the process of completing stakeholder mapping, identifying stakeholders’ positions/interests, considering possible consultation/participatory techniques that may be used, and discussing timing issues. 3. To identify what remains to be done to ensure a satisfactory and meaningful level of stakeholder participation for the projects.

3. Key questions/challenges Questions aiming to define the stakeholders Who is a stakeholder? How to identify the most relevant stakeholders/groups of stakeholders for this project? What is a representative group of stakeholders for the purpose of this project?

4. Key questions/challenges Questions aiming to determine the type of consultation/participation process How do you approach stakeholders? How to ensure effective, efficient and equitable participation? What is meaningful stakeholder participation? What participatory/consultation techniques may be used?

5. KEY QUESTIONS/CHALLENGES Questions aiming to define perception/position and interests of stakeholders How to get stakeholders interested in the project? And how to sustain their interest in the long-term? How to deal with ‘hostile’ stakeholders? How to bring different sets of stakeholders together (who may have never talked to each other before)? Which stakeholders are an ‘informed audience’?

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