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MapStakes is a five-step tool that helps users define system boundaries; identify, map and involve stakeholders; and monitor the engagement process.
Barquet, K., Segnestam, L. and Dickin, S. (2022). MapStakes: A Tool for Mapping, Involving and Monitoring Stakeholders in Co-Creation Processes. SEI report. Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm. http://doi.org/10.51414/sei2022.014
Despite widespread use of stakeholder approaches in environmental research, the tools and methodologies for mapping and involving actors are not particularly robust. The authors developed a tool for increasing objectivity of stakeholder mapping, engagement, and monitoring of co-creation processes. The tool provides a stepwise approach for users with little or no experience of participatory methods.
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