Multi-actor engagement

Brazil launches online multistakeholder dialogues for Rio+20

25 April 2012

The Government of Brazil, as host of the June 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), has opened nine online thematic "Sustainable Development Dialogues" to generate ideas and set the stage for the civil society discussions to be held in Rio de Janeiro from 16-19 June 2012, immediately preceding UNCSD. The Dialogues are grouped under the following themes: oceans; food and nutritional security; sustainable development for fighting poverty; sustainable development as an answer to the economic and financial crises; sustainable energy for all; water; the economics of sustainable development; sustainable cities and innovation; and unemployment, decent work and migration.

Changing minds: A guide to facilitated participatory planning

26 August 2011

This book draws on the work of thinkers and doers throughout the world who have grappled with the challenge of planning complex institutions, especially health systems and development projects. Their problem: Conventional planning methods often do not work. The solution: Involve all the key stakeholders in making the plan. The challenge: Devise a planning system that the principals and stakeholders can trust, and that is inclusive, balanced, and dynamic.

An innovative methodology for assessing multi-stakeholder networks

24 May 2011

In this informative blog post, Steve Waddell reflects on a recent study focusing on the effectiveness of multi-stakeholder relationships, which he describes as a notoriously under-developed field. The study was commissioned by the International Land Coalition, a multi-stakeholder network aiming to promote secure and equitable access to, and control over, land through advocacy, dialogue, knowledge sharing and capacity building. The blog explains the unique methodology developed by iScale (a global network that works to advance the effectiveness of social change efforts through process, methodological and technological innovations) for conducting such assessments.

Multi-stakeholder learning partnerships in support of small-scale farming

22 January 2011

The December 2010 issue of "Farming Matters", a quarterly magazine published by the Centre for learning on sustainable agriculture (ILEIA) addresses the theme of "Partnerships for learning." Some questions raised in this issue include: what do the many different people and organizations labelled as "stakeholders" in small-scale family farming learn from each other? How do they learn to work together to create more sustainable agriculture? What drives them to collaborate? 

Estudios de caso: Los sistemas multilaterales como puntos de entrada del desarrollo de la capacidad

21 December 2010

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La dinámica del cambio

14 December 2010

Tratar con el poder, ¿la clave del éxito de procesos multilaterales?

Durante más de 10 años, el Centro Wageningen UR de Innovación para el Desarrollo ha estado ofreciendo programas de desarrollo de la capacidad en apoyo de profesionales que trabajan con procesos multilaterales. Una de las más importantes funciones de esos programas es la preparación de los facilitadores para trabajar en cuestiones de poder y conflicto y lograr resultados exitosos.