Tool
The quality of the interaction of various groups and stakeholders in cities – from public administration, private sector and civil society – will determine the successful implementation of projects and measures related to all the agendas. Through role-play, the Continuum Walk will help you to explore the intentions of different stakeholders involved in the localisation process.
This exercise can be used as a complement to the Stakeholder Mapping tool.
In a workshop setting, you can explore through a role-play the different involvement formats stakeholders can strive for in any given planning process. For that, you need to follow the tasks:
Step 1: Decide which stakeholders to analyse.
Select a set of stakeholders that will be represented by the participants. Write each stakeholder in one card. You can allocate 1 to 3 participants for each card, whereby they will “think” like that given stakeholder.
The following stakeholder groups are exemplary and non-exhaustive; they could be adapted according to the results of the Stakeholder Mapping exercise.
Step 2: Decide how these stakeholders should be involved.
There are 5 potential roles that can be strived for by each of these stakeholders/groups. (Please refer to the table below).
They are marked by cards along a continuum in the classroom (you can use the wall, or the ground to place the cards)
Now you should discuss within the smaller groups the following questions (feel free to visualise bullet points on cards) and then decide about the appropriate position /place yoursefl in the room according to the choosen role:
Take your time to discuss the questions and decide on the format for stakeholder involvement you strive for.
Step 3: Afterwards, the group should exchange ideas in terms of the following guiding questions:
Step 4: Brainstorm different options for your city (optional).
Take a look at the provided table with ideas for tools and techniques for involvement.
From the different options of involvement (from workshops to steering committee), what options do you want to suggest for your city. How can you take it forward?
cards, post-its and pencils,
“Tools and techniques for involvement” template
This exercise does not produce a visual output, you can make pictures of the stakeholder cards in front of the involvement cards for documentation purposes, and also include some bullet points from the discussion.
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