There are three things to consider:
          1.Stakeholders - a person or organization with 
              an interest in the Coastal Zone of the SSA, 
              where ‘interest’ refers not only to an 
              intellectual concern but also to anything that 
              has, or might have, an effect on the actual or 
              perceived well-being of the person or 
              organization.
          • Who are these people?
          • How can they be categorised?
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         2.     Stakeholder engagement - any process of 
                gaining information from, consulting with, or 
                working with, stakeholders or the 
                representatives of stakeholder groups.
         •      What are the patterns of interaction between 
                stakeholders?
         •      How can interventions be implemented?
         •      How to include in policy-making?
         •      How to identify conflict and competition?
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         3.     Stakeholder mapping - a subset of institutional 
                mapping that involves the identification of 
                stakeholder groups relevant to a particular matter, 
                such as a Human Activity, impact, public 
                environmental policy, or Policy Issue.
         •      What are the roles stakeholders play?
         •      How can discussions be managed?
         •      Are issues, impacts and consequences 
                correct?
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                                                        Stakeholders 
                                                          cover many 
                                                               scales, 
                                                        gradients and 
                                                              variety.
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   Stakeholders are spread out over a large area and may be 
   close, far, intimately or superficially linked to issues.
                                                                                          Stakeholder engagement is 
                                                                                          designed to identify:
                                                                                          •
                                                                                          Who are the current and 
                                                                                          future stakeholders
                                                                                          •
                                                                                          Which should participate?
                                                                                          •
                                                                                          What organisations to 
                                                                                          include?
                                                                                          •
                                                                                          Relation of stakeholders to 
                                                                                          each other and the issue.
                                                                                          •
                                                                                          What type of behaviour can 
                                                                                          be expected and why?
                                                                                          •
                                                                                          What strategies are likely to 
                                                                                          succeed to meet goals?
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