Public-Private Dialogue (PPD) Stakeholder Mapping Toolkit

Public-Private Dialogue (PPD) involves working with diverse stakeholders from the government, private sector, civil society, donors, and others for developing a shared understanding of goals and their role in the project. Getting your head around all the different dynamics that influence decisions is overwhelming at times.

Stakeholder mapping enables diverse teams to have an in-depth conversation about the stakeholder politics that will influence their ability to plan together on how to navigate complex relationships.

This toolkit covers three steps in stakeholder mapping:

1. Identifying the purpose of stakeholder mapping: Identify the issue or process to which stakeholder mapping will contribute in your project such as understanding the general stakeholder landscape, starting a conversation among stakeholders about a difficult issue, collecting data for a research paper on stakeholder politics, and so on.
2. Stakeholder mapping using the Net-Map method: Facilitate stakeholder mapping with individuals or groups using the Net-Map method. During Net-Mapping, stakeholder maps are drawn on a large sheet of paper while participants discuss the reform question at hand. A facilitator conducts this group process and interviews by following a step-by-step process. Mapping also serves to engage stakeholders around the issues identified.
3. Stakeholder analysis: Derive insights and action metrics from the information collected from the Net-Map exercise to leverage social network structures, actor positions, and influence to drive desired change in the program.