Stakeholder Mapping

Report Cover Page

ACERA Project
2006 Round 1, Project 09

Title
Stakeholder mapping for effective risk assessment and communication
Author(s) / Address (es)
Jane Gilmour and Ruth Beilin, University of Melbourne
Material Type and Status (Internal draft, Final Technical or Project report, Manuscript, Manual,
Software)

Project final report
Summary
The aim of the report was to review and evaluate methods for stakeholder mapping. The report intended to explore applications in biosecurity risk management, and to recommend potentially fruitful direction for testing methods that might improve the efficiency of stakeholder interactions.
The report reviews a range of options and outlines in detail the definition and identification of stakeholders, and procedures for mapping influence and interest. It uses a workshop run by ACERA on volume of trade to illustrate the basic features of these methods. The report concludes by discussing the merits and weaknesses of the mapping approaches. It recommends their use to improve the efficiency of interactions and to improve transparency of process.

ACERA Use only
ACERA Use only
ACERA Use only

Received By:
ACERA / AMSI SAC Approval:
ACERA / AMSI SAC Approval:

Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis

Date:
Date:
Date:

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Stakeholder mapping for effective risk assessment and communication; ACERA Project 06/09

Dr Jane Gilmour; ACERA
Associate Professor Ruth Beilin, University of Melbourne

Review; April 2007

Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis

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Stakeholder mapping for effective risk assessment and communication

Acknowledgements
This report is a product of the Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis (ACERA). In preparing this report, the authors acknowledge the financial and other support provided by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), the University of Melbourne,
Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) and Australian Research Centre

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