Presentation by Herman Brouwer of CDI for the Forest Landscape Restoration Learning Network

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Multi-Stakeholder Processes (MSPs)
Herman Brouwer
Webinar for Global Forest Landscape Restoration
Network
17 november 2010
Centre for
Development

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1. Welcome!

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2. Overview presentation
 What are MSPs?
 Why use MSPs in forest landscape restoration?
 Characteristics of MSPs
 Practical tips and insights on how to design and
facilitate MSPs
 Q&A, discussion

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3. A working definition of MSPs
 Terminology: Stakeholder vs. Actor; Processes vs. Platforms
vs. Networks vs. Change Strategies…
 Current thinking on MSPs is informed by system theory and
insights about complexity
 Multi-Stakeholder processes are: “a part of governance in
which different stakeholders are identified, usually through
representatives, invited and assisted to interact in a
deliberative forum that focuses on:
 Sharing knowledge and perspectives
 Generating and examining options
 Informing and shaping negotiations and decisions
(source: IUCN 2010)

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4. Characteristics of an MSP
 To be used for ‘complex’ problems – which one stakeholder
alone cannot solve
 Involves a diversity of sectors and scales
 Importance of building a shared understanding of the issue
– respecting different perspectives
 Credible convenors are key to the legitimacy of the MSP
 High quality process facilitation needed to have enough
deliberation for learning, and creating new options
 Power and conflict should be recognized and incorporated
in MSP design
 Final goal must always be: producing workable
recommendations for action

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5. What Multi-Stakeholder Processes do
Function Goal
Shared visioning Creating events that generate shared
understanding and vision
System organizing Bringing together an emerging system of diverse
stakeholders to generate coherence in strategies
Learning, research, capacity
devt.
Developing and disseminating new knowledge and
tools with research, piloting new approaches, and
training
Measuring/certifying Developing indices, assessments, and/or
certification processes
Financing Combining forces to aggregate their impact and
create a more efficient funding vehicle than any
one could on their own
Advocating Mobilizing voice and increasing pressure upon
specific stakeholders who are blocking (actively or
inactively) change
Source: Steve Waddell (2010)
www.networkingaction.net

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6. Timeframe and sequence of hypothetical MSP
Source: IUCN (2010) Negotiate

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7. Example: Tool for mapping stakeholder interests in FLR
Source: Natasha de Bats, Marcus Granz, Madelon Lohbeck,
Lotty Nijhuis and Rinchen Yangzom - Wageningen UR, the
Netherlands, 2010.

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8. More resources on MSPs
 Resource portal on MSPs of Wageningen CDI
http://portals.wi.wur.nl/msp
 IUCN (2010) Negotiate: Reaching agreements over water.
John Dore et al.
www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/water/resources/toolkits/?4912/Negotiate--reaching-agreements-over-water
 FAO (2005) Negotiation and mediation techniques or
natural resource management. Antonia Engel, Benedikt
Korf.
www.fao.org/docrep/008/a0032e/a0032e00.HTM

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8. More resources on MSPs
 Resource portal on MSPs of Wageningen CDI
http://portals.wi.wur.nl/msp
 IUCN (2010) Negotiate: Reaching agreements over water.
John Dore et al.
www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/water/resources/toolkits/?4912/Negotiate--reaching-agreements-over-water
 FAO (2005) Negotiation and mediation techniques or
natural resource management. Antonia Engel, Benedikt
Korf.
www.fao.org/docrep/008/a0032e/a0032e00.HTM