Report of the Regional Workshop - Escap

Annex II: Group activity one
Annex II
A. Group activity one: identifying stakeholders
Ms. Anita Frio, workshop resource person, conducted this activity.
The activity was designed to facilitate participants understanding and analysis
of stakeholders and their role in projects. The activity was divided into three
sections. The first section was a group activity involving all members of the
workshop. Participants were asked to consider the example of the movie industry
and to identify stakeholders at the micro-, meso- and macro-levels. At
the micro-level, the workshop was asked to identify stakeholders in the local
movie industry in Tajikistan. At the meso, or intermediate level, the group was
asked to list stakeholders if Tajikistan was asked to produce a movie for Turkmenistan
and other neighbouring countries. At the macro, or international
level, they were asked to identify other stakeholders as the geographical area
of distribution broadened.
In the second part of the activity, participants were divided into three
groups, and then invited to watch a video on a project activity. Following the
video the groups were asked to break down the issues and challenges identified
in the video, as well as the development objectives and the stakeholders.
Group one watched, “Walking for Water”, a video describing a project
that developed a local water source for a poor village so that the community’s
women wouldn’t have to walk long distances in search of safe water. The
video explained that village women spend four to six hours every day collecting
water, making it difficult for them to engage in productive economic activities.
The project’s solution was to create a local water supply by digging a
well, this would enable women to engage in income generating activities, such
as handicrafts.
In their analysis of the case-study, group one first identified the problem
statement and root causes. They then conducted an analysis of the problems
and the negative impact. Finally, an analysis was undertaken of the objective
of the project and its potential positive impact.
The group felt that stakeholder identification and analysis was an essential
step in assessing the objective of the project and its impact. Identified
stakeholders included women, village community, NGOs, government and
consumers of handicraft. One of the key components of the success of the project
was identified as the active participation of key stakeholders in meetings
and activities conducted during the project.
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