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2Stakeholder AnalysiscontinuedRELATIONSHIPS TOOLSThe identified level of interest of eachstakeholder helps you to design yourConsultation Matrix (tool 3), and to decidehow much time to devote to engaging witheach stakeholder or group. The engagementlevels required for each group of stakeholdersas revealed through this analysis may bemore than consultation, for example theymay include partnership, involvement incommunity development plans or communitymonitoring, or a wide range of activities.It is important to always ask stakeholdershow much involvement they desire and tolearn about their views and expectations.The more you know about your variousstakeholders, the more successful you arelikely to be in building and retaining goodrelationships with them.When to use this toolThe Stakeholder Analysis tool should beused when designing the ConsultationMatrix (tool 3) and should be revised eachtime the list of stakeholders (from tool 1)is revised. The initial analysis should beundertaken for national and internationalstakeholders in the exploration period andthen at least by early feasibility period forlocal stakeholders, depending on whenmajor impacts are generated by the project(impacts to land, access to resources, localeconomic opportunities, in-migration,employment, etc.).How to use this toolThis tool requires you to categorize thestakeholders identified in tool 1 according toa set of three criteria: (i) how they view theproject, (ii) their influence and (iii) the extentto which they will be impacted (positively ornegatively) by the project.STEP 1Obtain a list of stakeholders from usingtool 1.STEP 2Either individually or in a team, evaluateeach stakeholder’s view of the project(positive, neutral, negative), how influentialthey are (high, medium, low) and howgreatly they will be impacted by the project(high, medium, low).STEP 3Arrange the lists of stakeholders into theanalysis matrix as shown in Table 5.Use the category lists to assign priorities tostakeholders for engagement activities inthe Consultation Matrix (tool 3).Stakeholder X would be classified as a highlyinfluential supporter of the project, and notlikely to be negatively impacted – perhaps alocal business owner who does not live nearthe project.Stakeholder Y is neutral about the project,has a certain amount of influence and is notstrongly impacted – perhaps a schoolteacherat the local school, but who does not liveclose to the project site.Stakeholder Z is a strongly influentialopponent of the project who will benegatively impacted – perhaps a powerfullocal landowner who does not want to loseland to the project.54 Community Development Toolkit