Locally-led Action Toolkit

1. Determine the program or project you will be mapping. It could be a group of projects with a similar structure (which would involve listing more general categories of partners and stakeholders), or one specific project/program (which would involve listing specific organisations, offices, groups, etc). Ensure that everyone in the discussion is aware of what you are mapping.
2. Identify the program/project’s Primary Stakeholders (i.e. most local stakeholder). These are the people or groups who are directly affected by and who are impacted by the project’s activities.
3. Identify and list the stakeholder(s), that are furthest away from the Primary Stakeholders. (i.e. the most external stakeholder). This may be your own organisation, or your part of the organisation.
4. Identify and list the partners/stakeholders that sit between the two groups identified in Step 2 (most local) and Step 3 (most external) actors. They will be partners/stakeholders that are engaged, or could potentially be engaged in, decisions about the project. They may be organisations, offices of organisations, groups of people. Add or remove as many rows as necessary to fit your mapping.
5. For each of the partners/stakeholders, discuss and decide in your group if you consider them “local” or “external”. You will refer to these categories later, when you are assessing where your organisation’s practices sit on the Continuum of Locally Led Action.
6. Repeat the process for the other programs/projects you would like to be part of your discussions for the rest of the Tools.

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