Section 4:Stakeholder Analysis
Stakeholder Analysis
Key Stakeholders: are individuals, groups, communities, or organizations that can significantly influence or are particularly interested in and essential to a project’s success. Key stakeholders can directly impact an organization or project’s survival. Critical stakeholders include local communities, staff, donor agencies, development partners, suppliers, and the government.
Primary Stakeholders: These are individuals, groups, parties, or organizations that are directly positively or negatively impacted by the activities or decisions of the project. An example is a road project that passes through a protected area. While the road will help ease access to markets for farming communities, it may result in increased roadkill for wildlife, reducing biodiversity levels, and affecting tourism incomes for communities that are dependent on tourism.
Secondary Stakeholders: These are individuals, groups, or organizations indirectly affected by the project activities and decisions. For example, a decision to expand farming projects might directly affect farmers and indirectly affect traders in the local trading centers because of increased income and thus the purchasing power among farmers. Stakeholders can also be categorized as internal and external stakeholders. Internal stakeholders have a direct stake or involvement in the organization, influence its decisions, and are directly affected by its performance