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p. 19 of 74 BACK | NEXT Home Page of Dams and Development Foreword I. Why an e-paper on dams and development? II. Assessing options III. Participatory processes Levels of participation How to identify the stakeholders Assessing social impacts Prior informed consent What do ADB policies and strategies say? IV. Social impacts V. Environmental impacts VI. Benefit distribution VII. Dam safety and sustainability VIII. Existing projects IX. Improving governance X. What other organizations say XI. ADB, Dams, and Development XII. References Contact Us

How to identify the stakeholders - defining rights, risks and responsibilities

Governments and development agencies have evolved guidance on participatory processes over time and there is no single 'best' approach.

One of the first steps is to identify who are the stakeholders to engage with, what their interests are and how will they be represented.

The World Commission on Dams proposed an objective approach to stakeholder identification based on the identification or rights and risks of the various groups involved, whether they be project promoter, affected person or beneficiary. World Bank staff subsequently built on this proposal and suggested addition of a third category to include a definition of responsibilities of each of the groups.

An overview of these rights, risks and responsibilities can be developed during the assessment of project options and further detailed in an Initial Social Analysis and subsequent feasibility studies.

This section provides information on this more objective approach to stakeholder identification:

• 'Rights and risks' approach of the World Commission on Dams
• World Bank guidance - defining responsibilities
• Other examples

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