Beginning without these basic tools may lead to incorrect assumptions and false starts which must be corrected later. To forge projects for improving the situation in the community, it is necessary to take time to accurately inform people and seek their input. People will not support what they do not trust or understand. Stakeholder identification Stakeholders are people with information, people with authority and resources to act, and people affected by what happens. They can be individuals, businesses or groups of people.
Stakeholders have a greater sense of ownership or interest in their issues.
When there is a sense of ownership or interest in an issue, there is an increased probability of participation. Furthermore, people affected by the project have the right to participate in those decisions which affect them. Below are two tools for identifying stakeholders and building a broad basis of community participation. Informal stakeholder identification survey and file A community information network project has some obvious primary stakeholders. The way to develop an accurate list and file of stakeholders is to go to the obvious ones to discuss their interest and concern about the project.