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Stakeholders

In the context of this report, stakeholders have been clustered into the following groups:

• Governmental officials from national level (e.g. policy makers, public administration, governmental agencies)
• Governmental officials from sub-national level (including provincial, regional and local level)
• Private sector
• Interest groups (e.g. farmers' associations, NGOs)
• Scientists/researchers
• General public

The scale used for the level of stakeholders involvement is as follows:

• Information given = information has been provided to stakeholders (e.g. web-sites, newsletter, reports, informative meetings)
• Information gathered = information has been collected from stakeholders (e.g. online-survey)
• Consultation = feedback on policy draft proposals has been obtained from stakeholders (e.g. written feedback on policy drafts)
• Active involvement = stakeholders have actively been involved in, and have had the possibility to shape decision-making in the adaptation policy (e.g. advisory committees)
• Partnerships = decision-making power is redistributed through negotiation between responsible authority and stakeholders
• Empowerment = final decision is in the hands of the stakeholders

Active involvement, partnerships and empowerment are considered ‘deeper’ forms of stakeholder involvement in the context of this report. Country responses brought up an additional form of involvement, co-creation, where multiple public and private sector stakeholders work together and share responsibility for developing knowledge, options and solutions. Elements of co-creation can be found in both partnerships and empowerment.