MapStakes: a tool for mapping, involving and monitoring stakeholders in co-creation processes

The report presents MapStakes, a tool for managing stakeholders in co-creation processes. It outlines a five-step approach: defining system boundaries, identifying stakeholders through groups and roles, mapping them based on representation and influence, determining levels of participation, and monitoring the process using the RILEC criteria (relevance, inclusion, learning, effectiveness, and credibility).

• Existing stakeholder mapping methodologies in environmental research often lack transparency and robustness, frequently relying on intuition rather than structure, which can lead to the subjective selection of easily accessible actors.
• The MapStakes tool employs a five-step process to systematize stakeholder involvement: 1) Defining system boundaries (jurisdictional, sectoral, institutional, conceptual, scalar, temporal, and spatial); 2) Identifying stakeholders via literature reviews and snowball sampling; 3) Mapping stakeholders by representation and influence; 4) Involving stakeholders based on desired and required participation levels; and 5) Monitoring the process.
• To avoid bias and ensure balanced representation, MapStakes requires that stakeholders represent only one stakeholder group, although they may fulfill multiple roles (such as decision-maker, implementer, or knowledge provider).
• The tool utilizes a 'rainbow diagram' to analyze stakeholders based on whether they affect the problem and solution, or are affected by them, helping to prevent the marginalization of powerless actors who may be significantly impacted by an intervention.
• Stakeholder involvement is categorized into a hierarchy of participation, ranging from non-participation (uninvolved) and low participation (awareness, information, consultation) to high participation (deliberation, co-design, and co-decision-making).
• The authors propose the RILEC framework to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of co-creation processes, consisting of five criteria: Relevance (matching knowledge with needs), Inclusion (openness and transparency), Learning (behavioral and system change), Effectiveness (achievement of goals), and Credibility (quality of information and informants).

APA

Barquet, K., Segnestam, L., & Dickin, S. (2022). MapStakes: a tool for mapping, involving and monitoring stakeholders in co-creation processes. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/mapstakes-sei2022.014.pdf

Chicago

Barquet, Karina, Lisa Segnestam, and Sarah Dickin. MapStakes: a tool for mapping, involving and monitoring stakeholders in co-creation processes. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2022. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/mapstakes-sei2022.014.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{barquet2022mapstakes, author = {Barquet, Karina and Segnestam, Lisa and Dickin, Sarah}, title = {{MapStakes: a tool for mapping, involving and monitoring stakeholders in co-creation processes}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2022}, month = may, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/mapstakes-sei2022.014.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }