Beyond the talk: engaging stakeholders in bioenergy development – Bioenergy Issue Paper Series No.4

Sep 2010

Ensuring that benefits of bioenergy development materialise and risks are mitigated requires robust policies and processes. Designing these policies and processes with a multi-stakeholder approach helps identify and address the risks, and different interests and concerns in an effort to deliver the benefits. However, it is critical that stakeholder processes are carried out in the right way - how the process is done and who is involved are key factors that impact the effectiveness of the approach. There is a lot of global experience to draw from as, over the years, stakeholder engagement processes have developed to ensure that they are engaging, empowering and equitable. The bioenergy sector can learn from these experiences and draw best practice examples that directly apply to the sector.
This Bioenergy Issue Paper gives decision-makers, on both a policy level and project level, an outline of the key processes that are needed for stakeholder engagement in bioenergy planning. It illustrates the importance of stakeholder engagement as a tool for sustainable project implementation, and addresses the difference between the engagement process and tokenism in practice.

By: UNEP

 
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