Promoting cross-sectoral collaboration with Net-Map
1. Promoting Cross-Sectoral Collaboration
with Net-Map
How to promote collaboration among actors that do not
normally work together?
- Find common ground
- Understand systemic/structural constraints
- Determine realistic strategy for overcoming constraints Steps:
1. Who are the important
Net-Map actors?
An interview-based participatory mapping tool . It combines social network 2. How do they currently
analysis, stakeholder mapping, and power mapping. Quickly visualize interact?
complex multisectoral situations, and allow interviewees to engage in 3. How influential are they?
dialogue to find common ground, and concretely discuss strategies for 4. What are their goals or
engagement. priorities?
Case Study: The Harvest+ Project used Net-Map to engage
with agriculture, health, and nutrition stakeholders in Zambia to
strategize on how to promote the acceptance and use of Pro-
Vitamin A Maize.
brokers Participants learned about the concerns and priorities of
others, and developed a strategy for engagement through
“brokers” in network who are well-connected in both
Actor Key (sized by influence level) agriculture and health
Agriculture
Health
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