Building local support groups in cities involved in a network can help identify local needs, improve local inputs to the network, and support development and implementation of a local action plan. Stakeholder analysis should be used to identify all relevant groups, including primary and secondary stakeholders, beneficiaries, and those with conflicting interests. Local support groups can provide input at all stages of the work from design to evaluation through activities like periodic meetings, commenting on outputs, local communication events, and piloting ideas.

1. Building Local Support Groups

2. Why? To improve the impact of the network at local level Specific objectives To help identify the needs of the city in relationto the network. To help improve the inputs of the city to the network (cases, experiences, site visits....) To support the preparation of the LAP To help communicate the findings of the project and the implementation of the LAP Others?

3. Who? Any one with a “stake” or interest Primary/ secondary, winners/losers, missing voices, blockers, end users, beneficiaries……. Have different needs, capacities, things to offer, styles of work, conflicts of interest Stakeholder analysis maps this out systematically

4. Stakeholder analysis

5. How? All stages – design, preparation, implemention, dissemination, evaluation…. Input into baseline and proposal. Identification of city needs and experience. Direct involvement in exchanges Report back and dissemination of intermediate results Testing and piloting ideas in the area Information and comments on final outputs - including LAPs Communication/dissemination. Others….?

6. What? Activities Identification/validation of inputs/outputs Periodic meetings Circulating and commenting on outputs Feeding into thematic website + Pole Website Local communication, events and local outputs (media..) Local pilots Lobbying Others……?

7. Questions Who is involved in your TN? Who do you want to involve? How? Problems? What activities?