Stakeholder Network Analysis

Vitor Vieira Vasconcelos

Stockholm EnvironmentPresented
Institute
Asia Centre
during
1st SUMERNET Regional Workshop on RDS for Regional
Assessment on
Water Scarcity Management in the Mekong Region
Bangkok, 14 16 July 2015

Content
Steps for Stakeholders Network Analysis
Stakeholders network in Robust Decision
Support (RDS) project in Colombia
Preliminary examples from survey for Vietnam
Institutional influence
Source of information
Gender balance

Comparison between approaches of

Stakeholder Mapping and Network Analysis

Steps for Stakeholders

Network Analysis
Questionnaire

Analysis

Before or during the workshop

Graphs for different attributes from the questi

Types of institutions
Priority for water allocation
Gender based questions
Flowcharts
Social networks
Organizational charts (e.g., departmental

Social Networks
(organizational connections)
Example from RDS Project in Colombia
Government
institutions
Research
institutitutions
Educational
institutions
Labour unions
Not
interviewed
International
institutions
Interviewed
Other institutions

Center (bigger size): more connections

Software: NetDraw
Borders (smaller size): less conections
https://sites.google.com/site/netdrawsoftwar

Preliminary examples from

survey for Vietnam

4 answer all from researchers

They all mentioned only
government departments regarding
influence and source of information
for drought management
Still not
They did not mention each possible to
draw a social
other as source of information
network

Influence on Drought Management

Ministry of
Agriculture and
Rural
Development
MARD

Ministry of
Natural
Resources and
Environment
MONRE
Ministry of
Construction
Ministry of
Health
Ministry of
Industry and
Trade
Ministry of
Planning and
Investment

19

5
3

Institute of Water
Resources Planning
IWARP
Vietnam
Academy of
Water
Resources
Directorate of Water
VAWR- WRD
Resources

14

Department of Water
Resources
Management DWRM

National Centre of
Water Resources
Planning and
Investigation NAWAPI

3
3
3
3
2

Universities and
other research
institutes

3
Southern Institute of
Water Resources
Research - SIWRR

Information Sources for Drought Management

3
Ministry of
Agriculture and
Rural
Development
MARD

14
3
3
2

Directorate of Water
Resources - WRD

Ministry of
Natural
Resources and
Environment
MONRE

3
2

Southern Institute of
Water Resources
Research - SIWRR

Vietnam Academy of
Water Resources VAWR
Provincial
Departments of
Agriculture and Rural
Development - DARD
Institute of Water
Resources Planning
IWARP

4
12

3
Institute of
Meteorology,
Hydrology and
Environment IMHEN
National Centre of
Water Resources
Planning and
Investigation NAWAPI
Provincial
Departments of
Natural Resources
and Environment

Sub-Intitute of
Hydro-Meteorology
and Environment of
South Vietnam SIHYMETE

Gender Balance regarding knowledge and leadership

in water resources management

100%
Male
General
knowledge on
water resources
Participatory
processes for
water resources
management
Technical
information on
climate data and
climate models
Water
management
strategies
Developing water
resources
management
strategies
Implementing
water resources
management

50% vs 50%
Equilibrium

100%
Female

Comparison
Stakeholder Mapping
Participatory methodology
Help to develop strategies
on how to engage with
partners
Good strategy to screen
stakeholders to involve in
the workshop for RDS

Requires good facilitation

skills
Less time intensive

Stakeholder Network
Analysis
Quantitative-Qualitative
analysis
Understand the connections
and the characteristics of
the network
Survey can include specific
data about other topics,
such as:
Activities of each
stakeholder
Gender balance
Priorities for water
allocation

Thank you very much!

Vitor Vieira Vasconcelos
vitor.vasconcelos@sei.international.org