Assessing stakeholder engagement in the water sector

This chapter assesses the contribution of stakeholder engagement to water governance outcomes. It assesses the strengths and weaknesses of assessment tools available, and sheds light on the main challenges to evaluating stakeholder engagement’s impact. The chapter reviews existing indicators for measuring the effectiveness of stakeholder engagement, in terms of their processes and their outcomes and suggests typologies of costs, risks and benefits related to stakeholder engagement. It concludes with mitigation measures that can help manage the trade-offs needed for setting stakeholder engagement on an adaptive and sustainable path in the water sector.