WP9 will guarantee the integration of local communities and policy-makers throughout the project, from research design to the co-creation of policy recommendations and dissemination of results, ensuring that research results are fully appropriated by those stakeholders.
WP9 will cooperate closely with all WPs, covering stakeholder consultation and collaboration throughout the research process and ensuring full-scale multi-stakeholder policy dialogue. This will support the sequential process from policy options to policy recommendations. For this, a systematic stakeholder mapping will be conducted to identify how best to serve external stakeholder groups relevant to the project. WP9 will also develop a multi-stakeholder engagement strategy, which will include the tools required to involve relevant stakeholders in each WP (research co-design, co-production, co-dissemination of knowledge). A participatory monitoring system will be established to assess engagement throughout the project, integrating feedback loops and corrective actions.