Stakeholder Engagement

Overview

Stakeholder Engagement is a fundamental component of regenerative village development. This guide synthesizes knowledge from re:build gatherings to provide practical insights for implementing stakeholder engagement in community projects.

Methods and Approaches

Crowdfunding and community ownership: Some projects have shifted fundraising to crowdfunding approaches, which, while slower, ensure that the company can be owned 50% by customers and nature stakeholders. This equity structure builds a platform that maintains alignment with community and environmental values.

Technology-enabled engagement: Open APIs (application program interfaces) can connect to various systems, enabling stakeholder engagement through interactive platforms. Once projects achieve sufficient data (geospatial, architectural, engineering, climate data for specific locations), they can use iterative processes with key stakeholders in game-like interfaces that allow community members to express interests and preferences, leading to better planning outcomes.

Key Insights

Communication is essential: Effective stakeholder engagement requires clear communication with all stakeholders and learning from other communities for inspiration.

Balancing stakeholder numbers: Projects must balance having enough stakeholders to support operations while maintaining manageable engagement processes. Some projects work with hundreds or thousands of stakeholders, requiring more operational teams to manage relationships effectively.

Tourism complexity: Tourism projects involve dealing with many different stakeholders—local communities, visitors, service providers, government agencies, and more. This complexity requires sophisticated engagement strategies.

Collaboration requirement: All stakeholders must collaborate for projects to succeed. This requires creating structures and processes that facilitate meaningful collaboration.

Machine learning integration: Emerging technologies like machine learning can help connect stakeholders and their various interests in regenerative communities, systems, and economies, with community well-being as a primary motivator.

Implementation Guide

To implement stakeholder engagement in your regenerative village project, consider the following approach:

Implementation details to be added.