For example, the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership, founded in the UK, has grown into a multi-stakeholder body supporting renewables and efficiency in numerous countries.
It looks to straddle the public, private and civil society spheres in a multi-stakeholder participatory process.
Through their participation in a multi-stakeholder body advising the government they succeeded in adding four priorities that address local societal issues: sustainable food, urban living, culture and environmental protection.
Ultimately, they get an opportunity to become familiar with more creative and open-minded attitudes when defending interests and making collective decisions in a multi-stakeholder environment.
This paper presents findings from a project investigating innovative freight solutions in a multi-stakeholder setting in Rome's limited traffic zone focussing on local policy-makers, freight carries and retailers.
The introduction of more humane conditions for textile workers in places like Bangladesh risks losing them their jobs unless productivity can be improved at the same time, stresses Alex MacGillivray of AccountAbility, a think-tank involved in a multi-stakeholder initiative called the MFA Forum.
The German NAP was developed over a number of years in a multi-stakeholder process organised under the responsibility of the then Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture, and Consumer Protection (BMELV, now Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture, BMEL).
Biofuel policies were developed in a multi-stakeholder context (public, private, local, national, foreign, international…) with the involvement of these actors fluctuating during different stages of the policy making process.
Furthermore, recognition of the intervention's positive outcomes and working in a multi-stakeholder group were other noted benefits.
This is especially true since the trust existing among the partners in a multi-stakeholder organization is a key component of its activities, which enables it to function.
Interim findings were presented in a multi-stakeholder colloquium to enrich an understanding of why some policy options received support while others did not and to examine issues in policy implementation (n = 21).
