1.5 Define key actors in the system

An innovation system mapping should always include the system actors:

• Who are the individuals and organizations in the system?
• To which domains do they belong?
• What are their roles and mandates?

Think carefully about not only the directly relevant actors, but also those who are only indirectly or tangentially relevant and even those who may be slightly removed from the immediate topic.

Tools:

Stakeholder Network Mapping

Series:
IFPRI descriptor:
Countries/Regions:interest grid; power grid; influence map; Stakeholder network mapping

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

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Net-Map Toolbox

Series:
IFPRI descriptor:
Countries/Regions:networks; netmapping; power networks

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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Force Field Analysis

Series:
IFPRI descriptor:
Countries/Regions:planning; implementing; force field analysis

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

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Institutional Architecture Toolkit

Series:
IFPRI descriptor:
Countries/Regions:Institutional architecture toolkit; multi-sectoral coordination

AfricaLead

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