Roadmap Toolbox

Roadmap Step: Mapping context & stakeholders

Understanding the specifics of an area and its community is the basis of smart village strategy development. There are many different ways of identifying challenges and assets of an area, starting from research-type baseline surveys to more participatory methods, such as consultations and participatory profiling of the locality. On the ‘Mapping Context & Stakeholders’ page, we present examples of how to map the context and stakeholders of an area.

Idea Wheel

The Idea Wheel method can generate a lot of ideas and help prioritisation in short time. The tool was originally created to come up with solutions to issues and trends that companies are facing but has since been used in numerous processes and situations to generate ideas. For example, the tool can be used to work with residents to come up with solutions to challenges that their village is facing. This well-structured approach ensures that you end up with plenty of ideas without your brainstorming workshop ending in chaos.

Local Community Profiling

The community profiling tool aims to generate an evidence-based community engagement process through presenting official (statistical) community data in an accessible way, hence generating discussion among community members. The process is usually realised through close cooperation between the community and a research institute/ university, as it has been the case of the community of Dingle (Ireland).