Bilateral meetings

Purpose

The purpose is to make sure that every stakeholder feels that he is being heard and plays a role in shaping the decision.

Inner logic

These exchanges should aim at collecting personal impressions about the process, exploring possible areas of contention, searching for common ground and setting the path towards consensus. They can be organised at any moment during the Consensus Building phase, but in particular, they may be useful shortly before a joint meeting (focus group, deliberative workshop or other), as they help the facilitator to steer the discussions around sensitive issues that might put the dialogue process at risk.

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References

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