According to the GPP guidelines, the term “stakeholder engagement” refers to the processes through which trial funders, sponsors, and implementers build transparent, meaningful, collaborative and mutually beneficial relationships with interested or affected individuals, groups of individuals, or organizations, with the ultimate goal of shaping research collectively.
A project is successful when it achieves it’s objectives and meets or exceeds the expectations of the stakeholders. Each stakeholder engagement has a unique purpose and is influenced by several factors. First and foremost, common languages and common processes would be generated and understood amongst leaders and team members. Leaders and team members should be involve in the planning process. The leaders and team members should be involved in routine capacity training where baseline understanding about stakeholder engagement would be focused. There should also be proper collaboration. It is also important to identify all stakeholders and their roles.
An approach I employed was to develop a concept note for team members and a reporting schedule.