Designing a multi-stakeholder and multi-level strategy for food system transformation
This tool enables stakeholders across different levels of governance to collaboratively design strategic plans for food system transformation. By combining systems thinking with participatory methods, it aligns diverse perspectives into shared visions, priorities, and actionable strategies.
About the tool
What is multi-stakeholder and multi-level strategy design?
It is a participatory approach that brings together diverse actors, across local, regional, and national levels, to co-create a shared strategic plan for food system transformation. By integrating systems thinking, it helps stakeholders understand persistent challenges, develop a common vision, and design coordinated strategies that reflect multiple perspectives and scales.
Who is this for?
This tool is intended for project leaders, facilitators, policymakers, researchers, and practitioners engaged in food system transformation within public, private, and community-based organisations. It is particularly useful for initiatives that require alignment across different levels of governance and diverse stakeholder groups.
What is this tool for?
The tool guides users through three participatory phases, system understanding and visioning, strategizing, and programming, using adapted steps from the System-Oriented Dialogue Model (SDM). It helps participants co-create a mission, vision, strategic objectives, and action lines, while identifying barriers, enablers, and opportunities for systemic change. By doing so, it supports the creation of robust, multi-level strategies that can be implemented collaboratively and sustained over time.
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