OPERAs Exemplar Stakeholder Engagement Paper Userboard Meeting Edinburgh, Scotland 25 November 2015 Heather Schoonover and Kimberly Nicholas, with contributions from exemplar leads TBD Paper Overview Insights from stakeholder engagement in ecosystem services research: Experience from a dozen European cases Collaborative paper focused on on-the-ground experience of the exemplars so far Synthesizes worked well, where there were challenges, and what might be best practices for stakeholder engagement in ecosystem services research Factors explored include: Stakeholder identification Timing of stakeholder involvement Methods of stakeholder involvement History of stakeholder relationships Inter-stakeholder interactions Will serve as OPERAs Milestone due in January; also targeting publication in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Methodssurvey of each of the exemplar leads Focused on the how Individual in-person interviews with each of the exemplar leads Focused on the how well Responses were sorted into categories to determine groupings and trends Findings Trust Motivation Process Outcom e Values & Goals Relationships Time ID Timing Framing Roles What stakeholders get out of participating Key factors Contact Information Heather Schoonover Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies +46 (0)