The issue of inclusiveness is important and may be a key principle for making sure information and analyses is truly useful for, and used by, policy makers. An example of an inclusive process are ‘Writeshops” where policy makers ( or other users of the information ) prepare policy briefs together with the producers of information ( for example, food security analysts). Together they look at the information at and jointly prepare recommendations. The briefs may then be the catalyst for further action…and at the very least the process has sparked further debate and deepened understanding of the issue at hand.
Denise Melvin