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Step 1: Recruitment You should now have a clear idea of who needs to be heard from a mix of insisted voices and invited voices. You now need to have a plan for how you’re going to reach and involve those people. Who are active interest groups? (These will form the basis of a Stakeholder Group). Who is the overall community impacted by a decision? Think broadly first. Then think of types of people. For example, a public transport question may affect a whole city. But within that city people who work in a particular part of the city may be a distinct audience: this helps you know what voices you want in the room. 136 A Project of the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF)