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196 A Project of the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) 22 Minority reports If there are recommendations that do not receive enough support, but some participants feel that decision makers would benefit from seeing, then a minority report can be included in the final report. This is a recommendation that clearly explains that it did not reach the required level of support to be included as a recommendation, but that a minority held a certain view. This can be useful information for the decision maker to keep in mind while not taking the place of a full recommendation. The minority is not a one-person exercise. At least 10% of people (preferably more) should be supporting each point. 23 Panel finalise recommendations Once each recommendation has been agreed, the group can now finalise the report by nominating, or writing together, an introduction that tells a quick narrative of the process. The idea to keep in mind at this point is that someone picking up the report at the bus-stop or in a local café will need to be able to understand what the process was to arrive at this report (i.e. Who wrote it? What was the question? Who did they hear from? How did they come to agreement? What do I need to know?).