Stakeholder Engagement is important in CER and in all aspects of CMTP’s work. CMTP defines stakeholders as individuals, organizations, or communities that have a direct interest in the process and outcomes of a project, policy or research endeavor. We classify stakeholders in the following groups:
Gaps in evidence will be reduced with greater stakeholder engagement. Successful stakeholder engagement will lead to more useful research because it deliberately attempts to answer the questions most relevant to end-users, rather than primarily investigators or funders.