Difference

between analyses

Het verschil tussen een stakeholderanalyse, omgevingsanalyse, belangenanalyse, issueanalys

Each analysis

provides a different insight

Within Strategic Environmental Management (SOM), various analyses are used to gain a clear understanding of a challenge and its context. These analyses complement one another and each address a different question. Together, they form the basis for an effective environmental strategy.

Discover the different analyses

Contextual Analysis

Key question: What is happening in the context of this challenge?

Examines administrative, social, economic, legal and spatial developments that influence the challenge.

Issue Analysis

Key question: Which issues require attention?

Identifies opportunities, concerns, risks, debates and issues arising from the challenge.

Stakeholder Analysis

Key question: Which interests are affected and why?

Identifies the underlying interests, motivations, concerns and ambitions that underpin the issues.

Stakeholder analysis

Key question: Who holds these interests?

Provides insight into which individuals, organisations and groups are involved in the challenge and what influence they have.

Participation analysis

Key question: Who do we involve, when and how?

Determines the participation strategy, including target groups, levels of participation and forms of participation.

The SOM analysis chain

Within the SOM methodology, the analyses are often carried out in the following logical order:

1. Brief – What do we want to achieve?

2. Context analysis – What is the current situation?

3. Issue analysis – Which topics require attention?

4. Interest analysis – Why is this an issue?

5. Stakeholder analysis – Who has these interests?

6. Participation analysis – How do we engage in dialogue?

7. Strategy – How are we going to address this?

8. Actions – What specific steps are we going to take?

Example: Grid congestion

In the case of grid congestion, the context analysis shows that housing construction, economic growth and sustainability are under pressure. The issue analysis highlights topics such as new high-voltage connections, land use and planning permission procedures. The stakeholder analysis reveals why these issues are important. Stakeholders are then linked to these interests, and a decision is made on how to involve them.

The SOM perspective

Traditional analyses often focus on stakeholders. At SOM, the analysis begins with the challenge and the issues arising from it. By considering interests and stakeholders, we gain an understanding of how consensus can be built and how widely supported solutions can be developed.

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