Adhesive paper (“post-its”) or tape to write the names of actors.Materials needed for a Net-Map session are: The tool is low tech and low cost it can be used with rural community members who have little formal education as well as with policymakers or international development actors. Ultimately, the tool provides an influence network map of the governance situation as well as qualitative and quantitative data about the perceived power and influence of the actors. Finally, the interviewee assesses the goal orientation of the different actors. They then add “influence towers,” made of checkers pieces, to transfer abstract concepts of power and influence into a three-dimensional form. Using a participatory approach, both interviewees and interviewers draw a network map of the actors involved in the policy arena and characterize the different links between the actors. Net-Map merges characteristics of two existing methods: social network analysis and the power mapping tool. This tool helps stakeholders to determine which actors are involved in a given network, how they are linked, how influential they are, and what their goals are. Net-Map was developed by IFPRI to help understand and visualize how stakeholder goals work out in an MSP. Not only when you plan an intervention but also to give insight whether certain goals have been achieved. This tool can be used at all stages of an MSP. To help people understand, visualize, discuss, and improve situations in which many different actors influence outcomes.
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