Hydropower by Design seeks to achieve balanced outcomes across the values of multiple stakeholder objectives. Therefore, stakeholder engagement is a critical step for understanding the range of interests and objectives of multiple parties in the planning region. Transparent engagement with stakeholders, early and often, ensures that the Hydropower by Design process is not only technically comprehensive, but also that its results can be trusted and durable decisions can emerge from the collaboration. Examples of moments in the process to engage stakeholders include:

• Early in the process, to understand the full suite of interests, objectives and concerns for stakeholders and decision makers in the region.
• Throughout the development of metrics, to ensure that they accurately reflect those values in meaningful ways.
• During the analyses and development of results, so stakeholders and decision makers understand the results and know how to use them to influence or make decisions.

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