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* IEA process leaders requesting, and securing, meetings with target actors.         Module

                      ?  Seeking and processing information                                                   3
                         * Targets seeking information from others to “triangulate” or verify information they are receiving
                        through the IEA process.

                         * Media reporting messages from target actors that are consistent with IEA process messages.
                      ?  Acting
                         * Issuing of new policy briefs, white papers, frameworks, regulations, other responses.   Abu Dhabi, UAE

                      ?  Demanding

                         * More work from IEA process leaders (e.g., follow-up investigations, more in depth assessments).

                   These and other indicators are discussed in more detail in Module 8 on monitoring and evaluation.
                   There, you will see how monitoring the impact strategy will fit into the overall monitoring process.








                       EXERCISE

                       1.  What indicates that the assessment findings and recommendations are influencing your
                           key actors?










                       2.  What are some ways to keep track of your performance on the strategy?













                   3.3 Case Studies of Assessments

                   Despite the lack of concrete examples, it is possible to look at particular assessment processes that
                   have had some impact success, which can provide the participants from the Region pointers for the
                   development of an impact strategy. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Reports provides such
                   an example. In West Asia countries, most of the environmental institutions are legally mandated to





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