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Policy Stakeholder Map.
LiveLandscapeMap the institutions, associations, payers, clinicians and patient organizations on one policy issue, with each actor's sourced position and who convenes whom.
Policy Stakeholder Map is a ready-made use case for Public Affairs. It ships under the Landscape template.
For public affairs leads preparing to engage on an issue. You get the boundary, the actors by role with a public source for each position, how the field divides and what could not be sourced. A position without a public source is marked as a gap.
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The decision
Which institutions, associations, payers, clinicians and patient organizations shape one policy issue, what position does each hold, and who convenes whom?
Where the map is built from
The map lists each actor once, with the role it plays and the public source for its position. An actor with no public source is listed without a position.
| Segment or source | What it holds | What the landscape does with it |
|---|---|---|
| Institutions | Names who holds the file and in which role.1 | The institutions that hold the issue and their published procedure. |
| Interest representatives | Groups registered organizations by the interest they state and counts those left out.2 | The EU Transparency Register. |
| Public positions | Records a position only where a public document states it, and marks the rest as a gap.3 | Position papers and consultation responses where the institution publishes them. |
What the landscape does
Positions need a source. Each actor’s position is attributed only where a public document states it. The map does not infer a position from an organization’s membership or funding.
Who convenes whom. Where a public source shows an association, coalition or patient organization acting together, the map records the link and its source.
The register is a start, not a census. The Transparency Register shows who has registered, not everyone who has influence. The map counts the actors it could source and says what it leaves out.2
Recommended length
Standard
The issue has a clear boundary and a short list of actors. Standard carries the boundary, the actors by role and what it means; Comprehensive adds what is shaping the issue.
You can pick another length on the form. The other two stay available.
Assumptions the landscape checks
The landscape states the assumptions its boundary and its sizes rest on, and says what each gap limits. Examples for this market:
- The issue is bounded to one proposal and one set of institutions.
- Registered organizations are active on the issue they state.
- Public positions have not changed since they were published.
Standards, guidance and sources
Frame
The decision practice behind the memo itself is on the template page.
What gets flagged
Any position attributed without a public source, any actor placed on the map from its own website alone, and any link between actors that no document shows. Any term or position given without the document that states it and that document’s date.
What arrives
- The picture in brief
- Scope and boundary
- The market in numbers
- Who plays where
- What is shaping it
- What it means for us
- What we could not source
What it will not do
It does not rank players or give a single market size. It shows estimates side by side with their sources, and a position on a map is labeled analyst judgment.
It does not rate influence or recommend whom to approach.
It does not give a single market size when the sources disagree. It shows each estimate and says why they differ.
It does not rank players. A map places them on defined axes and labels the placement as judgment.
It is a snapshot of one date, from public sources. A player it could not find is listed as a gap.
References
- [1] European Parliament. Legislative powers: the ordinary legislative procedure (Commission proposal, Parliament and Council readings, conciliation and informal trilogue negotiations). Read, to about 100,000 characters. The Commission usually proposes; Parliament and Council adopt jointly; Parliament and the Council each have a first reading, there are second readings, and a conciliation committee follows if they do not agree; trilogues are informal negotiations between the institutions.
- [2] European Union. Transparency Register: interest representatives who contact the EU institutions. Read. The page says the register covers interest representatives who have direct contact with the EU institutions, that registration has been de facto mandatory since 2021, and that only registered stakeholders can access the institutions’ premises to meet Members, Commissioners and officials.
- [3] European Commission. Better Regulation: stakeholder consultations, online public consultations, calls for evidence and feedback on draft acts. Read. The page describes a call for evidence open for at least 4 weeks, a public consultation for legislative acts open for at least 12 weeks, and feedback on draft acts with no minimum period stated; it also lists implementation dialogues and reality checks. Each consultation states its own dates on its page.
- [4] OECD. Recommendation of the Council on Principles for Transparency and Integrity in Lobbying. Adopted 18 February 2010 (OECD/LEGAL/0379). As summarized from search results: ten principles under four objectives (equal access, transparency, a culture of integrity, and implementation, compliance and review). The text was not read in full.
Links checked 12 October 2026
These are the sources the template drew on. None of their authors or issuers has reviewed it.
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