It is important to establish appropriate groups in order to keep stakeholders informed of project progress and key issues, allowing them to feed in their views at the appropriate times and for ensuring good feedback on how these have been addressed.
Normally it would be expected that in two-tier administrative areas there would be a separate stakeholder group involving each WCA.
Other stakeholder groups may need to be established which include representatives of community and/or amenity interests, the Environment Agency, unions, supplier market (prior to the start of the procurement) and local liaison groups in the areas of proposed waste development sites. These stakeholder groups should be arranged and managed by the PD and once created should meet regularly to provide input to key decisions although they may be appropriate for only certain stages of the project.