Process and Approaches

Abstract

Chapter 3 presents the EBED process of an EBED initiative and is intended to help guide policymakers and practitioners in designing and implementing EBED initiatives. The first three steps—stakeholder engagement; goal identification; and asset, needs, and gaps identification—are essential for ensuring the framework is used effectively. The remaining steps are selection of an approach, development of metrics, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. Each step is described in detail and provides information for EBED stakeholders to tailor an approach so that it is most conducive to local needs, assets, and circumstances. This chapter concludes with a description of three fundamental factors that shape the design of an EBED project: the point of intervention, geographic scale, and the degree of transformation that the project requires relative to the status quo.