Concerned with both process and outcome, building the capacity of the community to make significant improvements around an issue and in the way issues are addressed.
• “Focus attention on the issue to the public and policy agenda;
• Engage people in the effort by concerning the diverse set of people, agencies and interests needed to address the issue;
• Stimulate strategies and options for action; and
• Sustain action and momentum by managing the interconnections through appropriate institution and rapid information sharing and feedback