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 Industries/ private organizations and NGOs may be consulted twice - one to

discuss about the proposal and second when the outcome report is approved by

the TAC or as required.

 NGOs can also be consulted periodically by HTAIn to discuss the social/ ethical
aspects of the intervention and feasibility of implementation and/ or participate

during the of implementation of the policy

3.2. Process of Stakeholders Engagement
1) Identification of stakeholders

The most important step in stakeholder engagement involves the identification

of relevant stakeholders. Reasonable steps should be taken to identify topic-specific

organizations with appropriate geographical coverage (e.g. state/ national
organizations). Stakeholders could be an individual or a small group representing an

organization having a mandate to speak on behalf of that organization such as CEO,

President, Chairperson or Head of the Organization or someone nominated by an

organization.

2) Stakeholder’s Registration
All the interested parties are encouraged to register themselves online on the

HTAIn website (in the HTAIn section) or, they may send a formal request to the

secretariat for registration. This registry of stakeholders developed by HTAIn through

online registration maybe used for identification of relevant stakeholders for specific

HTA.

Activities during Stakeholder Engagement

 The HTAIn Sec. informs the relevant stakeholders about the topic(s) selected for

study and organize a consultation meeting at HTAIn Sec. in close coordination

with the Technical partner/ Resource Centre.

 TP/RRC present their proposal (approved by the TAC) to the stakeholders for

their feedback/ views and the same stakeholders are again consulted for a second
meeting, once the outcomes report of the study is approved by the TAC, to discuss

the results and policy recommendations.

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