This stage is developed by the sponsoring or funding organization, which will have its own priorities in terms of region or ecosystem. Depending on its own in-house expertise, it may be helpful to bring into the planning stages as advisers one or more of the organizations or individuals that have already participated in this type of work, for example from the IISD project which developed this guide. Particularly in the case of Africa, several of the participating institutions developed creative insights and methodologies which it would be productive to share more widely.