Notice in Figure 1 that this on-going process is coordinated and facilitated—"managed"—by stakeholders from a variety of settings and circumstances who nonetheless agree to maintain a continual and constructive dialogue about the process. It is important that these stakeholders be sensitive to the importance of timing and timeliness, and that they make a commitment to open, on-going and frank communication.The arrows in Figure 1 capture critical flows and sequences.
Appropriate and lasting policy reform will be enhanced to the extent that the general spirit of Figure 1 is central to the policy process.