This exercise works with the tool on mapping stakeholders described in more detail in Module 5 Resources and tools for work with civil society. You may want to read it now.

List the civic organizations you know of and their characteristics in a table, such as the one below, or on a flip chart. (If you are in groups you may each want to work on different areas, such as environmental health, HIV/AIDS, nutrition.)

Name of the organization	Type and level (*)	Social groups covered	Main roles or interests	What does it currently do in health?
Fill in a separate row for each civic organization

(*) Membership? Service? Mixed? AND Primary or secondary stakeholder? Local? National? International?