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Table 3

Collaborative engagement practice group coding hierarchy

Practices	Empirical level engagement practices
Early engagement	Discussions between investor and governmental stakeholders can be started as soon as there is initial starting point for the project and there is something to discuss It is the investor's responsibility to choose issues to be discussed and organize meetings with governmental stakeholders who decide which organizations and individual members participate Early engagement of governmental stakeholders and discussions about requirements, accuracies of information, and potential challenges enable the investor to create realistic expectations and to be able to start related preparation in time that mitigates the need for changes later in the project
Continuous engagement	Advance guidance meetings can be used to build mutual understanding and are very helpful if they work as intended, but good practices still need to be developed Mutual understanding can be reached if there are enough collaborative activities, and they are started early enough
Informal engagement	Informal meetings in which an investor presents the aims of the project, and the governmental stakeholders provide sufficient accuracies of information and advice on essential issues which can decrease the chances of delays and supplementation requests Informal meetings to facilitate information sharing and support in achieving a good environmental permit application that does not require complements
Engagement in technological issues	The interconnection between project design and EIA and environmental permit processes is usually limited, but it is possible to organize meetings to facilitate the integration of these issues and the discussion of technological solutions and related guidance and recommendations Engagement of governmental stakeholders in the discussions about design solutions enables the selection of the best and most safe solutions together and helps to avoid situations in which more optimal solutions that do not comply with the permit conditions are found after acquiring the permit Open discussion between the investor and governmental stakeholders when the technical design is almost ready supports the investor in selecting the most optimal solutions

Practices	Empirical level engagement practices
Early engagement	Discussions between investor and governmental stakeholders can be started as soon as there is initial starting point for the project and there is something to discuss It is the investor's responsibility to choose issues to be discussed and organize meetings with governmental stakeholders who decide which organizations and individual members participate Early engagement of governmental stakeholders and discussions about requirements, accuracies of information, and potential challenges enable the investor to create realistic expectations and to be able to start related preparation in time that mitigates the need for changes later in the project
Continuous engagement	Advance guidance meetings can be used to build mutual understanding and are very helpful if they work as intended, but good practices still need to be developed Mutual understanding can be reached if there are enough collaborative activities, and they are started early enough
Informal engagement	Informal meetings in which an investor presents the aims of the project, and the governmental stakeholders provide sufficient accuracies of information and advice on essential issues which can decrease the chances of delays and supplementation requests Informal meetings to facilitate information sharing and support in achieving a good environmental permit application that does not require complements
Engagement in technological issues	The interconnection between project design and EIA and environmental permit processes is usually limited, but it is possible to organize meetings to facilitate the integration of these issues and the discussion of technological solutions and related guidance and recommendations Engagement of governmental stakeholders in the discussions about design solutions enables the selection of the best and most safe solutions together and helps to avoid situations in which more optimal solutions that do not comply with the permit conditions are found after acquiring the permit Open discussion between the investor and governmental stakeholders when the technical design is almost ready supports the investor in selecting the most optimal solutions

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