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ENGAGING KEY DAIRY STAKEHOLDERS
Both the Gardiner Foundation Directors and staff are deeply embedded in dairy industry boards and committees that identify priority issues and respond with investments across the value chain. In a typical year Directors and team members attend in excess of 300 key stakeholder meetings.
Perceptions of key stakeholders are regularly and independently surveyed. Stakeholders hold the Foundation in high regard. Key reasons stakeholders identified for the past successes of the Foundation included:
“The organisation is quick and responsive
to changing industry needs”;
“The Foundation fills in the gaps where other organisations can’t or
don’t fund”;
“The Foundation is willing to fund smaller projects”;
“The Foundation has a strong connection with producers”;
“Projects are clearly aligned with industry needs”.
Stakeholders value their strong personal relationships and direct interaction with the Gardiner Foundation; team members are accessible; the organisation has a genuine desire to engage and listen to new ideas; staff are open, straight forward and transparent in their dealings and are professional and strategic in their approach.
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