Table 3.

Roles of the actors involved in the policy dialogues

Group	Actors	Roles	Interest
National level ministries	Ministers, heads of departments, technical officers	Policy-making in their specific sectors and their departments	Ensuring effective policy-making while safeguarding their roles
Donors	Technical officers	Representing their organisations and finding opportunities to support government efforts in line with their organisations’ agenda and interests	Getting involved in policy-making while also driving their organisation’s agenda
Civil society	Executive officers	Promoting good governance practices like transparency, effectiveness, openness, responsiveness and accountability	Getting involved in the policy process in order to advocate for certain rights but also to create and sustain visibility and viability
Unions	Representatives	Protecting the integrity of their trade and advocating for workers’ rights and incentives	Ensuring that workers’ rights and incentives are considered during policy-making
Sub-national ministry of health officials	Regional and district officers	Implementing programmes	Ensuring that the factors that influence programme implementation are considered during the policy-making process
Community representatives	Community leaders	Representing and safeguarding community interests	Ensuring that community interests are considered during the policy-making process