Table 2.
Abilities attributes to describe the posture, technical capital and social capital of the stakeholders
| Attributes | Definition |
|---|---|
| Attributes qualifying the posture | |
| Legitimacy (relevancy) | Relevance of the stakeholder’s surveillance tasks as defined in the strategy regarding their mandate (governmental bodies) or activities (private sector, research institutes). |
| Commitment/leadership | Level of willingness of the stakeholder to contribute to the fight against ABR and to act on implementing the surveillance tasks |
| Confidence | Level of confidence placed by the stakeholder in the success of the surveillance strategy based on (1) capacities of the stakeholders involved, (2) availability of resources, (3) willingness of stakeholders to act against ABR and to collaborate, (4) current situation regarding antibiotics use (including regulation in place) |
| Attributes qualifying the technical capital | |
| Capacities | Level of technical capacities of the stakeholder to efficiently undertake surveillance tasks |
| Resources | Level of resources (material, human and financial) available to the stakeholder to efficiently implement surveillance tasks |
| Knowledge | Level of understanding of the stakeholder regarding (i) the ABR issue in general and in the context of Vietnam, (ii) the Vietnamese strategy to combat ABR, (iii) surveillance objectives for ABR, (iv) the added value of implementing a collaborative approach compared to a more conventional one. |
| Attributes qualifying the social capital | |
| Power | Level of influence of the stakeholder on the implementation of the strategy |
| Flexibility | Level of freedom of the stakeholder to develop inter-sectoral and inter-disciplinary collaborations or public-private partnerships, especially in the field of ABR surveillance |
| Willingness to collaborate across sectors and disciplines | Level of interest of the stakeholder to develop collaborations across sectors and disciplines, and especially in the field of ABR surveillance |
| Trust | Level of trust shown by other stakeholders with regard to this stakeholder based on the latter’s capacities, resources and willingness to collaborate. |