Integrated approaches to environmental management are increasingly being advocated in literature and practice. One of the keys to operationalizing the concept is stakeholder co-ordination. In this paper, the authors present a systematic, descriptive framework for examining co-ordination practice. The framework is a diagnostic tool which can be used to examine the range of formal and informal rules that define stakeholder interaction. David Sill defines an NGO as a group of persons organized on the basis of voluntary membership without state control, for the furtherance of some common interest.

Keywords: Environmental Management, Stakeholder Co-ordination, Co-ordination Practice, Diagnostic Tool.