 interaction with relevant external actors interaction with relevant external actors 109 admin mon 10142019 1842 description of the interaction between the research initiative project and external relevant actors eg government agencies the indicator allows identifying new closer external relevant actors eg government agencies the lack of relationships can be a weak point of a research initiative project importance to enhance the possibility of research results to influence policy and practice additional qualitative external stakeholder   individuals or groups that are outside the organization s environment have some interest in the initiative s aims and might influence to different extents its execution and the accomplishment of its expected results government agencies are a type of external stakeholders initiative project s internal data narrative description of the interaction between the research initiative project and external relevant actors eg government agencies the initiative can provide a link to a document where it is disclosed free text outcome n a annually annually the breath of the information that might be included under this indicator may be general information about stakeholder engagement yes extract from gsk annual report 2018 p 11 available at  https wwwgskcom media 5349 annualreport2018pdf this information is often embedded in the general section about stakeholder engagement see example if that is the case the initiative can refer to that section political contributions 