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2. Shared understanding is whereby a situation concerning a decision whereby participants understand the decision options are being taken. There may be disagreements but in all the shared understanding is mostly written down to be assessed by all. It is a very key aspect of open policy practice.

7. Open assessment is the main knowledge in open policy practice and seeks to answer the question of finding solutions to decision making using scientific information available. The assessment process involves a lot of applications from stakeholders, scientific methodology and opinions from experts in order to arrive at a conclusion.

18. Open policy practice aims to create a shared understanding in the decision making process and it thus consists of; shared understanding, execution of the decision support (scientific method used to inform decision maker), evaluation and managing of the work (does the work reach its aim?) and co-creation skills and facilitation (ability to manage uncertainties).