Answer: Dialogue
Explanation: The 'Whole-of -government approach as the name implies involves a synergistic approach involving the collaboration of different forces such as ministries, public and private organizations towards the confrontation and provision lasting solution to a lingering problem.
In a bid to achieve these stated objective, the DIALOGUE stage allows the various players to ascertain, define and accurately establish what they are up against. Through accurate identification of the causal factor, strategies to combat such problem will be proffered, giving adequate consideration to risk, sacrifice and shortcomings of each proffered plan before implementation.