Guide for Trainers: Advocacy and Policy Influencing
Publisher: Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organizations (TACSO)
Date: 2011
Volume: 102 pages, pdf
Description
The five day course enables you to learn the concepts behind Advocacy and Policy Influencing, gain insights in the processes that take place, analyse your context with beneficiaries and other stakeholders, and analyse the political processes of the subject you are working on. With this knowledge you will be able to plan your own Advocacy and Policy Influencing strategies towards different political targets and you will have practised some skills in negotiation and lobby conversations. The complete training as it is presented in this Guide lasts five days and provides an overview of topics related to Advocacy and Policy Influencing, such as planning for policy influencing, networking, implementation of the plan through development of lobbying skills and aspects of monitoring and evaluation. The training can also be cut up into several pieces.