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ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATIONS – CASE STUDIES
Courtney Tolmie
Results for Development Institute
Following the MoneyParticipatory PETS and Absenteeism Methods for Civil Society21 July 2009
Accountability Routes
Accountability Routes
Accountability Routes
• To inform Policymakers of findings and potential solutions• To give Policymakers an opportunity (and a need) to respond to the public for poor action/decisions
Accountability Routes
• To inform Citizens of findings and potential solutions• To empower Citizens to act• To give Citizens tools to better monitor service delivery and spending
Accountability Routes
• To inform Service Providers of findings and potential solutions
Accountability Routes
• CSOs - to provide information for CSOs to use in their own advocacy work• Media – to disseminate findings to a wider audience and to put pressure on that audience to act
Target Audiences
Policymakers Public and Service Users Service Providers Other CSOs The Media* Other important people?
Communicating to Policymakers
Case Studies
Communicating to Policymakers
National Center for Economic Research (CIEN) - Guatemala
Tool – individual meetings with Ministry officials
Goal – to share recommendations and push positive change
Impact – change in school calendar to address delay in textbooks and resources (CIEN recommendation)
“El Ministerio de Educación (Mineduc) analiza cambiar la fecha de iniciodel ciclo escolar del 2009 y empezar las clases el 1 de febrero. Con medida lasautoridades pretenden tener lista la refacción escolar, los libros de texto y todo lo necesario para completar los programas de educación que tuvieronretrasos durante el 2008.”(from major Guatemalan newspaper)
Communicating to Policymakers
Romanian Academic Society (SAR) - Romania Tool – policy briefs distributed to government officials Goal – to provide government with simple easy-to-understand
information about how decentralization is working school spending Impact – SAR findings incorporated into new Commission on
education reform
Communicating to Policymakers
Research Center of the University of the Pacific (CIUP) - Peru
Tool – seminar with policymakers as speakers
Goal – to generate interest from government and get responses from them on results-based budgeting
Impact – CIUP results have become part of the dialogue
Note – this seminar also capitalized on connections with other CSOs
Communicating to The Public
Case Studies
Communicating to The Public
National Center for Economic Research (CIEN) - Guatemala
Tool – illustrated pamphlet about spending process and problems for primary school resources
Goal – to provide students, teachers, and parents with information to monitor spending on the ground
Impact – TBD
Note – this seminar also capitalized on connections with other CSOs
Communicating to The Public
Centro de Análisis y Difusión de la Economia Paraguaya (CADEP) - Paraguay
Tool – poster for schools explaining PETS findings and ways service users can monitor spending
Goal – to encourage participatory monitoring of school spending
Impact – posters encouraged principals, parent associations, NGOs, and others to begin developing a “participatory action model for change”
Communicating to NGOs and the Media
Case Studies
Communicating to NGOs
Centre for Budget and Policy Studies (CBPS) - India
Tool – documentary outlining budget process and interviews with progressive (and incompetent) officials
Goal – to inform NGOs about the budget process in health and education
Impact – many NGOs have reported using the documentary in their own advocacy work
Note – this seminar also capitalized on connections with other CSOs
Communicating to the Media
Center for Democratic Development (CDD) - Ghana
Tool – journalist toolkit with info about findings on teacher absenteeism and questions to ask politicians about this issue
Goal – to increase the pressure on policymakers to discuss issues of education service delivery
Impact – initiated dialogue and have seen initial changes in reasons for absenteeism
Note – this seminar also capitalized on connections with other CSOs
Grantee Ideas for Communications
Policymakers Public