Scheduled Courses

Advocacy and Policy Influencing

Duration:  3 days

Cost: €120 (subsidized rate) *This course is funded by Irish Aid for people active in the Irish International development sector. The non-subsidized course cost is €600. To check if you qualify for the subsidized rate, contact dtalk@kimmagedsc.ie

Course Aim & Objectives

 The aim of the course is to help participants and their organisations to be more effective advocates for change.

 Course Content

• Advocacy process and planning
• Advocacy and gender
• Diagnostics skills for advocacy
• Strategy planning for advocacy
• Communications in advocacy
• Skills for advocacy

Expected Outcomes

By the end of the course participants should be able to:-

• Analyse the dynamics behind policy-making
• Identify appropriate ‘levers of influence’  
• Understand the role of research in advocacy
• Identify different approaches to advocacy and the values and strategies that underlie them
• Understand the various stages of the planning cycle in advocacy
• Lobby decision makers and relate to the media with more confidence
• Integrate monitoring and evaluation systems and procedures into advocacy programmes

Who Should Attend

Home and field based staff of Irish and international NGOs and Irish lay/missionary organisations who are specifically involved in managing, implementing and supporting advocacy work.

Dates

• 31 August - 2 September
• 15 February - 17 February
• 29 August - 31 August