Oxford, United Kingdom

Course Fee: GBP£999
Number of Days: Five

This popular and successful course gives participants, from Northern and Southern non-governmental organisations (NGOs), a thorough understanding of how to influence the policy making process in their own context. Participants are exposed to skills required to formulate effective advocacy strategies, implement appropriate work plans, and incorporate monitoring and evaluation systems.

Course Objectives

• Analyse the policy-making dynamic and be able to identify appropriate 'levers of influence'
• Understand the role of research and evidence in campaigning
• Identify different approaches to advocacy and the values and strategies that underlie them
• Understand the various stages of the advocacy planning cycle
• Apply a range of analytical tools to aid effective advocacy planning
• Lobby decision makers and relate to the media with more confidence
• Embed monitoring & evaluation systems and procedures within advocacy programmes

Who can apply?
Course participants comprise staff from international and local NGOs from the North, the South and transition countries, donor organisations, support organisations and civil society umbrella bodies.

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