A guide to advocacy strategies
Community-based organisations play a crucial role in advocacy of development issues. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in collaboration with the Inter Church Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO) started a regional programme for capacity building of such organisations in advocacy strategies in 2003.
The programme is supported by over 40 civil society networks in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Based on the lessons learnt from these training programmes, feedback from partners and participants, ICIMOD brings out the second edition of the resource book and training manual Advocacy Strategies and Approaches. This has been prepared based on the foundation laid by the first edition released in 2005. Compiled by Nani Ram Subedi, the revised edition provides background information on the concept of rights-based approach and advocacy strategies which are crucial for social transformation. The guide has been rolled out in the form of a book focusing on practical understanding of advocacy at the grassroots and a Training of Trainers (TOT) manual which gives valuable inputs to trainers at all levels- managers, community trainers, community advocates. For effective advocacy of issues, it is important that the information being publicized is based on proper factual foundation and scientific research. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the key policy issues, selection of target audience, implementation of communication strategies. The resource draws lessons from case studies like forest management in Uttarnachal, India, social capital in local governance in Pakistan and several other progranmmes employing different advocacy approaches. Also, seeing the popularity of this literature and to increase its reach, ICIMOD supported efforts to translate this work in Bengali, Nepali, Hindi and Urdu. This resource guide is also likely to appeal to development practitioners and others interested in assisting mountain people articulate their needs and perspectives to governments, policy makers, and development organisations. Source: ICIMOD |
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