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