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SUMMARY:Advocacy and Policy Influencing (online)
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URL:https://mdf.nl/advocacy-and-policy-influencing-online
DESCRIPTION:Advocacy &amp\; Policy Influencing \n(Online)\nInfluence decisi
 on-makers and \ncommunicate the evidence\nWhy this course?\nUnderstand how 
 you can influence a \npolicy process. From first stages to final \nimplemen
 tation. It could\nbe your core business or an intrinsic \npart of your orga
 nisation. Obtain a \nbroad set of tools to plan\neffective advocacy strateg
 ies. Conduct \nactions with well-framed messages\, and \ncreate coherent pa
 ths\nwith your allies for powerful joint \ninterventions. Learn how to moni
 tor \nadvocacy results.\nCourse objectives\nBy the end of this course\, you
  will:\n Understand how to embed advocacy \nactions in your organisation
 ’s plans\n Use practical tools and methods to \nplan\, prepare\, imple
 ment and evaluate \nadvocacy initiatives\n Analyse stakeholders and poli
 cy \ncontext\n Gain insight into building strong \ncoalitions\, select y
 our political targets\, \nframe your messages in\nconvincing ways\n Prac
 tice how to conduct influential \nlobby meetings\n Learn how to monitor 
 advocacy \nresults\nWho should join?\nYou are a professional engaged in \na
 dvocacy\, civil society capacity building\, \ngovernance or transparency\np
 rogrammes. You may represent a \nnetwork\, an alliance\, an association or 
 a \ntrade union. You defend the\ninterests of many or promote rights for \n
 your target groups.\nMeet your trainer\nMr. Koen Toonen\nSenior Trainer/Con
 sultant\nMDF Training &amp\; Consutancy\, \nVietnam Office\nEmail: kto@mdf.
 nl\nMr. Toonen is senior trainer of MDF \nVietnam office. Koen also has ove
 r 20 \nyears of development\nexperience at the UN. He was involved \nin man
 aging the UNDP-UNEP Poverty \nEnvironment Partnership.\nHe is an all-round 
 development expert \nand trainer in Results-Based \nManagement\, Monitoring
  and\nEvaluation\, Advocacy and Policy \nInfluencing\, Network Management\,
  \nMulti-stakeholder Partnerships\,\nSustainability Planning\, Institutiona
 l \nDevelopment and Organizational \nStrengthening\, notably for poverty\na
 lleviation and environmental \nmanagement.\nMs. Ger Roebeling\nSenior Train
 er/Consultant\nMDF Training &amp\; Consultancy\, \nNetherlands Office\n\nEm
 ail: GR@mdf.nl\nMs. Ger Roebeling has a longstanding \ncareer in Internatio
 nal Cooperation with \nexperience in the field\,\nand 20 years in different
  management \npositions (programme management\, \nprogramme and general\ndi
 rector) in International organisations\, \nranging from the Netherlands to 
 Africa\, \nAsia\, Latin America and\nEastern Europa &amp\; Caucasus\, and \
 nMENA region. She is the founder of \nseveral policy networks based on\nTra
 de\, Food Security\, WASH up to EU\, \nUN and World Trade Organisation \nle
 vels and she managed\nworldwide multi stakeholder \npartnerships and develo
 pment \nprogrammes. Her policy interventions \nhave\nled to the elimination
  of agricultural \nsubsidies stopping the dumping of Food \nAid. She joined
  MDF in\n2008 and became one of the first \ninterim and change managers\, \
 ndeveloped training courses on\nAdvocacy and Policy Influencing\, \nPartner
 ship &amp\; Network \nmanagement\, Security and Gender\, and\nLeadership &a
 mp\; Coaching.\nMs. Roebeling is an experienced and \ninspiring advisor\, f
 acilitator\, coach and \ntrainer. Her creative\nmethods are of a visionary 
 and \ninteractive nature\, using mutual \nexchange of experiences as an\nim
 portant vehicle for co-creation. She \napplies theoretical concepts and too
 ls in \na practical way in\nworkshops and learning events by using \na rang
 e of different interactive learning \nmethods\, such as case\nstudies\, foc
 used conversation\, \nindividual reflection\, group work\, \nfeedback\, rol
 e plays\, debates\, and\nsimulations. Ms. Roebeling is a certified \nsystem
 ic coach for organisations and \nnetworks\, for which she\nhorses are playi
 ng a role regularly.\nEssential Information\nTime: 3 – 6 August 2020 (8 s
 essions \nduring 4 days\, 2 sessions each day\, 1.5 \nhours/session)\nCours
 e fee: 825 EUR (excluding tax)\nRegistration deadline: 27 July 2020\nRegist
 ration: visit our course page here\nSpecial offers\n5% early bird discount 
 to participants \nwho completed their payments by the \nend of .\n10% disco
 unt to MDF alumni who \nattended an MDF course within the past \n2 years\n1
  free place for a group of 6 \nregistrations from the same organization\nCo
 ntact us\nMDF Asia\, Vietnam Office\nAdd: Room 501\, A1 building\, Van Phuc
  \nDiplomatic Compound\,\n298 Kim Ma Street\, Ba Dinh District\, \nHanoi\, 
 Vietnam\nEmail: mdfasia@mdf.nl\nPhone: +84 (0)24 6258 4438\n\nMore: https:/
 /nsrc.org/calendar/helpfiles/workshop_info_main.php?id=1934
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