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SUMMARY:Advocacy and Policy Influencing (Online course)
LOCATION:Hanoi\, Vietnam
URL:https://mdf.nl/advocacy-and-policy-influencing-online
DESCRIPTION:Why this course?\n\nYou are a professional engaged in \nadvocac
 y\, civil society capacity building\, \ngovernance or transparency \nprogra
 mmes. You may represent a \nnetwork\, an alliance\, an association or a \nt
 rade-union. You defend the interests of \nmany or promote rights for your t
 arget \ngroups. This course will assist you in \nunderstanding how you can 
 influence a \npolicy process. From the first stages to \nfinal implementati
 on. Obtain a broad set \nof tools to plan effective advocacy \nstrategies. 
 Conduct actions with well-\nframed messages\, and create coherent \npaths w
 ith your allies for powerful joint \ninterventions. Learn how to monitor \n
 advocacy results.\n\n\n\nCourse Objectives\n\nUnderstand how to embed advoc
 acy \nactions in your organization’s plans\nUse practical tools and metho
 ds to plan\, \nprepare\, implement and evaluate \nadvocacy initiatives\nAna
 lyse stakeholders and policy context\nGain insight into building strong \nc
 oalitions\, select your political targets\, \nframe your messages in convin
 cing \nways\nPractice how to conduct influential lobby \nmeetings\nLearn ho
 w to monitor advocacy results\n\n\n\nCourse Agenda\n\nThis course is offere
 d over a 4-day \nperiod\, involving 8 sessions which lasts \n1.5 hours each
  (2 sessions per day). \nThe course is based on a participatory\, \nactive 
 learning approach with a \ncombination of guided virtual classroom \nand le
 arning at your pace. The following \ntopics will be covered in the course\,
  \nwhich might be further adjusted to suit \nparticipants’ training needs
 :\n\nCONCEPTS & PRINCIPLES\nWelcome and introduction\nPolicy Influencing an
 d Advocacy \nconcepts\, Policy Influencing Cycle\nCLASP principles\nTheory 
 of Change\n\nANALYSING THE CONTEXT\nPolicy mapping\nSituation analysis / PE
 STLE analysis\nStakeholder Analysis – Actor Mapping\nNetwork alliances an
 d dynamics\n\nSKILL BUILDING\nCommunications: framing the message\nSkills b
 uilding: elevator pitch\nWin-win negotiations\nSkills building: practise a 
 lobby meeting\n\nDESIGNING CAMPAIGNS AND \nMONITORING RESULTS\nMonitoring r
 esults: Outcome Harvesting\nSocial Media for Advocacy\nDesigning your advoc
 acy campaign\nEvaluation and certification\n\n\nMEET YOUR TRAINERS\nKoen Wa
 lter Toonen\nSenior Trainer/Consultant (MDF \nVietnam)\nMr. Toonen is senio
 r trainer of MDF \nVietnam office. Koen also has over 20 \nyears of develop
 ment experience at the \nUN. He was involved in managing the \nUNDP-UNEP Po
 verty Environment \nPartnership. He is an all-round \ndevelopment expert an
 d trainer.\n\nGer Roebeling\nSenior Trainer/Consultant (MDF \nNetherlands)\
 nMs. Ger Roebeling has a longstanding \ncareer in International Cooperation
  with \nexperience in the field\, and 20 years in \ndifferent management po
 sitions (from \nprogramme management to general \ndirector) in Internationa
 l organisations\, \nranging from the Netherlands to Africa\, \nAsia\, Latin
  America and Eastern Europa \n& Caucasus\, and MENA region. She is \nthe fo
 under of several policy networks \nbased on Trade\, Food Security\, WASH \n
 up to EU\, UN and World Trade \nOrganisation levels.\n\n\n\n\nEssential Inf
 ormation\nTraining schedule: 03 – 13 August 2020\nLocation: online\nCours
 e fee: 825 EUR (Excluding tax)\nRegistration deadline: 27 July 2020\n\n\n\n
 Special Offers\n5% early bird discount for payments \ncompleted by 30 June 
 2020\n10% discount for MDF alumni who \nattended an MDF course within the p
 ast \n2 years\n1 FREE place for a group of 6 \nregistrations from the same 
 organisation\n\n\n\nContact 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
 =1938
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