Dr. Gopakumar K Thampi, Public Affairs Foundation, Bangalore

PREPARING FOR LOCAL PREPARING FOR LOCAL ADVOCACYADVOCACY

Some InsightsSome Insights

Dr. Gopakumar K Thampi, Public Affairs Foundation, Bangalore

Advocacy ????Advocacy ????

EffectingEffecting changes in Policy & Practice

ByBy organising Public Opinion & Participation

ThroughThrough influencing Policy Makers & Implementers

InIn favour of larger public interests UsingUsing democratic Means

Dr. Gopakumar K Thampi, Public Affairs Foundation, Bangalore

Type of Information GeneratedType of Information Generated

Availability, Access & Usage

Satisfaction with individual services

Responsiveness of Service Providers

Hidden costs

Cases of Bribes - Extortionary Vs Extortionary Vs VoluntaryVoluntary

Across sectors, geographical regions, Across sectors, geographical regions, demographic profiles – income, genderdemographic profiles – income, gender

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CRC & ADVOCACYCRC & ADVOCACY:: A Menu of A Menu of PossibilitiesPossibilities

Awareness - Individual to Collective IssuesAwareness - Individual to Collective Issues

Dialogue on Issues - Neighbourhood to Dialogue on Issues - Neighbourhood to NationalNational

Inter Agency Workshops - Sharing IdeasInter Agency Workshops - Sharing Ideas

Demands at city level with agenciesDemands at city level with agencies

Collaborative modelsCollaborative models

Piloting Innovative forumsPiloting Innovative forums

Promoting Good CitizenshipPromoting Good Citizenship

Dr. Gopakumar K Thampi, Public Affairs Foundation, Bangalore

A Strategic FrameworkA Strategic Framework

Which Services / Agencies are Crucial?

Design of Short-term & Long-term strategies

Identifying support constituencies & Partners

Identifying Quick-wins for momentumIdentifying Capacity Building &

Resource Requirements

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Making Advocacy Effective !!Making Advocacy Effective !!

Felt Need for an Objective & Credible Database

Focus on Services / Agencies NOT Individuals

Presence of a LOCAL CHAMPION

Conducted by Independent & Technically Competent Local NGOs / Professional Groups

LOCAL OWNERSHIP & PROGRAMMESLOCAL OWNERSHIP & PROGRAMMES

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ADVOCACY STRATEGIESADVOCACY STRATEGIES

Pre-launch presentation to authorities / elected representatives - Give them the first chance to respond

Reaching out to the Public Domain:- Press Conference / Releases- Two-stage town hall meetings

All agencies to facilitate inter-agency learning

Open House with the Public

Dr. Gopakumar K Thampi, Public Affairs Foundation, Bangalore

ADVOCACY STRATEGIESADVOCACY STRATEGIES

Keep the ISSUES Alive- Sustained coverage of

findings/stories- Editorials / Further probes

Policy Advocacy- Sector Focus- Flexible Coalitions- Working across common themes

Linking to Political Structures

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THE INTEGRATED THE INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKFRAMEWORK

Weak Processes / Poor Community Interfaces

Service Improvement

Closer Community - Agency Interactions

Demand Improvement

Poor Services

Bridging Mechanisms Mobilisation / Partnerships

High Levels of

Dissatisfaction, Sense of Exclusion

REPORT CARD SURVEY Creation of a Database

Dr. Gopakumar K Thampi, Public Affairs Foundation, Bangalore

TO SIGN OFF...TO SIGN OFF... “Every morning in a forest in Africa, a Deer

wakes up knowing that it must run faster than the fastest lion to survive.

Every morning, in the same forest, a Lion wakes up knowing that it must run faster than the slowest deer otherwise it will starve to death.

It doesn’t really matter whether you are a lion or a deer.

When the sun comes up, you better be running”

- Author unknown