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Building Foundation for

Advocacy
Meia Audinah, S.Kp.G., MPH
Masalah kesehatan
lingkungan yang
solusinya perlu dengan
advokasi ?
Problem

*Air bersih
*Pembuangan kotoran/Tinja
*Pembuangan limbah perusahaan
*Pembuangan sampah
*Kesehatan pemukiman

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Steps we can take to lay the foundation of
advocacy before planning an initiative

Gathering policy and political information

Assessing risk

Building strategic relationship

Establishing your credibility as an advocate

Linking advocacy to country office priorities

Maintaining focus
Gathering policy and political information

Analyze policies and political institution


- What do you know about policies in your policy theme?
- Who are the key policy makers and where do they work?

Understand the political environment.


- What are the connectors and dividers?
- How are leaders chosen?
- Who are respected or powerful groups in politics?

Understand community concerns.


What are key community
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policy concern?
Make Are you considering any themes that
informed pose risks of violence?
judgements
Will you perceived as biased or
partisan?
Are in touch with polictical trends?

Have identified unacceptable risk in


advance?
Have you used knowledge from other
programming to inform your advocacy?
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Establish connection with policy makers
• Who’s in charge?
• Where do policy maker go for advice?

Network with other organizations


• Who is doing effective advocacy?
• Who are possible advocacy partners?
• How can you build on relationships formed through other
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ESTABLISHING YOUR CREDIBILITY

Build up expertise to establish credibility with policy


makers
• Do you have valueable information to share?
• Are you acknowledged as a trusted source of information?

Build up relations with communities to establish


credibility with the public
• Can you legitimately speake on behalf of a community?
• Are you the most effective spokesperson for the people
involved?
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LINKING ADVOCACY TO COUNTRY OFFICE PRIORITIES

How could your policy work relate to


other projects?

Is there internal support for


advocacy?

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MAITAINING FOCUS

Develop a short list of policy

what does the list of criteria suggest are the


most promising priorities

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