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DRAFT PROGRAMME ADVOCACY COURSE DAY 1 SESSION 3 Policy analysis – what is the problem Quiz 2 Defining the problem Obtaining information to assess the problem SESSION 4 Policy analysis – what is the solution? Opportunities and strengths analysis Vision of change
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DRAFT PROGRAMME ADVOCACY COURSE DAY 1 SESSION 3 Policy analysis – what is the problem Quiz 2 Defining the problem Obtaining information to assess the problem SESSION 4 Policy analysis – what is the solution? Opportunities and strengths analysis Vision of change Alternatives for solving problem Sound bite 2
Questions to guide triangular analysis • Is a new or improved law or policy needed? • Is the existing policy or law being implemented or enforced adequately? • Do people know the law and believe that they have rights in order to pursue solutions or make demands on the system?
“ACT – ON” A - Advantages refer to organizational or internal capacity C - Challenges T - Threats refer to societal or external environment O - Opportunities N - Next steps refers to initial plan of action Source: Advocacy Center at ISC. http://www.advocacy.org/
What is our vision of change? With a vision, a group can: • Focus and make strategic decisions when faced with turning points or setbacks • Identify common ground and build cohesion • Motivate people who do not yet believe change is possible • Evaluate alternative solutions • Identify practices and behaviours that can be enacted in the present • Imagine a future world that is different for their children and grandchildren • Call members to action now to build toward changes that may not be realized in their lifetimes • Bring forth a sense of purpose as a significant sustaining force
What is our vision of change? • To create a vision for your group, ask yourselves: • If the changes we want happen, what would be different? Whose lives would be improved? How? • If we created a world based on our values of a just, decent society, what would be different? • Will the solutions we want help to create this world? How? • What can we do now to begin to create this world on a smaller scale - in our personal relationships, families, communities, organizations, and/or civil society? • Imagine that we resolve all the problems we described. Imagine a morning five, ten, twenty, fifty years from now. When people awaken, how do we want the world to be?