Title: An evaluation of POLICY's advocacy manual: Networking for Policy Change.

POPLINE Document Number: 276695

Author(s):

Davenport A
Feranil IZ

Source citation:

Washington, D.C., Futures Group International, POLICY Project, 2002 Dec. [35] p.

Abstract:

The Advocacy Manual has become a major resource for FP/RH organizations and/or projects outside the POLICY Project. The Institute for Training and Research on Family Planning (ITRFP) of the Egypt Family Planning Association adapted and translated the manual into Arabic and subsequently used the curriculum to train nearly 900 multisectoral leaders in 14 governorates. UNFPA/Philippines and the Philippines Population Commission adapted selected portions of the Advocacy Manual to include in their RH advocacy guide for working with local governments and NGOs. The UNFPA Country Support Team in Slovakia used the manual to train NGOs in advocacy for RH. ASICAL, a regional coalition of NGOs representing men who have sex with men, is working with POLICY to adapt and expand the manual into an advocacy training guide, focusing exclusively on issues and concerns to their members. The manual has also been a resource for non-FP/RH applications. The World Wildlife Fund and the Biodiversity Project in Indonesia translated major sections of the manual into Bahasa and adapted materials for advocacy on environmental issues. Cognizant of the dearth of advocacy materials in Croatia, the Croatian NGO Democratic Youth Initiative (DYI) translated the manual into Croatian. It has already been used in training youth activists from NGOs, trade unions, student organizations, and political parties. (excerpt)

Keywords:

United States
Developing Countries
Evaluation Report
Health Personnel
Trainers
Policymakers
Manual
Maternal Health
Family Planning
Reproductive Health
HIV Prevention
AIDS Prevention
Treatment
Health Policy
Advocacy
USAID
Developed Countries
North America
Americas
Evaluation
Delivery of Health Care
Health
Training Programs
Education
Administrative Personnel
Organization and Administration
HIV Infections
Viral Diseases
Diseases
AIDS
Policy
Communication
Government Agencies
Organizations