Mapping the Policy Process Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organisations Bosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union.

Policy Process Where – in which structures is your topic being dealt with? (departments, committees, parliament, shareholders meeting etc.) Planning process – in which policy stages does policy making take place? (brainstorm, design, pre-decision, formal decision, implementation, control) Timeline – when is your topic put forward for decision making? (dates, postponements, delays etc.) Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organisations Bosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union.

The Policy Process: stages brainstorm phase – personal contacts lobby on public servants is useful design phase – idem + expert meetings pre-decision phase – expert meetings with politicians and media attention are useful formal decision – here lobbying parliamentarians, media attention can be useful at implementing a decision – monitoring and agenda-setting action is useful and new agenda setting and brainstorm starts again. Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organisations Bosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union.

EXERCISE: Policy Process WORK OUT DETAILS IN GROUPS: Where – in which structures is your topic being dealt with? (departments, committees, parliament, sector meetings, shareholders meeting etc.) Planning process – in which policy stages or planning processes does your topic need to be addressed? (brainstorm, design, pre- decision, formal decision, implementation, control. MORE SPECIFIC: national planning processes, national budget deliberations, etc.) Timeline – when is your topic put forward for decision making? (dates, decision benchmarks, postponements, delays, etc.) Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organisations Bosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union.

Conclusions Apply CLASP: Start your PI as early as possible in the process Maintain contact with all political targets and allies and/or divide tasks Provide valuable information and timely Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organisations Bosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union.

Alliance Building Day 3 A+B Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organisations Bosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union.

ANANSI “when Spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion!” ( Ethiopian proverb) Advocacy with associations of disabled persons,CBR, Friday, Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organisations Bosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union.

The PINCER INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS REGIONAL UNIONSEUROPEAN UNION EUROPE WORLD WIDE National Government donor country National Government recipient country International funding NGOsNational partner NGOs = Governmental (or international businesses) decision makers = alliance building & networking between NGOs = Lobby from NGOs to Government structures (Ministries, Parliament, Political Parties) A device on EFFECTIVE international ADVOCACY Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organisations Bosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union.

Outcome Challenge ✓ Ideally, in order to contribute to the vision, how would the Political Target behave / respond? ✓ With whom would they be interacting? ✓ What would they be doing to contribute maximally to the vision? Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organisations Bosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union.

PI Strategy and Plan Day 3 A+B Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organisations Bosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union.

Expanding influence, closest to outcome challenge Actively engaged, learning, commitment Early encouraging response to programme, initial engagement Long-term Mid-term Short-term Ladder of change Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organisations Bosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union.

Ladder of Change Behavior change political target timeline Progress markers activities risks Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organisations Bosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union.

✓ A graduated set of statements describing a progression of changed behaviours in the political target ✓ Describe changes in actions, activities and relationships leading to the ideal outcome ✓ Articulate the complexity of the change process Progress markers - indicators Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organisations Bosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union.

A&L Indicators and progress markers Indicators for A&L: (be SMART) Can you name effect indicators? Can you name outcome indicators Can you name result indicators? Can you name output indicators? Supporting questions When are you satisfied as a lobbyist? When are you satisfied as a network? What would be a realistic timeline? Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organisations Bosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union.

PI activities CLASP based PI Activities always are: Preparation: – Research and Analysis – Legitimacy and Constituency – Networking and Alliances Implementation: – Lobby – Communication and Campaigning Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organisations Bosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union.

Strategic options Research and analysis Legitimacy and consti- tuency involvemen t NetworkingLobbyingCommuni- cation and media Aiming at political target Providing with data/analysi s state actors Holding expert meetings Organising events Aiming at allies Funding research by institute Board meetings awareness raising FOs Training in… Working with media 6 kinds of strategies Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organisations Bosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union.

Monitoring and Evaluation Continuous monitoring End of year evaluation Cost effectiveness analysis Budget Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organisations Bosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union.

Success We wish you a SUCCESFULL Lobbying Life Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organisations Bosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union.