1. Reporting advocacy and influencing work into PIIRS
Amanda Mathies Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Officer at CARE US
Tom Aston Governance Advisor for MEAL at CARE UK
Omar Garcia CARE International Advocacy Coordinator ( CI Secretariat)  
21 August 2018

2. Reporting advocacy and influencing work into PIIRS
Agenda:
Quick introduction to PIIRS
Scope of the Webinar
Reach & Impact Forms ( examples)
REACH data allows for the construction of a global overview on the breadth of CARE's work in the FY
IMPACT data allows for the construction of our global impact story
Q&A
Resources

3.  Introduction & Scope
PIIRS is central to guarantee our ability to communicate the reach of CARE's work around the world in a Fiscal Year.
Advocacy & Influencing work are both intervention to create lasting change.
Advocacy & the commitments in the CARE 2020 Program Strategy.
Financial Year covers the period of July 1st 2017 to June 30th 2018
If an initiative hasn’t been reported in the past, feel free to add into PIIRS – especially if reporting a ‘win’
Deadline for submission is 14 September 2018

4. Overview of CARE’s Advocacy in FY17 Infographic
FY17 Advocacy Data
FY17 Data
566 projects/initiatives reported moderate or intensive advocacy
395 of those (70%) were intensive advocacy
Out of the almost 950 project/initiatives, 95 reported on impact
Overview of CARE’s Advocacy in FY17 Infographic
About 950 projects/initiatives reported into PIIRS FY17, 566 reported moderate to intensive advocacy (395 intensive advocacy) – 95 reported impact (success or wins)
- Not all projects/initiatives can or should report impact- only if there is a win.
December 4, 2018

5. ALL ON-GOING ADVOCACY & INFLUENCING WORK INITIATIVES DURING FY18.
Reach Forms
ALL ON-GOING ADVOCACY & INFLUENCING WORK INITIATIVES DURING FY18.
Allows for the construction of a global overview on the breadth of CARE’s work
Example:
REACH – USA_UNFCCC
December 4, 2018

6. Indirect participants
Reach Form
How to count direct and indirect participants in an Advocacy initiative report?
Direct participants
Individuals engaging in actions towards change in policy.
People who play a key role in designing, changing, implementing
Indirect participants
Larger number of individuals to benefit from a policy change
Estimated number of women living outside the districts CARE covers
NOTE: It’s important to fill out as much as you can on the forms. However, it’s okay to leave cells blank if it doesn’t pertain to your initiative/project.
December 4, 2018

7. Impact Forms
ADVOCACY INITIATIVES THAT HAVE DOCUMENTED IMPACTS/OUTCOMES WINS
Advocacy wins connected to indicator 20:
# of new or amended policies, legislation, public programs, and/or budgets responsive to the rights, needs and demands of people of all genders.
Impact data allows for the construction of our global impact story, answering questions like: 
What changes do Advocacy colleagues contribute to via advocacy and influencing work initiatives?
What evidence do we have to show those changes?
What are we learning about CARE’s contribution to change?
The REACH data can only be reported once a Fiscal Year has finalized because it captures information on our work during the entire FY. However, IMPACT/OUTCOMES data can be submitted time during a FY, as soon as a project/initiative has measured impact/outcomes. You can submit more Reach forms than Impact Forms
AIIR Tool doesn’t replace PIIRS Reporting. It is a complementary tool.
December 4, 2018

8. Impact Forms
How to measure impact of an advocacy of influencing work win?
A lot comes down to whether or not you have evidence to support your claim
Measuring Advocacy wins is a tricky business
Due to the nature of advocacy & influencing work and the related challenges with policy implementation, distinguishing between potential and actual beneficiaries is vital
When reporting keep in mind your advocacy objective. Did you advocate for a new law of for the implementation of a law?
Potential beneficiaries
The target population and if we can quantify the impact or outcomes of this advocacy work could potentially have. This number is usually bigger than the real beneficiaries.
Real beneficiaries
The actual number of people that have been reached for the policies, programs, CAREs approaches that have been partially or fully implemented.
Demographics/geographical coverage. Dependent on the target/goal of the legislation
A lot of Impact Forms from advocacy colleagues will / may have zero as real beneficiaries and this is absolutely fine.
December 4, 2018

9. Resources Advocacy and Influencing Impact Reporting (AIIR) Tool
Tutorial on how to fill in the Reach form:
Tutorial on how to fill in the Impact form:
Advocacy and Influencing Impact Reporting (AIIR) Tool
CI MEL Wiki
We remind you that in case of queries you can reach out to us at:
for more general questions
Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Officer at CARE US
Governance Advisor for MEAL at CARE UK
CARE International Advocacy Coordinator ( CI Secretariat)  
December 4, 2018