4. How?
Policy influencing: evidence based advocacy, launch of a report, organization of a round table on policy debates/discourses, coordinating a CS technical table, inputs to a parliamentary commission etc
Advising: providing advisory support, technical support to ministries, local governments etc.
Lobbying: face to face meeting and discussions (formal meetings – semi-informal and informal channels)
Activism/campaigning: organization of a public event or public communication-statements to contribute to public/political debates (public meting, speeches, presentations), demonstrations, campaign in the media (TV, radio, Social Media)

5. Exercise: stakeholder mapping and analysis
Select main three stakeholders that we want to target
Analyse their incentives* to support our agenda
What strategy are we going to use with each of them
*Incentives: perceived benefit and/or sanctions - the expectation of reward (something that motivates or encourages one to do something) and or the fear of punishment

6. What skills set? Machiavelli: Social mobiliser:
Able to strategise – big picture thinker
understand policy & political process
know when to make your pitch and to whom
Connector:
Natural networkers
Know whom to link with what/who
Great for building and maintaining relationship
Knowledge person:
Experts, information specialists
Acquire information
Educate others
Social mobiliser:
Connected to local organisations / constituencies
Able to get people together
Passionate and able to motivate people
Sales poeple:
charismatic
Persuasive communicators
Trusted and listened to