Are you working on initiatives, where you know that long term sustainable change and improvements for the many and not just the few will only come with a change in policy, legislation or public budget allocations? Have you already tried to engage with government entities, but experienced closed doors or a lack of follow up on commitments? Have you gathered strong data or evidence from your initiative on the need for changes to policy, legislation or budgets, but don't know how best to get across to decision makers? Would you like to strengthen the advocacy element of your current project or programme or include a strategic advocacy component in your next project or programme application?

Then perhaps this course is for you.

The course will take place over 3 online modules and will take you through how to place advocacy strategically within your project/programme, how to analyze your audience and target your messages accordingly, how to develop a coherent advocacy plan, advocacy methods and how to chose the right ones, relevant indicators for advocacy work and how to monitor them.

We will invite guest speakers to share inspiration on good advocacy work, the challenges they have faced and the results of their efforts.

Participants will be expected to work on assigned tasks within their project/programme before the first module and between the course modules, and will be supported to develop an advocacy plan for their project/programme - or to strengthen the plan, they already have in place.

The course will be conducted in English.

The 3 online sessions will have a duration of 2 hours each and will start at 10 AM CET on the following three dates

• Thursday 22 May @ 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m
• Thursday 5 June @ 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m
• Thursday 19 June @ 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m

The training is therefore mainly relevant for projects/programmes with partners working in Asia/Africa.