• We often develop policy briefs spontaneously as an offshoot or output of study but not go all out to go through the suggested process highlighted in the presentation. Often this is done by a consultant as part of deliverables from a consultancy for example to communicate a key message(s) of a given study….The challenge is lack of uniformity in the approach or style of writing by different consultants
• One of the challenges we often face is the assumption of the roles and priorities by stakeholders – which is done by project managers – what steps can be taken where stakeholders are not available to comment on the information/key decision making factors?
• There sometimes is the assumption that relevant policy makers within the food system do not have sufficient attention or knowledge on the topic, or that the research/intervention has made new findings.
• Policy Briefs are …

Discussion

• How shall knowledge be packaged so that it is useful to policy makers?
• There exist policy windows through which Policy Briefs and other influential documents should be pushed.
• It is the role of projects to both document and organise data and outcomes in a presentable formats – such as policy briefs – and also be attempt to policy windows openings.

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In this blog, he provided six lessons drawn from activities undertaken by the African Center for Equitable Development (ACED) to answer the question:

´How can the ecosystem of evidence-use in policy and practice work better in Global South countries such as Benin?´

For the full blog, see here

Part of the course: Conducting Action-Research Interventions for Strengthening Agricultural Innovation Systems

Does your DeSIRA project aim to reach institutional stakeholders and policymakers to improve its policy environment? Do you worry that your project impacts lose efficiency beyond the project duration? Do you need insights into existing approaches and tools to make institutional and policy engagement effective? This special training session is for you! Over three sessions we will explore, and practice a range of tools to help you design an effective advocacy strategy, which considers the political context, how to effectively link to policymakers to achieve your goals and how to monitor and learn from your policy engagement.

Registration link here. Once registration is closed, you will receive a confirmation by email and information to access the course.

This session will be run by Kat Pittore, Nutrition advisor at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation. Kat has worked in advocacy with parliamentarians in the UK and Tanzania and has supported civil society and research organisations to design, monitor and evaluate their advocacy work

This training session is a pre-requisite to a session to be organized later this year ‘Using contribution analysis and process tracing to evaluate the impact of your policy engagement ’. Check out the other sessions coming soon: https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/training-and-coaching/

Contact for more information: service@desiralift.org

For detailed session information, please see here

Part of the course: Conducting Action-Research Interventions for Strengthening Agricultural Innovation Systems

Does your DeSIRA project aim to reach institutional stakeholders and policymakers to improve its policy environment? Do you worry that your project impacts lose efficiency beyond the project duration? Do you need insights into existing approaches and tools to make institutional and policy engagement effective? This special training session is for you! Over three sessions we will explore, and practice a range of tools to help you design an effective advocacy strategy, which considers the political context, how to effectively link to policymakers to achieve your goals and how to monitor and learn from your policy engagement.

Registration link here. Once registration is closed, you will receive a confirmation by email and information to access the course.

This session will be run by Kat Pittore, Nutrition advisor at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation. Kat has worked in advocacy with parliamentarians in the UK and Tanzania and has supported civil society and research organisations to design, monitor and evaluate their advocacy work

This training session is a pre-requisite to a session to be organized later this year ‘Using contribution analysis and process tracing to evaluate the impact of your policy engagement ’. Check out the other sessions coming soon: https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/training-and-coaching/

Contact for more information: service@desiralift.org

For detailed session information, please see here

Part of the course: Conducting Action-Research Interventions for Strengthening Agricultural Innovation Systems

Does your DeSIRA project aim to reach institutional stakeholders and policymakers to improve its policy environment? Do you worry that your project impacts lose efficiency beyond the project duration? Do you need insights into existing approaches and tools to make institutional and policy engagement effective? This special training session is for you! Over three sessions we will explore, and practice a range of tools to help you design an effective advocacy strategy, which considers the political context, how to effectively link to policymakers to achieve your goals and how to monitor and learn from your policy engagement.

Registration link here. Once registration is closed, you will receive a confirmation by email and information to access the course.

This session will be run by Kat Pittore, Nutrition advisor at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation. Kat has worked in advocacy with parliamentarians in the UK and Tanzania and has supported civil society and research organisations to design, monitor and evaluate their advocacy work

This training session is a pre-requisite to a session to be organized later this year ‘Using contribution analysis and process tracing to evaluate the impact of your policy engagement ’. Check out the other sessions coming soon: https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/training-and-coaching/

Contact for more information: service@desiralift.org

For detailed session information, please see here