Advocacy strategy Presentation by PARIS 21 Secretariat PARIS

Advocacy strategy Presentation by PARIS 21 Secretariat PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009

Aim…. . creating a Virtuous Cycle Better Statistics Increased demand Increased, better spent resources Better coordination PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009

What is advocacy? • Advocacy: persuading key people who can make a difference to support your cause • Dissemination: providing and promoting access to statistical information. – This can be powerful advocacy (better statistics leading to more demand, etc) • Lobbying those who can make a difference • Communicating with stakeholders: umbrella concept that incorporates all of these PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009

How can advocacy help? Addressing each part of the vicious/ virtuous cycle, by advocating for: • Production of better statistics • More and better use of existing statistics • More and better focused funding for statistics • Better coordination between donors • Better coordination between different parts of the NSS PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009

Steps in developing an advocacy strategy • • • Advocacy aims: what are you advocating for? Advocacy to whom – who can make a difference to achieving advocacy aims? Advocacy messages – what will motivate them to do that? Advocacy materials and approaches – what will work best? Advocacy strategy and action plan – regional and country level PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009

Advocacy aims Take from NSDS strategies, objectives and goals, e. g. : 1. Organisational and institutional change – E. g. Develop Statistics Act; strengthen sectoral statistics units; coordination, harmonisation across NSS; NSO leadership role 2. 3. 4. 5. Improved awareness and use of statistics Produce good quality, timely statistics Develop skills and capacity of staff More and better coordinated resources from government and donors PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009

So what can NSS deliver itself and what does it need to advocate for? 1. Organisational and institutional change – E. g. Develop Statistics Act; strengthened Statistics Units; coordination, harmonisation across NSS; NSO leadership role 2. Improved awareness and use of statistics 3. 4. Produce good quality, timely statistics across NSS Develop skills and capacity of staff across NSS 5. More and better coordinated resources from government and donors PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009

Advocacy aims “What are you advocating for? ” (to be able to implement the NSDS) PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009

Advocacy to whom and key messages Who to advocate to? Key messages “Who can make a difference in achieving that advocacy aim? ” “What key messages will work best in motivating them to help you achieve the advocacy aim? ” PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009

Some examples of key messages • Better use of better statistics leads to: – better policies – better aid effectiveness – better development outcomes (e. g. health, education, poverty reduction, etc) • Good statistics improve transparency and accountability of Government decisions to electorate • Investment in statistics will pay for itself many times over by improving resource allocation PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009

More examples of key messages • • • Statistics are needed for “upstream” policy development; as well as for “downstream” processes such as monitoring and evaluation There are two-way benefits to NSO and line ministries from the NSS SP and a better coordinated NSS Donors must resist funding statistical activities that solely meet their own special interests PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009

What types of advocacy materials and approaches will work best? Advocacy materials Advocacy approaches “What types of advocacy materials will work best with each advocacy target? ” “What types of approaches (direct and indirect) will work best with them? ” PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009

Action Plan to deliver advocacy Advocacy activity Priority/ timescale PARIS 21/CARICOM Workshop on NSDS, Trinidad and Tobago, 27 -29 July 2009