Advocacy research

Policy advocacy is an art and you need to be creative to be good at it. Still, obtaining credible, sound data about potential collaboration partners is paramount as it will help you better frame your cause and more importantly, develop a strategy for how to move forward. Hard evidence is also important in cases where policymakers from one department are unable to act unilaterally and need support from other ministries.

We have experience identifying and interviewing the right stakeholders who can help provide useful insights. This could include government agencies and other actors with a stake in the issue, so consider the players who are potential decision-makers as well as those who can influence them. It is important to also include opponents of the policy change to learn more about opposing views and their underlying arguments.