Transcript Advocacy Activities :

Advocacy Activities under the 7up4 project
Pradeep S Mehta
Secretary General, CUTS
International
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Defining Advocacy
• Activities to create awareness through non-enforcement
mechanisms
• Include networking structures, information exchange
platforms, media outreach and meetings
• Persuasion strategy, hence largely voluntary
• Under 7up4, advocacy to be at national levels
• Will include all national stakeholders in project countries
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National reference group (NRG)
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A NRG in each project country
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Purpose to decide on plan for national advocacy
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Composed of key stakeholders in regulation
– (CSOs, media, academia, govt, regulatory
agencies, business etc)
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Discussion to be based on research findings
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Research findings to be key in mapping advocacy
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NRG Meetings
• Three NRG meetings in each country
• Meetings to be in line with research reports
• First meeting discussion in line with PCP final report
• Second meeting after draft CRR preparation
• Third (final) meeting after final CRR and regional and
national workshops
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Special emphasis on advocacy
• Emphasis on involving consumer advocacy groups and
media
• Consumer concerns to be highlighted in all disseminated
materials
• Consumer groups to be linked to INCSOC, established
2002
• When consumer movement not active, credible NGOs
with consumer issue on agenda to be used
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Media outreach and advocacy
• Specific issue-based advocacy documents to be
prepared
• Wide distribution of publication for further NRGs
discussion.
• One e-newsletter to be developed quarterly and
circulated
• A project webpage with updates related to project.
• An outreach strategy for target audience after CRR
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Linkages with the Government (to be
developed)
• NRG reports to have recommendation to
govt
• Gvt also represented in NRG
• Findings to be presented for discussion at
govt level
• Advocacy route not confrontational
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•THANK YOU
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