1. ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATIONS – CASE STUDIES Courtney Tolmie Results for Development Institute Following the Money Participatory PETS and Absenteeism Methods for Civil Society 21 July 2009

2. Accountability Routes Policymakers Service Providers Citizens

3. Accountability Routes PolicymakersService ProvidersCitizens Media, CSOs

4. Accountability Routes PolicymakersService ProvidersCitizens Media, CSOs To inform Policymakers of findings and potential solutions To give Policymakers an opportunity (and a need) to respond to the public for poor action/decisions

5. Accountability Routes PolicymakersService ProvidersCitizens Media, CSOs To inform Citizens of findings and potential solutions To empower Citizens to act To give Citizens tools to better monitor service delivery and spending

6. Accountability Routes PolicymakersService ProvidersCitizens Media, CSOs To inform Service Providers of findings and potential solutions

7. Accountability Routes PolicymakersService ProvidersCitizens Media, CSOs CSOs - to provide information for CSOs to use in their own advocacy work Media – to disseminate findings to a wider audience and to put pressure on that audience to act

8. Target Audiences  Policymakers  Public and Service Users  Service Providers  Other CSOs  The Media*  Other important people?

9. Communicating to Policymakers Case Studies

10. Communicating to Policymakers  National Center for Economic Research (CIEN) - Guatemala  Tool – individual meetings with Ministry officials  Goal – to share recommendations and push positive change  Impact – change in school calendar to address delay in textbooks and resources (CIEN recommendation) “El Ministerio de Educación (Mineduc) analiza cambiar la fecha de inicio del ciclo escolar del 2009 y empezar las clases el 1 de febrero. Con medida las autoridades pretenden tener lista la refacción escolar, los libros de texto y todo lo necesario para completar los programas de educación que tuvieron retrasos durante el 2008.” (from major Guatemalan newspaper)

11. Communicating to Policymakers  Romanian Academic Society (SAR) - Romania  Tool – policy briefs distributed to government officials  Goal – to provide government with simple easy-to-understand information about how decentralization is working school spending  Impact – SAR findings incorporated into new Commission on education reform

12. Communicating to Policymakers  Research Center of the University of the Pacific (CIUP) - Peru  Tool – seminar with policymakers as speakers  Goal – to generate interest from government and get responses from them on results-based budgeting  Impact – CIUP results have become part of the dialogue Note – this seminar also capitalized on connections with other CSOs

13. Communicating to The Public Case Studies

14. Communicating to The Public  National Center for Economic Research (CIEN) - Guatemala  Tool – illustrated pamphlet about spending process and problems for primary school resources  Goal – to provide students, teachers, and parents with information to monitor spending on the ground  Impact – TBD Note – this seminar also capitalized on connections with other CSOs

15. Communicating to The Public  Centro de Análisis y Difusión de la Economia Paraguaya (CADEP) - Paraguay  Tool – poster for schools explaining PETS findings and ways service users can monitor spending  Goal – to encourage participatory monitoring of school spending  Impact – posters encouraged principals, parent associations, NGOs, and others to begin developing a “participatory action model for change”

16. Communicating to NGOs and the Media Case Studies

17. Communicating to NGOs  Centre for Budget and Policy Studies (CBPS) - India  Tool – documentary outlining budget process and interviews with progressive (and incompetent) officials  Goal – to inform NGOs about the budget process in health and education  Impact – many NGOs have reported using the documentary in their own advocacy work Note – this seminar also capitalized on connections with other CSOs

18. Communicating to the Media  Center for Democratic Development (CDD) - Ghana  Tool – journalist toolkit with info about findings on teacher absenteeism and questions to ask politicians about this issue  Goal – to increase the pressure on policymakers to discuss issues of education service delivery  Impact – initiated dialogue and have seen initial changes in reasons for absenteeism Note – this seminar also capitalized on connections with other CSOs

19. Grantee Ideas for Communications PolicymakersPublic