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From a project report to a policy brief Eva Ludi, Overseas Development Institute
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Example: World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) Global network of Soil and Water Conservation (SWC) specialists WOCAT’s mission is to support innovation and decision-making processes in sustainable land management by analysing and synthesizing experiences developing and applying standardized tools for documenting, monitoring, evaluating, sharing and using knowledge
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The basis Database with 400 technologies 260 approaches from over 40 countries Book describing 42 case studies 364 pages!
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The process One of the authors of the WOCAT Synthesis Book to draft a text for a Natural Resource Perspectives (NRP) The first draft was written from the perspective of a project collaborator ► Achievements of the project were in the foreground and not the general messages
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The draft
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Example “WOCAT distinguishes between agronomic, vegetative, structural and management measures.” “A useful distinction can be made among agronomic, vegetative, structural and management measures.”
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Example “55% of the technologies presented in the book are combinations of various agronomic, vegetative, structural and/or management measures.” “More than half of the technologies presented by WOCAT (2007) are combinations of various agronomic, vegetative, structural and/or management measures.”
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The NRP
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4 pages 3500 words The policy brief
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A policy brief should…. …be based on evidence but not focus on details …generalize context-specific findings …relate to the big picture
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More information WOCAT report http://tinyurl.com/yhfrrht http://tinyurl.com/yhfrrht Policy brief http://tinyurl.com/ykyv7nz http://tinyurl.com/ykyv7nz
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