A number of organisations working with civil society in developing countries have approached the CSPP for help. Examples include:

• A request from Farm Africa to run a workshop for their Country Directors from South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Ethiopia to discuss the impact of their work on policy. This took place in June 2005, and will result in a joint Working Paper in due course.
  
• A request by the Development Research and Training (DRT) of Uganda for training to enhance the skill of Ugandan CSOs to effectively analyse policies in Uganda.
  
• A joint proposal with Participatory Development Associates (PDA) of Ghana to Christian Aid, CAFOD and Trocaire to develop a tool kit on influencing, monitoring and evaluating the poverty reduction content of government policies in Ghana.
  
• A request from the Centre for African Policy and Peace Studies to collaborate on a workshop to explore strategies for strengthening UK African Diaspora's ability to effectively advocate for the adoption of policy options which will enhance sustainable development of Africa. This was held in May 2005, and may lead to a series of training workshops fir UK-based Africa Diaspora organisations.
  
• A workshop with DFID and World Vision to present its work on civil society's engagement in policy processes and discuss the role civil society has played/can play in strengthening national ownership and accountability in developing countries. This took place in July 2005.
  
• The paper on CSOs and Policy influence has been picked up by the DFID-supported governance resource center (GRC) for wider promotion within DFID and publicly via its website and newsletter.
  
• The Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP) made a request for a Policy entrepreneurship workshop for its Community level Facilitations working with its project with Peri Urban poor in Kumis, Ghana. The project is funded by the National Resource Systems programme (NRSP) of the DFID.UK.
  
• African Humanitarian Action (AHA) has requested a training workshop to build capacity in information, learning, policy advocacy and communication for CSOs in Ethiopia. This will take place in December 2005.
  
• The NGO centre of the Asian Development Bank is in contact with the CSPP to arrange a policy entrepreneurship training workshop for its staff in Manila.
  
• The Cambodia Development Research Institute showed interest in using the expertise of RAPID team to improve its policy advocacy strategy.
  
• The Development Initiatives Network of Nigeria, has requested help with a policy entrepreneurship workshop for NGOs working in Cross River State in Nigeria.
  
• Trocaire and DFID have requested help to run training workshops in Nairobi for their partner's staff in East Africa partners. These will be held in October 2005. DFID and Trochaire will cover all in-country costs.
  
• The Commonwealth Education Fund has requested help to run a workshop on policy entrepreneurship for partner CSOs in Zambia. This will be held in Lusaka in October. Oxfam and the Commonwealth Education Fund will cover all in-country costs.
  
• Child Workers in Asia (CWA) has requested help to run a workshop on policy entrepreneurship for their country coordinators. This will be held in Dhaka in the third week of November, funded by CWA.
  
• Unnyan Onneshan from Bangladesh has proposed joint work on trade policy issues in the run up to the WTO ministerial meetings at Hong Kong in December 2005.
  
  

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