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Civil Society Partnerships Programme

Programme

Links to the full powerpoint presentations and other materials will be made available below

Seminar  
08.30 - 09.00 Registration
09.00 - 09.15 Opening and Introduction, Lili Hasanuddin, Executive Director of Yappika
09.15 - 09.30 Welcome Address, Naved Chowdhury, ODI
09.30 - 09.45 Address by the Chief Guest, Ahmad Wahid, member of the Indonesian House of Representatives
09.45 - 10.15 Introduction to role of research-based evidence and CSOs in policy processes
An introduction to ODI's Civil Society Organisation Partnership Programme
Lessons Learnt from the Africa Consultations
Naved Chowdhury and Cokro Leksmono, Overseas Development Institute
10.15 - 10.45 Discussion
10.45 - 11.00 Tea/Coffee
11.00 - 11.30 Evidence and Policy: Lessons Learnt, Opportunities and Constraints - A case study from Indonesia, Coalition of Participatory Policy (KKP)
Rival G. Ahmad, PSHK and Sugiarto A. Santoso, Yappika
11.30 - 12.45 Discussion
12.45 - 13.00 Vote of Thanks
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
   
Workshop  
Day 1  
14.00 - 14.15 Opening, Introduction and Outline
Self Introductions by Participants
Expectation from the workshop
14.15 - 14.45 Introduction to ODI, the RAPID Context, Evidence and Links Framework, Tools for Policy Influence, Implications for CSOs, The Civil Society Partnerships Programme, Lessons Learnt from the Africa Consultations and Ethical Principle of Partnership
Naved Chowdhury and Cokro Leksmono, Overseas Development Institute
14.45 - 15.15 Discussion
15.15 - 15.45 Tea/Coffee Break
15.45 - 16.15 Presentation of case study from Indonesia
16.15 - 17.00 Discussion on the case study. Successes and opportunities. What seems to work well in Indonesia?
17.00 - 17.30 Conclusions of Day 1 and Introduction of Group Work for day 2
19.30 - Workshop Dinner
   
Day 2  
08.30 - 08.45 Recap of day 1
08.45 - 09.45 Group work: Each group choose a case you are familiar with and then:
a) Explain the approach you used to influence policy
b) Identify the key factors that influenced your approach
09.45 - 10.15 Feedback and discussion
10.15 - 10.45 Tea/Coffee
10.45 - 11.15 How to use the CEL Framework and examples:
i) The Kenya Animal Health Study
ii) The PRSP story
11.15 - 12.15 Group work: use the CEL Framework approach to analyse the context for your work (this might be a specific case study, the country, a sector within the country or an organisation) to:
a) Identify the critical factors influencing the ability of CSOs to influence policy in that context
b) Assess the usefulness of the framework
12.15 - 13.00 Plenary and Discussion
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 14.30 An introduction to some other useful tools for policy influence

14.30 - 15.00
Group Work: in the same groups, participants use force-field analysis to start to develop a strategy to improve the capacity of CSOs to influence policy in the context they analysed before lunch.
15.00 - 15.15 Feedback
15.15 - 15.45 Tea (During Tea, participants should write up to 3 suggestions for how ODI could help CSOs to influence policy on cards and stick them up on the wall)
15.45 - 16.15 Review of suggestions and outline of next steps in the CSPP
16.15 - 16.30 Workshop Evaluation
16.30 - 16.45 Close
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Updated: 11 April, 2006