Identify and Define the PI issue

Technical Assistance for Civil Society OrganisationsBosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union. Identify and Define the PI issue

Technical Assistance for Civil Society OrganisationsBosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union.

Identify and understand the issue Selection of the issue: How do you choose your issue? Give examples from your own practice. Technical Assistance for Civil Society OrganisationsBosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union.

Technical Assistance for Civil Society OrganisationsBosnia and Herzegovina Office Different options This project is funded by the European Union. Some options – all are “good” • Problem tree • generative issues (emotional) “dream” • guts-feeling • SWOT • policy decision taken in the environment as leading • (shocking) facts happening in the environment • Setting Political agenda’s

Define the issue Leading Questions: What do you do to get a better understanding of the issue? What is important in order to convince decision makers? What do they want to know about the issue? Technical Assistance for Civil Society OrganisationsBosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union.

Technical Assistance for Civil Society OrganisationsBosnia and Herzegovina Office Different ways of defining This project is funded by the European Union. • Fact Finding • Context analyses • Do research • Case studies • Beneficiary meetings • Board Meetings • Participatory assessments • Collect Stories (MSC) Make sure that you have both: FACTS and EVIDENCE

Technical Assistance for Civil Society OrganisationsBosnia and Herzegovina Office Vision This project is funded by the European Union. • After identifying the issue… • Imagine that, 5-10 years from now, the policy influencing programme has been extremely successful. Things have improved beyond your most ambitious dreams. Exercise = Draw a rich picture that describes the better world you are seeking. • What changes have occurred? • What (& how) are your intended beneficiaries doing? • What are other actors doing?

Policy Influencing initiative Political Targets Beneficiaries Technical Assistance for Civil Society OrganisationsBosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union. Beneficiary involvement sphere of interest sphere of influence sphere of ‘control’ Adapted from: Steff Deprez VVOB-CEGO, Nov 2006

Technical Assistance for Civil Society OrganisationsBosnia and Herzegovina Office Mission This project is funded by the European Union. The mission describes how you, the programme supports the vision. • How can the programme best contribute to the achievement of the vision? • How can a PI-strategy contribute to the the achievement of the vision?

Example Bogo Tree – Policy Influencing Technical Assistance for Civil Society OrganisationsBosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union. High incidence of malnutrition Incidents of malnutritionreduced Consumers face food-shortages Consumer food-shortagesreduced Food is in shortsupply in Bogo (availability) Consumers incomes for food purchase are low (accessibility) Food prices are high (availability) Incomes have increased Food pricesare more fair Food production hills decreasing Rice productionin low-landsdecreasing Farmers receivelow prices forfood-products High immigration rates Urban Salaries are low High Unemployment Fairer prices are paid to farmers etc etc etc Middle men take huge profits Foreign food is dumped on the market Dumping hasbeen reduced Middle menare involved in value chains National Trade Protection policy is non-functional Int. Trade Agreements force governments to open up markets Due to lobby on WTO level,market protection is acceptedin the Agreement on Agriculture Due to lobby on national government level, gvt has negotiated marketprotection at international level IMF & WB SAP/PRSP policies are coercive WTO rules are coercive Due to lobby IMF & WBpolicies were adapted Due to lobby WTO rules have changed

Technical Assistance for Civil Society OrganisationsBosnia and Herzegovina Office Vision for Bogo province This project is funded by the European Union. • Male and female farmers are selling their produce • International and national companies are paying higher prices for agricultural produce • National government collects taxes from farmers and investing it in extension service and agriculture marketing • Farmers and their families are well-nourished and have better health

Technical Assistance for Civil Society OrganisationsBosnia and Herzegovina Office Mission for Bogo case This project is funded by the European Union. General strategies: • Farmers will increase good and continuous production of food crops; • Supermarkets are willing to invest in Value Chains, and thus pay better prices if quality and timely production are guaranteed PI – strategy: (creating an enabling environment) • A network of national and international NGO’s influence WTO – Agreement on Agriculture to stop dumping of subsidized food aid from US/EU on national markets. Early message = Stop dumping

Technical Assistance for Civil Society OrganisationsBosnia and Herzegovina Office EXERCISE This project is funded by the European Union. Identify your PI issue for the week: • Individually Or in groups (max 4 people) • DEFINE & CLARIFY YOUR ISSUE • DEFINE YOUR VISION (POLICY & POLITICS) • DEFINE YOUR MISSION • SELECT YOUR KEY POLITICAL ISSUE / PI ISSUE

Technical Assistance for Civil Society OrganisationsBosnia and Herzegovina Office This project is funded by the European Union. Birth of the Early Message

Technical Assistance for Civil Society OrganisationsBosnia and Herzegovina Office Exercise : identify issue for the week This project is funded by the European Union. 1. Define your PI issue: (CLASP) • what are the elements, the logic • the facts, • what does your board, beneficiaries, you want/belief/wish 2. Formulate a clear MESSAGE on your PI issue (one line!) And Present your message to the plenary

Identify and Define the PI issue