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Beginning in 1996, the East-West Center conducted a workshop in
June every year on Communicating with Policymakers about Population
and Health. In 2010, the length of the workshop was reduced from
four to three weeks to accommodate the schedule of busy professionals.
In 2012, the East-West Center decided to discontinue this and other
workshops that were components of the Center's annual Summer Seminar
on Population.
Over 16 years, 232 participants took part in this workshop. They
were researchers, program managers, and other population and health
professionals working in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the United
States.
Shorter workshops have been conducted based this curriculum in
Costa Rica, India, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, and Uganda.
The objective of the workshop was to increase the use of research
findings and professional knowledge and experience in the design
and implementation of population and health policies and programs.
Sessions were designed to help participants identify the policy
implications of population and health research, understand how research
findings and professional knowledge can influence the policy process,
and communicate with policymakers in simple and compelling formats.
This website provides all the materials used during the workshop
plus other useful materials on policy communication and related
topics. Information is arranged in the following areas:
1. Workshop Goals, Definitions, and
Agenda
2. Selected Readings
3. Information Literacy: Finding
and Sharing Good Information
4. Communicating with Policymakers:
Theories and Case Studies
5. Identifying Key Research
Findings, Policy Implications, and Recommendations
6. Elements of a Communication
Strategy
7. Communicating with
Policymakers through the Media
8. Writing a Policy Memorandum
and Giving a Policy Briefing
9. Writing a Fact Sheet and Giving an
Information Briefing
10. Fostering Change (from
2008)
11. Preparing and Giving a
Policy Presentation (with notes on using PowerPoint)
12. Advocacy Tools and Guidelines
13. Proposal Writing and Fund
Raising
14. Tips on Writing and Photo Sources
15. Workshop Material for Communication
Training in Papua New Guinea
The website also includes a list of workshop participants,
coordinators, and resource persons.
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