The Analytical Framework

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The Analytical Framework
External Influences Socio-economic and cultural
influences, donor policies etc
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A Practical Framework
political context
Politics and Policymaking
Campaigning, Lobbying
Policy analysis, research
Media, Advertising, Networking
Research, learning thinking
Scientific information exchange validation
evidence
links
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Using the framework

• The external environment Who are the key actors?
  What is their agenda? How do they influence the
  political context?
• The political context Is there political
  interest in change? Is there room for manoeuvre?
  How do they perceive the problem?
• The evidence Is it there? Is it relevant? Is it
  practically useful? Are the concepts familiar or
  new? Does it need re-packaging?
• Links Who are the key individuals? Are there
  existing networks to use? How best to transfer
  the information? The media? Campaigns?

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Putting it into practice

• Get to know the policymakers.
• Identify friends and foes.
• Prepare for policy opportunities.
• Look out for policy windows.

• Work with them seek commissions
• Strategic opportunism prepare for known events
  resources for others

• Who are the policymakers?
• Is there demand for ideas?
• What is the policy process?

• Establish credibility
• Provide practical solutions
• Establish legitimacy.
• Present clear options
• Use familiar narratives.

• Build a reputation
• Action-research
• Pilot projects to generate legitimacy
• Good communication

• What is the current theory?
• What are the narratives?
• How divergent is it?

• Build partnerships.
• Identify key networkers, mavens and salesmen.
• Use informal contacts

• Get to know the others
• Work through existing networks.
• Build coalitions.
• Build new policy networks.

• Who are the stakeholders?
• What networks exist?
• Who are the connectors, mavens and salesmen?

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Policy entrepreneurs
Networkers
Storytellers
Engineers
Fixers
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Building policy entrepreneurs
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