Formulating the Advocacy Action Plan

49 0283ODQQLQJDQGYRFDF\DQGREE\LQJDPSDLJQ Ȉ Allies Ȉ Targets Ȉ Activities ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN ACTION PLAN GOAL: Objective Indicator Allies Targets Activity Timeframe Activity 5. Group Work: Crafting the Advocacy Campaign Action Plan a. Inform the participants to gather again as the same grouping in Activity 2.2. b. They will now put together all the results of the previous break- outs into an advocacy campaign action plan. c. Distribute manila paper to each group and tell them to use the form above as basis for the action plan. d. Gather the participants again and ask them to share their advocacy campaign action plan. Discussion then follows.

2.1.5. Implementing Actions

Once we already have an Advocacy Action Plan and the community has united on it, it is now time to implement our activities. In the implementation of our activities, we need to prioritize what comes Ƥ”•–Ǥ‘‡ƒ…–‹˜‹–‹‡•ƒ›…‘‡Žƒ–‡”ǡ™Š‹Ž‡‘–Š‡”•‡‡†–‘„‡†‘‡Ƥ”•–Ǥ Things we need to consider in implementing our activities are the following: 50 Training Manual on Advocacy, Lobbying and Negotiation Skills for Indigenous Peoples in Climate Change and REDD+ FOLLOW THROUGH Commit to the plan. Do not start and then later on stop. STAY FOCUSED Keep everyone focused on the plan. Do not get distracted BE TIMELY –™‘—Ž†„‡‰‘‘†–‘…‘‹…‹†‡‘—”ƒ…–‹˜‹–‹‡•™‹–Š•’‡…‹Ƥ…‹’‘”–ƒ–†ƒ–‡• that may have better impact when we do our activities during these dates. These opportunities maybe important meetings, government conferences, holidays or so-called “red letter days,” world theme days such as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on 9 August.

2.1.6. Monitoring, Evaluation and Feedback

Aside from a doable and well thought-of action plan, all successful advocacy campaigns should regularly monitor, evaluate and get feedback on how the campaign is progressing. By doing this, we can be able to undertake timely adjustments to our plans to adjust to changes in the situation. Monitoring, evaluation and feedback are also means for us to check on accountability. We need to always ensure that the indigenous community has the complete, updated information on how we are going about with our advocacy campaign. Undertaking monitoring and evaluation is one way by which we are able to inform our community members that what we are doing is progressing and meeting our objectives, or is not doing well, and so we need to make changes in our plans.

a. Monitoring

When we monitor, we gather information so that we can be able to measure the impact of our advocacy campaign. We also monitor to make sure that our activities are being implemented well and on time. As we monitor, we are also able to see problems that arise and we are able to address them immediately.