RESEARCH TO POLICY AND ACTION: COMMUNICATING EVIDENCE TO EFFECT CHANGE

Training Topics

 

Using lecture-discussion-and-demonstration approaches, complemented with relevant teaching aids, the resource persons will cover the following topics:
 

Topics on Policy

• Understanding the policy making process.
• Working with parliamentarians and policy makers.
• Making presentations to policy makers.
• Evidence-based advocacy.
• Writing policy engagement documents (policy briefs, occasional papers, situation reports etc).

Topics on Communication

• Why communication matters in policy making.
• Effective message development and communication strategies.(Effective communication strategiesPersuasive communication principles and strategies Effective message development)
• Integrating communication (and policy engagement) in the research cycle.
• Strategies for media relations (including writing for clarity, different media and getting published in refereed journals)
• Translating research into ‘vernacular’

Topics on Technology

• Using new technologies to reach policy makers and effect change
• Systems Research and Global Health Policy