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Using Events to Influence Change
- 1. Using events toinfluence Voices learning event 15 November Rashmi Mistry
- 2. AGENDA • Intro • Policyand research – SADC process • Public campaigning and mobilisation – COP17 • Movement building – Rural Womens Assembly • Oxfam’s approach • Exercise • Discussion
- 3. WHAT ARE EVENTS? •Policy makers and decision makers meet to take decisions that could impact on the issues you care about, eg… • Global and regional: G20, G8, COP, SADC, BRICS, African Union, World Economic Forum etc… • National and local: Mangaung, provincial councils, business conferences, etc…
- 4. WHY DO OXFAMUSE INTERNATIONAL EVENTS • Some of the reasons people are kept in poverty are structural, political decisions that happen at global levels • Debt relief and aid – G8 • Trade – WTO, bilateral, regional • HIV/AIDS – MDGs, UNGA, G8 etc • Climate change – UNFCCC / COP, G20
- 5. INTERNATIONAL POLICIES CAN LEADTO CHANGE • Oxfam theory of change identifies some international processes as having potential to create change at national level • Used to put the spotlight and pressure on issues • For citizens to hold decision makers to account where national processes fail • But they only happen if there is national level action!
- 6. CASE: HOLDING GOVERNMENT ANDBUSINESS TO ACCOUNT Philippines – indigenous community used the Commission for Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- 7. WHAT EVENTS CANDO • Keeping poverty on the political agenda – e.g. G8, G20, UNGA, WTO – aid, trade, debt • Keeping poverty in the public eye • Added pressure on decision makers • Fundraising • Mobilisation • Facilitate civsoc networking and movement building
- 8. SOME OXFAM ACHIEVEMENTS •Instrumental in putting poverty on the G8 agenda • Alliance building – e.g. Rio • G8 in Germany 2009 produced $750m extra aid money • Finance on the EU agenda in climate negotiations • G8 in Canada – recommitment to Global Fund for HIV, TB and Malaria
- 9. OUR APPROACH RESEARCH LOBBYING EVIDENCE TARGET PUBLIC CAMPAIGNING MEDIA MOBILISATION
- 10. COP 18 INDOHA – THE PLAN • Policy and research – produce a brief outlining problem and key asks • Lobbying – team of advocacy specialists lobby officials directly before and during event • Alliances – working together with global and local civsoc • Media – media coordinator to communicate to officials and public • Campaigning – actions and stunts to officials and public
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- 12. THE EXERCISE • TheBRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa are meeting in March in Durban • Our objective: • How would you approach this?
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