Advocacy and Lobbying Manual

Published by the Secretariat of the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities, this manual was developed by the Secretariat for use in their advocacy and lobbying workshops. The publication describes advocacy as "....first and foremost a process. It is strategic and targets well-designed activities to key stakeholders and decision makers. Advocacy is always directed at influencing policy, laws, regulations, programmes, or decisions on funding made at the upper-most levels of public or private sector institutions. Advocacy includes both single-issue, time-limited campaigns as well as ongoing work undertaken around a range of issues, and the activities may be conducted at a national, regional, or local level."

The manual includes the following chapters:

1. Introduction 2. Why Advocacy and Lobbying? 3. Steps in the Advocacy Process 4. Top Tips 5. Communicating the Advocacy Message 6. A Useful Tool – The Information Package 7. Skills Required