This Guide was developed to help program designers who work in any sector to envision and implement with CSO partners the CD support that will strengthen local systems and help CSOs achieve their missions. Program designers from both implementing partner and donor organizations who are working to build the capacity of CSOs can use this Guide to better distinguish among CD approaches, the processes involved in each, and potential impact of a chosen approach. By identifying organizational characteristics and areas of potential capacity growth, this Guide will enable program designers to better select the intervention necessary to achieve their desired goal. Although this Guide is designed to benefit CSOs, the approaches outlined can also be applied to community based organizations (CBOs) or local for-profit organizations. The approaches included in this Guide are designed to increase capacity regardless of the actual knowledge or skill targeted.  

Toolbox is designed for small organizations with limited funds and is split into two sections: one on advocacy planning, and one on tools.

Guide provides the tools for people to start engaging in the advocacy process and build basic advocacy skills.

Newsletter contains special section on utilizing a diverse cabinet of leaders to bring a movement closer to optimum gains and successes.

Handbook provides tools and a conceptual understanding of advocacy to enable social justice advocacy participants to work toward overcoming resource disparity and achieving gender equality.

Instructions for formatting your final Advocacy Action Plans.

Information on preparing and submitting your draft action plans for the June workshop

Tomando como base un enfoque de capacitación participativa, este manual introduce los principios fundamentales de la defensa y promoción en el formato de un diseño de taller de tres días.

Report describes the international problem of climate change and recommends actions and policies to fight it.

Document explores different approaches to the development of the private sector's role in the policy formulation, selection andimplementation process.