Figthing Inequality

1.1 Level of influence on duty bearers, to increase finance for and spending to reduce poverty and inequality

Purpose:

The purpose of this indicator is to measure the effect and progress of our influencing strategies, as the aim of this sub-goal is to influence duty bearers to make decisions and act to reduce poverty and inequality. The indicator is a progress indicator based on assessments of several parameters, to determine which level of influence we are at where level 1 is the lowest and level 5 is the highest level. The higher levels of influence measures impact and outcomes, while outputs are measured at all levels.

Frequency

Annually

This indicator is dependent on a thorough baseline analysis, which must be reported against on an annually basis. The indicator should tell whether NCA and partners have chosen effective influencing strategies or if we should adjust the advocacy strategies to increase our influence. This indicator depends on the context we operate in and contextual analysis will also have to be carried out annually, as changed context will reinforce or reduce the possibilities to increase levels of influence.

Data Source

Submitted policy proposals / studies / recommendations
Advocacy meeting reports
Media publicity
Feedback from duty bearers on our initiatives, such as comments, e-mails, response to questions
Duty bearers’ speeches, statements
Policy documents, government’s strategies
Government’s budget documents
Governmental plans
Parliamentary discussions

Categorisation of Levels of Influence

A thorough baseline description is necessary to measure progress. The baselines is a description of current level of influence at the beginning of an influencing process and the goal is to move upwards the “ladder” towards increased influence on duty bearers. The baseline should include a narrative description based on analysis of a number of parameters or “signs of influence” connected to each level to justify the categorisation. It is recommended to use more than one data collection methodology to determine the category. The categorisation of influence on duty bearers must be done for each separate advocacy process, by each partner. Influence on duty bearers will vary from case to case and from partner to partner.

Collection methodologies:

Analyse duty bearers’ attitudes towards the identified issue and partners’ recommendations, through:

Interviews of duty bearers (annual basis, if possible)
Identificaton of duty bearers’ behaviour in media and decision-making processes (ongoing documentation of media appearances, speeches or statements given by duty bearers, policy documents, government’s strategies, budget documents and plans, records from Parliamentary discussions)
Response from duty bearers on advocacy initiatives (ongoing documentation of feedback from duty bearers, such as comments, e-mails, response to questions, acceptance of meetings etc)

Self-assessment by partners (once a year – annual report. See annex for example)

One assessment per advocacy issue per partner:

List advocacy measures used
List key recommendations made
Is there any evidence of influence related to the recommendations?
To what extent have the recommendations influenced the policy/plan/budget/implementation? 1 = low, 2 = medium and 3 = high

How to analyse

To measure progress, the above described analysis must be repeated regularly. Fill out the “ladder” describing level of influence, and compare to baseline/previous years’ analysis. Progress is made if there are signs of increased influence on duty bearers, according to the indicators describing each level of influence (the ladder described above). Progress is made if e.g. the duty bearer is more aware than before of the issue at hand, if duty bearer did not earlier talk about the issue at hand, but now publicly discuss the issue, if duty bearer starts to engage other duty bearers on the issue etc. If the intervention is effective, we should expect the levels of influence to increase over time:

Dissagregate data by

Gender	Age	Wealth	Diversity	Not applicable
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