How to Collect

Fill out the “ladder” below to determine your current “level of influence”.

					Level 5
				Level 4
			Level 3
		Level 2
Level of influence	Level 1	Level 2
Duty bearers’ status…	Duty bearers are passive and unaware…	Duty bearers are aware…	Duty bearers agree…	Duty bearers take action...	Public plans/budgets/ policies/actions reflect our advocacy messages…
…of specific policy issue	…of how to increase finance for and spending to reduce poverty and inequality	…of how to increase finance for and spending to reduce poverty and inequality	…to the need to increase finance for and spending to reduce poverty and inequality	…to increase finance for and spending to reduce poverty and inequality	…to increase finance for and spending to reduce poverty and inequality
Description under each category	EXAMPLES[IS1] [IS2] : * Duty bearers do not respond to NCA and partners’ inquiries related to the issue * Duty bearers do not take action to increase finance for and spending to reduce poverty and inequality * Duty bearers did not accept our proposal for a meeting * The government accepted our proposal to a meeting, but we were received by someone without decision-making power	EXAMPLES: * Response received on inquiries, acknowledging our position * Duty bearers ask NCA and partners for information and advice[IS3] * Duty Bearers request internal briefing from NCA and/or partner[IS4] * Duty bearers refer to NCA and partners’ policy asks/briefings * Issue discussed at policy level * Duty bearer mention the issue in media	EXAMPLES: * Duty bearers invite NCA and partners to participate and present policy recommendations in public * Duty bearers’ express support (in public/private) (change in rhetoric) * Duty bearers champion issue in the public	EXAMPLES: * Duty bearers make an intervention or pursues issue at key policy forum * Duty bearers vote in support of the issue * Government body follows up on the issue * Government commits to a target * New inter-department group formed to review and take issue forward * New policy/legislation proposed	EXAMPLES: * New policy/legislation documents passed in government * Timetables put in place for meeting policy change/ increasing budget allocations Policy practice impact: * Increase in resource allocation * Policy/legislation change implemented * Budget allocations are in line with timetables or commitments

The categorisation of influence on duty bearers must be done for each separate advocacy process/duty bearer.

When more than one partner is targeting the same duty bearer, on the same advocacy issue, their combined efforts are to be considered one “advocacy process” and the level of influence needs to be calculated jointly.

Given the diversity of advocacy processes in one country/programme, NCA needs to define a representative sample of them to assess the overall level of influence in one country/programme. Please follow the procedure below:

Identify priority advocacy processes/duty bearers (maximum 3) in your country/programme
Asses your level of influence for each one of the duty bearers
Report on the values separately in your log frame to the Head office.

Example:

Advocacy Issue	Duty Bearer	Level of influence
Shrinking space for civil society	Police	2
Shrinking space for civil society	Ministry X	3
Marginalization of ethnic minority X	Religious actors X	2

COLLECTION METHODOLOGIES:

It is recommended to use more than one data collection methodology to determine the category.

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

Interviews of duty bearers (annual basis, if possible)

Identification 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)

Global results framework 2020-2030

Peacebuilding

5.1 Level of influence on duty bearers, with the aim of addressing a conflict driver or increasing space for social action

Purpose:

Frequency

Data Source

How to Collect

COLLECTION METHODOLOGIES:

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