ADVANCE YOUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH
Learn how to conduct evidence-based research to inform and bolster your social advocacy and accountability efforts! This practically-focused course will immerse you in the fundamentals of social science and participatory research, and introduce you to data collection and documentation techniques. You’ll learn how to utilize research results to influence public policy, hold powerful public figures accountable, and more effectively amplify and raise awareness about community needs, voices, and human rights violations.
COURSE OUTCOMES
- Learn how to utilize research results to influence public policy and policy makers and to hold officials and corporations accountable
- Learn how to utilize research to increase public awareness
- Understand advocacy research as a distinct form of research
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- Social science research, data collection and documentation methods
- Participatory evidence research
- Public action research techniques and issue-based studies
- Accessing information
- Social accountability, social audits, and citizen score cards
WHO THE COURSE IS FOR
Governance and development practitioners who depend on evidence research to raise the profile of citizen concerns and community issues
FEE FOR THE COURSE
VINCENT OTIENO
‘’The classes are very interactive. Not for any moment, I have felt like I was afraid to approach my trainer or facilitator whenever I had difficulties. I felt like my friend was standing in front of me and teaching me a new method. Anything that I needed as a foreign student at MS TCDC was there”
Alumnus - BA in Governance and Development
HELLEN WILSON LUTTA
‘‘It has been good for me as a project manager, to learn different ways of resource mobilization and how I can improve my skills in proposal writing. This is a very important course that I can recommend for every project or program manager as it is a very important skill that managers need to know how to mobilize resources."
Project Manager - Marie Stopes Tanzania
RICHARD OLONG
“There is a big impact that I have seen not only from my perspective but also the perspective of my fellow participants. A lot of them have moved forward to develop resource mobilization strategies, and some of them are using those skills to engage with relevant donors to access funding. I know quite a few that have accessed funding as a result of that training - for instances our grantees in Rwanda, Zambia and Malawi who have been able to use those skills to access funds from GIZ.’’
Regional Programme Manager OXFAM
ISAKWISA MBYALE
Climate change reporting is important because it directly relates to human life. Therefore, we report it to make sure that the community and government take adaptive measures against climate change.
Isakwisa participated in our course: 'Climate Change Reporting'
Journalist at HighlandsFM_92.5