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Policy Advocacy in Northern Ireland

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Publisher: 
UU
Author: 
Colin Knox
Date published: 
31 December, 2010
Region: 
Northern Ireland

Publication type: 
policy
Publication link: 
http://eprints.ulster.ac.uk/15409/
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This report examines policy advocacy in a very practical way through 7 case studies selected by
The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Northern Ireland Programme Executives as examples of grantees
involved in advocating for social change. The case studies span the three thematic areas ofwork
conducted in Northern Ireland: rights and reconciliation, ageing, and children and youth.
 
 The research provides the reader with a background profile of each case study and, using
primary qualitative data gathered through in-depth interviews, sets out the grantees’
perspectives on key issues such as: what is policy advocacy; the tool-kit which they use to
advocate; who they target; what constitutes success; how (if at all) they measure their
advocacy work; and the potential barriers to promoting social change.

 

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