Policy Dialogue


Goals

Our primary objectives

Knowledge

empowerment
Together with our Partner Organisations we provide tools and training to facilitate political participation and social empowerment of people who have been marginalised. Our projects emphasise interactive and self-sustaining methods and approaches and we strive for policy dialogue to be mainstreamed/ institutionalised within the organisations.

Engagement

Participation
Through the engagement of CSOs and their communities in policy dialogue the voice of the most marginalised will be heard and social change for the benefit [of the most marginalised] will be effected.

Networks

equal access
The better organisations connect and collaborate, the louder their voices grow, and the more pressure is put on duty-bearers. To amplify our impact in this way, we have put an emphasis on networking, exchanging and are setting up a Community of Practice.
horizont3000 - NGO for Development Cooperation

NEW: Policy Dialogue e-Learning Course

Based on the Policy Dialogue Manual, we now offer a free, self-paced online moodle course designed to support Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in their policy dialogue engagement

  • Learn the fundamentals of policy dialogue
  • Explore practical tools and case studies from East Africa
  • Reflect, evaluate, and earn a certificate
  • Ideal for individuals and teams alike

This e-learning course is based on over a decade of experience from the consortium project CSOs and Policy Dialogue in East Africa and was developed by Horizont3000 and its Austrian partners with support from the Austrian Development Cooperation.
horizont3000 - NGO for Development Cooperation

CSO's and Policy Dialogue Manual

A manual for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in East Africa for enhancing their capacities to engage in Policy Dialogue (2020)

focus

Our areas of work

Training and Coaching


  • Tailormade Training on policy dialogue and policy engagement
  • Small Action Funds for Implementing PD Activities

Strengthening Civil Society


  • Community of Practice for learning, exchange and growths (CoP charter)
  • Networking and exchange with actors on multiple levels
  • Mobilisation and securing of resources for organisations

Participants

Levels of participating

Organisations

Strong organisations with policy dialogue as an institutional value. We build robust networks and facilitate exchanges between both partners and other actors.

Societies

Policy dialogue and advocacy are powerful tool to effect social change, particularly for those parts of society, which have been marginalised. Thus, we foster advocacy skills, policy dialogue, and media engagement to advance good governance and rights-based legislation.

Experiences

Learn from experiences. These projects contribute to policy dialogue.

No top-down: Promoting self-leadership and women's participation
Capacitating farmers to produce high quality compost manure
Providing tailored, practical, and in-demand vocational training
Transmitting gender concepts and engaging in open dialogue
Animal proteins with just little space and few external inputs
Making use of the Community Land Act 2016
Strengthening advocacy capacities of women smallholders
Developing a framework for women participation
Dialogue initiative on policy to minimize loss through low prices
Developing a Disaster Risk Management Policy for the county
Adopting a dialogue approach instead of combative advocacy
Advocating against and create more awareness of child marriage
Training community extensionists in gender equality & agroecology
Training community peace ambassadors to promote women leadership
Installing rainwater tanks and treatment systems
Building nurseries and passing on knowledge
Those who recycle and see the results take more responsibility
Biogas systems can have positive impact on household gender roles
Campfires as safe spaces: sharing experiences and preventing GBV
Expanding capacities on sustainable farming and women's rights
Promoting a change in behaviour and attitudes
Identifying, reporting and referring cases of GBV
Crucial pump repairs and community water management committees
The REBUILD Project: multifaceted and community-led approach
Raising the number and position of women in the organisation
Towards financial autonomy for women
A reforestation project engaged women in firebreak creation
Building bridges between local and national gender actions
Advocacy and awareness raising
Advocate for PWDs with duty bearers and to build their capacity
ADP Mbozi's multifaceted project in Tanzania
Learning from a failure: from Gender unaware to Gender responsive
Learning from failure: From hydroponic to agroecological methods
Active and equitable participation in community agriculture
mutual training in gender, self-care, marketing and communication
Women in agriculture are more vulnerable to climate risks...
Saving groups and credit culture for sustainability of projects
Using the policy dialogue approach to involve the community.
Mobilising men to spearhead gender equality in communities
Creating a training centre with broad curricula tailored to women
Gaining access: putting agroecological training into practice
Facilitating a life of health, justice, dignity and solidarity
Improving soil quality and increasing production
Cooperation between refugee and host community farmers in Uganda
Reflect, denounce violations, and build collective narratives
Emphasising a bottom up approach to policy dialogue
Female peers as brokers between technicians and villagers
A strategy for the adaptation to climate change
Bokashi compost can improve soil structure and fertility
Inform and sensitise men and boys from an early age against GBV
A safe space to learn about rights and build life skills

Contact

Ulrike Bey

is the coordinator for Policy Dialogue projects at horizon3000. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

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