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<font size="3" color=#454545>''"'''Advocacy''' is the action of delivering an argument to gain commitment from political and social leaders and to prepare a society for a particular issue" (DE JONG 2003)''.</font>
===Field experiences===
* SCHAAP, WThe following projects use advocacy methods.<br>{|style="border: 2px solid #e0e0e0; width: 80%; text-align: justify; background-color: #e9f5fd; STEENBERGEN, F" cellpadding="2"|- style="vertical-align: top"|[[Image:akvorsr logo_lite.png|center|60px|link=http://akvo.org/products/rsr/]]|- style="vertical-align: bottom"|[[Image:project 823.png |thumb|center|140px|<font size="2"><center>[http://rsr.akvo.org/project/823/ RSR Project 823]<br>Child Friendly School <br>WASH Project I</center></font>|link=http://rsr.akvo.org/project/823/]] |[[Image:project 1330.png |thumb|center|140px|<font size="2"><center>[http://rsr.akvo.org/project/1330/ RSR Project 1330]<br>WASH services & capacity building Liberia</center></font>|link=http://rsr.akvo. van (2001)org/project/1330/ ]] |[[Image: project 1366.png |thumb|center|140px|<font size="2"><center>[http://wwwrsr.sswmakvo.infoorg/project/1366/sitesRSR Project 1366]<br>Rural Boreholes and Rehabilitation 1</defaultcenter></filesfont>|link=http:/reference_attachments/SCHAAP%20ET%20AL%202001%20Ideas%20for%20water%20awareness%20campaignsrsr.akvo.pdf Ideas for Water Awareness Campaignsorg/project/1366/ ]]|[[Image:project 1367. Stockholmpng |thumb|center|140px|<font size="2"><center>[http: The Global //rsr.akvo.org/project/1367/ RSR Project 1367]<br>Panta District <br>Rural Water PartnershipProject 1</center></font>|link=http://rsr.akvo.org/project/1367/ ]] |}
:This document includes a section for advocacy, presenting an overview of many ideas and initiatives with emphasis on practical suggestions and clues. It is not a guidebook for planning your advocacy work but it might be a great knowledge source and starting point for your activities.<br>
===Advocacy links===
* WATERAID (Editor) (2007): [http://www.sswm.info/sites/default/files/reference_attachments/WATERAID%202007%20advocacy%20sourcebook.pdf The Advocacy Sourcebook]. London: WaterAid.
:This report discusses the key findings and recommendations emerging from a pilot Citizen Report Card (CRC) on water, sanitation, and sewerage services in Karachi. The CRC, pioneered by the Public Affairs Center (PAC), Bengaluru, provides public agencies with systematic feedback from users of public services. CRC gains such feedback through sample surveys on aspects of service quality that users know best, and enable public agencies to identify strengths and weaknesses in their work.
===Advocacy links===
* SCHAAP, W.; STEENBERGEN, F. van (2001): [http://www.sswm.info/sites/default/files/reference_attachments/SCHAAP%20ET%20AL%202001%20Ideas%20for%20water%20awareness%20campaigns.pdf Ideas for Water Awareness Campaigns]. Stockholm: The Global Water Partnership.
* Arne Menn, [http://www.sswm.info/category/planning-process-tools/demand-creation/demand-creation-tools/awareness-raising-demand-cre-7 Advocacy - Influencing Leaders (DC)]. Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management (SSWM)
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