Table 3

Results of the advocacy campaigns

Short-term results
Strengthening of the democratic environment
Governance: improving transparency/accountability
Civil society: increasing power and improving capacity for action
Change in public view and social norms
Changes in beliefs, attitudes, values, behaviours
Reaching new people or groups engaged with the cause
Greater media coverage for the cause
Support of the cause by opinion leaders or celebrities
Increased visibility of the campaign message (advertising, media coverage)
Alignment of the campaign's goal with the fundamental social values
Strengthening of the advocacy's organizational capacity
Improving NGOs advocacy interventions
Greater ability to obtain and use data
Improving NGOs management
Greater recognition of the organization as a credible source of information (invitations to NGO members to be sources of interviews; download reports and materials produced by the organization)
Change in the view of decision makers
Increased awareness of policymakers
Influence on the definition of the political agenda
Influence on the political will
Mentions to campaigns/organizations in deliberations and speeches by decision makers
Strengthening alliances
Increased number of partners supporting a cause
New or stronger organizational relationships
Increased level of collaboration between organizations
Alignment of partners' efforts and the political agenda
Greater ability to identify and understand the processes that will enable social change
Medium-term and long-term results
Policy improvement
Development and improvement of public policies
Adoption of public policies
Blocking public policies
Implementation of changes
Improvement in the implementation of public policies
Execution of public policies

Source(s): Adapted from Coffman (2010), Gen and Wright (2013), and Reisman et al. (2007) 

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