[CivilSoc] CALL FOR ARTICLES AND CASES ON USING MEDIA IN LOBBYING

[GURT Resource Centre]

CALL FOR ARTICLES AND CASES
GURT Resource Centre for NGO Development (Kyiv, Ukraine) is a national
information  and  support  centre  that  provides  a  range of quality
services  to  strengthen  civil society organisations of all types and
sizes.
GURT  is  actively  working  on  development and promotion of lobbying
practices  in  Ukrainian  non-profit sector. Since September 2002 GURT
has  started  to  work  on  the project "Towards Democratic Changes in
Ukraine  Through  Enhancing  Role of NGOs in Policy-Making Processes",
supported  by Westminster Foundation for Democracy/ Great Britain. The
overall  project  goal  is  to increase participation of NGOs in local
policy  and  decision-making  processes,  enhance  social  partnership
practices  in civil society, and raise the level of NGO's transparency
and accountability.
Currently GURT is working on the handbook "Using Media in Lobbying and
Advocacy  Campaigns" that will be published at the end of May 2003. We
plan  to  put  in  the  handbook  not  only  theoretical  materials on
effective using of media or organizing lobbying campaigns, but also to
give  practical  advice  and recommendations on the various aspects of
media relations, lobbying and advocacy.
If  your  organization has already run the lobbying/advocacy campaigns
on social issues, and you acknowledged the local media contribution to
campaign  success,  we would appreciate you sharing of success stories
with Ukrainian NGO counterparts. Your material should be up to 5 pages
and written in English, Ukrainian or Russian.
The structure of your material can be as following:
 - description of the purpose, target groups and the scope of campaign
 activities;
 - the outcomes of lobbying/advocacy campaign;
 - factors of success of your lobbying/advocacy campaign:
 - types of media agencies, involved in campaign;
 -   approaches   and   PR  tools,  used  in  work  with  media  under
 lobbying/advocacy campaign;
 -  what  was  the  interest for media representatives to take part in
 lobbying/advocacy campaign?
We  would  be also thankful for photos, pictures or diagrams which can
be added to your article.
Please,   send  your  inputs  to  GURT  Resource  Centre  via  e-mail:
info at gurt.org.ua or by post: 01025, PO Box 126, Kyiv, Ukraine by April
30, 2003.
CONTACTS:
Oleksandr Cheredayko
Societal Information Programme Manager
GURT Resource Centre for NGO Development
For postage: PO box 126, Kyiv 01025, Ukraine
Office: 52 Popudrenka Str., 904 room, Kyiv
t/f: (380 44) 552 1052, 551 6339
e-mail: info at gurt.org.ua
www: http://www.gurt.org.ua