How IMANI undertake its advocacy initiative.

1. EVIDENCE BASED ADVOCACY
The Experience of Imani Centre for Policy and Education

2. Outline of Presentation
• Introduction
• About Imani
• Vision
• Mission
• Composition of the Team
• Why we do what we do (taking established principles and applying them to real life
scenarios)
• Advocacy Strategy (Tools Embedded)
• Gathering of Credible First Hand Data on Policies of Government
• Analysis of data
• Presentation of results

3. Introduction
• Vision
• To be the most influential think-tank in Africa, promoting peace and
prosperity through rigorous research analysis and advocacy, and commitment
to educating society on the benefits of a free economy and policy issues
concerning business, government and civil society.
• Mission
• IMANI sets out to achieve this vision by subjecting any government policy that
is likely to have systematic implications for development to basic ‘value for
money’, ‘due diligence’ and ‘rational choice’, ‘public choice’ and ‘vested
interest’ analysis and then actively engage in public advocacy to publicize the
results, with a view to promoting peace and prosperity through human
flourishing.

4. Scope of Work
• Gathering of Credible First Hand Data on Policies of
Government
• Analysis of data
• CBA’s, Rational Choice, Public Choice, Vested Interest
• Presentation of results
• Policy briefs to duty bearers (mainly government agencies)
and engage for action
• Use evidence to gather support from other CSO’s and
immediate stakeholders
• Generate public debate by engaging much wider stakeholder
consultation
• Disseminate the results and need for action in easy non
technical language for appreciation by the general public
• Extensive use of the media (Strong Partnership with the Media)
• Use of Social Media

5. Imani and Advocacy
• We consider ourselves as SECOND
HAND DEALERS in information and
solutions
• Theories, Principles and Research
Abounds in History on Sound Policy
formulation and Implementation
• Socio-Economic Problems have
different contexts and scenarios
• We take the principles and apply them
to the scenarios to identify the most
progressive and sustainable solutions
Application
to context
for analysis
Solutions identified
(monitoring
continues)
Principles

6. Examples of Tasks
• Main Web: http://imanighana.com/
• http://imanighana.com/imani-report-electricity-privatization-conundrum-ecg-is-not-
for-sale/
• http://imanighana.com/imanis-bright-simons-on-a-brighter-analysis-of-the-itlos-
maritime-dispute-ruling/
• http://imanighana.com/solving-the-energy-crisis-in-ghana/
• http://www.modernghana.com/news/432571/1/ghana-the-threat-of-decay.html
• http://www.spyghana.com/rejoinder-november-29-2012-ghana-the-threat-of-decay-
an-imani-pre-election-report/
• https://www.facebook.com/imanicenter?fref=ts
• http://www.imanifrancophone.org/fr/
• http://graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/39671-govt-spends-more-on-salaries-
imani.html

7. The Team