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Campaigns Handbook

"Campaigning for Free Expression: A Handbook for Advocates" provides IFEX members with a valuable resource for organising campaigns.

It contains advice on:

  • How to develop and execute a campaign strategy
  • 10 different campaign tactics
  • 10 campaign success stories
  • Links to more resources and tools

The 120-page handbook is available as a downloadable PDF file in four languages: English | French | Spanish | Russian

IFEX Advocacy Action News
 

This IFEX bulletin, circulating bi-monthly beginning in 2007, aims to promote action, analysis and collaboration among members about free expression campaigning. Each issue highlights member-led initiatives and tactics, IFEX Joint Actions and useful tools and resources.

We welcome members' feedback!

Issue 12: March-April 2008
Issue 11: January-February 2008

Issue 10: September-October 2007
Issue 9: July-August 2007
Issue 8: May-June 2007
Issue 7: March-April 2007
Issue 6: January-February 2007

The first 5 pilot issues can be viewed below:

Issue 5: December 2006
Issue 4: November 2006     
Issue 3: October 2006          
Issue 2: September 2006      
Issue 1: August 2006

Useful Campaigning Resources
 

Best Practices in On-line Advocacy How to plan an online advocacy campaign.

The Advocacy Institute has tips on planning and implementing successful campaigns.

Protectiononline.org is a one-stop website on protection to be used by all human rights defenders, and by those seeking to contribute to their protection.

Martus is a secure information management tool that allows you to create a searchableand encrypted database and back this data up remotely to your choice of publicly available servers.

Networking for Policy Change: An Advocacy Training Toolkit
This toolkit is organised around a well-developed model tested over time and within diverse cultures for accomplishing advocacy objectives.