TOP Press cuttings

It is worth doing a regular search on ´advocacy' using the search engine at www.irc.nl. On 26 Jan 2003 this produced 1,858 results of which the first 37 had a greater than 70 percent relevance ranking. The Source Bulletin that IRC publishes six times per year online www.irc.nl/source and on paper is an advocacy tool that reaches thousands of professionals working in the water, sanitation, health, environment and local government sector, NGOs, universities, private sector and media.

The top 5 Source Bulletin articles on advocacy are:

SOURCE Bulletin No.17, July 2001 77%
...New WSSCC advisory group on water advocacy set up...

SOURCE Bulletin No.16, May 2001 75%
...It has placed less emphasis on using the results from that research for advocacy to influence other organisations. Now the Council's focus is changing to advocacy and communication, influencing how other organisations work in the...

SOURCE Bulletin No.15, February 2001 73%
...Iguaçu Action Programme: Strong commitment for VISION 21 advocacy ...

SOURCE Bulletin No.18, September 2001 73%
... "The advocacy challenge is that while many leaders speak about water and sanitation, they do not always act. "There is an urgent need for the water and sanitation sector to build synergies with other sectors such as those...

SOURCE Bulletin No.22, March 2002 71%
...IRC and partners, and links to other key organisations. The WWD 2002 site provides an updated Water for Development advocacy guide, background information about previous years and a selection of photos. Visitors to the site can add events and comments.

The IRCDOC bibliographical database when searched online for 'advocacy' or 'awareness raising' gives 135 results.