State of the Philippines Population Report 2000 Advocacy Activities in Region 7: A Process Documentation

Abstract

The study was conducted to document activities and processes relative to the promotion of the State of the Philippine Population Report (SPPR) 2000 in Region 7. This was deemed significant, as this is the first of the series of SPPRs. The study aimed to find out if the strategies adopted to popularize and advocate the report were effective and which ones were not so that for the succeeding SPPRs the dissemination activities will be enhanced to achieve its goal of seeking policy and fund support on reproductive health and family planning. Specifically, the study sought to: 1). document the conduct of successful advocacy activities utilized in promoting the SPPR to target audiences, 2.) document the immediate outputs of the activities and showcase this for replication in other areas and 3.) identify the problems encountered that affected the successful implementation of the SPPR User's Forum. The documentation of the four major SPPR User's Forum conducted from March-September 2001 was by participant observation. A monitoring form was accomplished in every forum to document the details of the activity. The study made a summary of the problems encountered in the implementation of the project, drew the lessons learned and provided recommendations that could guide implementers of similar projects.