Approaches & methods for institutional analysis

1. IFAD SL Workshop Approaches & methods for institutional analysis Slide 1 Slide 1 Methods for institutional & policy analysis

2. IFAD SL Workshop How to use the hub model • List the agencies • Identify the functions that they do / should do (enabling, service provider, client) • this may mean separating a whole agency into parts by function (eg: Min of Ag) • Consider the nature of the relationships between the functions: what are they, what should they be? • Try drawing them on the triangle • Include flows of funds with arrows Slide 2 Methods for institutional & policy analysis

3. IFAD SL Workshop How to use the 4Rs • Many ways to use this social enquiry tool and at different stages. For example, in stakeholder group: • Use a facilitator as a neutral party (power is a sensitive subject) • Steps to success: • Background research (history, politics, legal and fiscal) • Determine the current roles of the stakeholders • {rights, revenues, responsibilities} + {relationships} • Negotiate the future roles of the stakeholders (take it in steps – small easy wins first!) • Capacity mapping Slide 3 Methods for institutional & policy analysis

4. IFAD SL Workshop Approaches & methods for policy analysis & change Slide 4 Methods for institutional & policy analysis

5. IFAD SL Workshop Policy process and actors Livelihood strategies Social capital Policy priorities Policy context Policy statements Policy measures Institutions & organisations Methods for analysing policy and policy process Stakeholder analysis, actor network analysis, key informant interviews Semi-structured interviews, preference ranking, strategy flow diagrams Power analysis, social maps, strategy flow diagrams, institutional analysis Interviews, policy mapping, policy ranking, visioning. Document analysis, time lines, policy mapping Document analysis, key informant interviews Document analysis, key informant interviews Institutional analysis, social maps, power analysis Adapted from Pasteur, 2002 Slide 5 Methods for institutional & policy analysis

6. IFAD SL Workshop Who "influences" or has an interest in the issue? Who's livelihoods are INdirectly affected? Who's livelihoods are directly affected? Core issue 1° Stakeholders 2° Stakeholders 3° Stakeholders Identifying stakeholders Slide 6 Methods for institutional & policy analysis

7. IFAD SL Workshop + - Universities Churches Local politicians – pro- environmental lobby Traditional authorities Farm labourers Plantation workers Farm produce users Plantation owners Timber dealers Farmers/ water-users in watershed Workers in logging companies Environmental NGOs Forest dwelling communities Sawmill workers Local politicians – pro-logging lobby Forest Policy Reform Logging company owners Forest produce users Women in forest dwelling communities Timber exporters Global Witness Rubber/resin tappers Furniture makers Political party financed by logging companies Forest Department – production section Resin traders Tourist operators & tourists Forest Research Institute Stakeholders – changes in forestry policy Forestry Dept. officials Slide 7 Methods for institutional & policy analysis

8. IFAD SL Workshop Stakeholder analysis Slide 8 Methods for institutional & policy analysis

9. IFAD SL Workshop Livelihoods analysis of stakeholders • For each stakeholder group (and particularly poor stakeholders): • how does the policy issue (& potential changes) affect their access to livelihood assets • how does it affect their vulnerability • what relations do they have with the different institutions and organisations concerned • what livelihood stategies do they currently employ and how are they affected by the policy issue (& potential changes • how will their livelihood outcomes be affected • how can they be engaged in the process of influencing and changing policy Slide 9 Methods for institutional & policy analysis

10. IFAD SL Workshop Planning for change Identifying & mobilising change agents Recognising & managing barriers to change / conflicts Building support for reform Reforming institutional & organisational structures Consolidating change Methods for identifying strategies & interventions for policy change “Visioning”, logframes for institutions/ organisations/ sectors, participatory workshops, focus on policy process, leverage points Institutional analysis, steering groups, “peer review” groups Participatory & integrated policy development, informing & influencing strategies, conflict analysis, consensus building, trade-off analysis Communications strategy, media Hub model, 4Rs Long-term planning Slide 10 Methods for institutional & policy analysis

11. IFAD SL Workshop Informing and influencing strategies A systematic approach to understanding and planning what needs to be done in order to bring about change among policy actors and stakeholders Slide 11 Methods for institutional & policy analysis

12. IFAD SL Workshop How do we enable policy change? Slide 12 Methods for institutional & policy analysis

13. IFAD SL Workshop Who are the “actors” involved? Slide 13 Methods for institutional & policy analysis

14. IFAD SL Workshop Understanding roles Slide 14 Methods for institutional & policy analysis

15. IFAD SL Workshop Understanding incentives & constraints Slide 15 Methods for institutional & policy analysis

16. IFAD SL Workshop Identifying measures and implications Slide 16 Methods for institutional & policy analysis