A ground-level intervention can have a larger impact if scaled through policy change.
Inherent policy gaps and poor execution create challenges to drive social impact. Minority groups and people living in hard-to-reach areas often remain excluded from the benefits of policies. Systemic changes require close collaboration with institutions from the government, private and civil societies.
We scale BRAC’s impact through policy reforms. We have a three-pronged approach: a) proactively advocate for strategic public policy reform in cross-cutting areas b) facilitate policy interventions by programme units, and c) design tools for effective person-to-person advocacy. We do evidence-based policy analysis, build coalitions of the willing, facilitate public discourse, and offer policy alternatives to relevant agencies.
IMPACT

Voices of 1.3 million Rohingya and half a million people from the host community were captured to design sustainable, long-term solutions

A public-private platform catalysed towards improving accessibility in public transport, infrastructure and information for persons with disabilities

We have revitalised the GO-NGO collaboration platform on social safety net where BRAC is leading the coordination committee for NGOs
WHAT WE DO

Policy advocacy
We work in specific thematic policy areas based on national and BRAC’s policy priorities

Behaviour change
We influence behaviour of programme participants through ground interventions

Creating space for policy advocacy
We create enabling environment through knowledge platforms and knowledge products, and form coalitions through consultations and partnerships
HOW WE DO IT

End-to-end policy advocacy support
Generate evidence, coalition building, recommendations and mobilisation.

- Generate evidence: Through background research
and identifying gaps and challenges in policies. - Coalition building: Creating alliances through
consultation and partnership. - Recommendations: Disseminating policy briefs and
knowledge products to substantiate our findings. - Mobilisation: Mobilising government and relevant
stakeholders through exposure visits, best practice visits,
and continuous engagement with media and influencers.

Behaviour change communication
Conduct research and piloting for evidence generation, prepare recommendations and suggest effective communication material for sustainable behaviour change.

Engagement support
Designing and implementing different engagement strategies, and ensuring proper dissemination for maximum outreach.
WHY IT WORKS

Evidence-based solutions
Wide outreach and rooted evidence show whether a solution is feasible

Research and piloting
Generating evidence through policy research and piloting solutions

Effective networks
Bringing institutions together to influence policies.

Shared interest
Identifying areas where BRAC’s programmes and partners have common interest to maximise impact