AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO WRITING POLICY BRIEFS

This guide is a culmination of more than a decade providing training and mentoring support and discussing policy briefs with hundreds of researchers, advocates and partners. This guide was truly made in dialogue with these many individuals and organisations, and ICPA is very grateful for their input and support. Particular thanks to Ana Stevanovic, co-ordinator of ICPA’s Policy Bridging Initiative for her excellent research support and our training associate, Bego Begu for thoughtful feedback on a draft of the guide. Thanks also to those who took the time to respond to our survey and share their experience writing and using policy briefs. The authors really appreciate the fresh and professional design of this guide by Oonagh Young of Design HQ. Finally, we would like to acknowledge the support of the team from Regional Research Promotion Programme of the Western Balkans (RRPP), Nicolas Hayoz, Jasmina Opardija, Magda Solska, Arbesa Shehu and Ann Killer without whose support the production of this guide would not have been possible. We hope this guide proves to be a worthy contribution to the legacy of RRPP