How to lobby?

The Dutch Women's Council and the Women for Water Partnership teamed up to create the manual “How to Lobby at International Conferences”. It is a hands-on manual for those new to the arena of internationalconferences and decision-making. It is intended to help (wannabe)lobbyists define and accomplish their objectives.

International lobbying is one of the main tasks of the Duch Women's Council (NVR) and the Women for Water Partnership (WfWP).We select and assist new representatives for various international conferences every year.

This manual [ 460 kB] is the brain-child of a novice lobbyist who attended her first international conference in 2009. She felt that a guide like this would have been a real asset, and set out to create this ‘how-to’ manual. It reminds you how to prepare, what to do at the conference, and last but not least, how to follow-up. We hope this booklet will guide you well and that -with it- you will achieve amazing successes.

​Dieny Scheffer, President NVR
Alice Bouman-Dentener, President WfWP