This toolkit (created in 2015 in response to a report titled ‘Global Mental Health from a Policy Perspective: A Context Analysis’ made by the Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) team at the Overseas Development Institute ODI) was developed for the Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) ‘community of innovators’. It aims to provide researchers testing innovations in mental health with a set of tools to help them develop their policy influence or engagement strategy towards desired/expected changes. The toolkit is designed to be used by project teams during planning days, team strategy workshops or in day to day planning activities. The Toolkit includes four main tools: 1 − AIIM – Alignment, Interest and Influence Matrix; 2 − Creating a policy influence plan; 3 − Being a knowledge broker; Identifying and accessing ‘champions’. In particular, the tool 3 is useful for knowledge management and communication for a plan.
Part of interest: The entire document.
Target groups: Policymakers, CSOs, RPOs, Innovation business, intermediaries