Networking with national governments

The government in any country is a large bureaucracy. To network effectively, you must develop a government networking strategy and focus on the appropriate people and departments.

Here are some objectives of networking with national governments:

• To ensure a favorable overall climate in which literacy work may be pursued
• To develop positive and cooperative relationships with departments which are potential users of local language literacy

Here are some guidelines to follow when you network with national governments:

• To ensure the favorable working climate mentioned above, network with

  • authorities who grant permissions for research, travel, and visas, and
  • departments who establish or influence language and educational policy.

• To develop relationships with potential users of local language literacy, network with departments in charge of public concerns such as

  • health care
  • women's affairs
  • social affairs
  • adult education
  • agriculture
  • community and rural development
  • the environment
  • forestry, and
  • other related areas.

In networking with governments, use a strategy that focuses on establishing relationships with

• the primary institution
• related institutions, and
• other high-level contacts.

• Task module: Networking with national governments
• In task module: Networking at the national level
• In task module: Establishing a broad networking base
• In task module: Networking in a language program, by Clinton D. W. Robinson (contributor), Stephen L. Walter (contributor), Kenneth A. Boothe (contributor), and Trudy K. Stewart (general editor)
• In task module: Assembling a local literacy team
• In task module: Preparing for a literacy program
• In modular book: Prepare for a literacy program, by Stephen L. Walter, Mary Morgan, and Leah B. Walter
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

Page content last modified: 1 October 1999

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