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ADVOCACY IN ACTION
Research Officer, partnerships with academic institutions
and/or other organizations and associations, or through
government-funded projects.
Conducting research helps to:
* Ensure we have collected data surrounding the topic
* Understand the key players and stakeholders involved and
how the issue impacts them
* Identify whether this is a priority for the current
government or opposition, and if and how they have
committed to tackling the issue
Step 3: Consult the OSPE membership
Next, we attempt to answer the following questions:
1. How does this issue impact OSPE members?
2. Which segment of OSPE members?
3. What particular industry or discipline of engineering?
4. How does this issue impact the livelihood and pocketbooks
of engineers?
5. What do OSPE members know about this issue?
6. What experiences have OSPE members had and what
knowledge can they contribute?
7. What do OSPE members believe are possible solutions?
OSPE uses online surveys, focus groups, e-newsletters,
The Voice magazine, the Society Notes blog, events, direct
e-mails, phone campaigns and the members-only ENGage
Forum to gather feedback on any particular issue from
OSPE members and the engineering community at large.
Step 4: Construct a Plan
Once a meaningful member consultation process has taken
place, a course of action is selected based on timing and the
ability to make the greatest impact. Possible steps include:
1. Proactively engaging with government or other
stakeholders to affect change by presenting research
or recommendations - for example, release a report,
commence a communications or government relations
campaign. For example, OSPE's report: Retail Electricity
Price Reform: Path to Lower Energy Bills and EconomyWide
CO2 Emission Reductions.
2. Having subject matter experts on one of OSPE's Task
Forces or Committees monitor the situation and prepare
a response, as appropriate. For example, OSPE's response
to Ontario's Low Carbon Hydrogen Strategy.
4. Refrain from immediate action and continue to monitor
the file, if there is no current political appetite or the issue
is not critically important to OSPE members at this time.
This decision will direct the course of our plan and determine
the resources OSPE invests in advocating for a particular
issue.
A clear plan will outline, in detail, the steps to follow in
the short, medium and long-term, in order for OSPE to be
successful in achieving its desired objective.
Step 5: Outline Key Stakeholders
A clear advocacy plan will outline the key stakeholders OSPE
must interact with in order to achieve change. These will
include government (municipal, provincial or federal), as
well as industry partners or academia, depending on the
issue at hand.
As an advocacy association, we know that it is important
to present an issue that is clear and understandable to
other stakeholders. Along with presenting a problem, OSPE
also attempts to bring engineers and other subject matter
experts together to discuss and develop potential solutions.
Engineers have the knowledge, training and expertise that
is key in answering society's biggest problems.
A clear advocacy plan will
outline the key stakeholders
OSPE must interact with in order
to achieve change. These will
include government (municipal,
provincial or federal), as well as
industry partners or academia,
depending on the issue at hand.
3. Partnering with other allied organizations to determine a
joint approach to respond and provide recommendations.
This was done by OSPE, by partnering with the Residential
and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO),
and the Ontario Sewer and Watermain Construction
Association (OSWCA) to conduct a study of the condition
of stormwater infrastructure and the type of asset
management planning that is done in municipalities
across Ontario.
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