Mining Advocacy

Roundtable Discussions are organized for civil society focus groups and/or MPs who work together on the same pieces of legislation. Outside experts are invited to give input. A documentary information service is provided, consisting of: Newsletters: very brief synopses of items of interest and activities of the office Responses: a short, quick reaction to important events or developments in the area of public policy and political affairs Briefing Papers: short analyses of topical issues, be they legislative, policy or otherwise Occasional Papers: more in-depth analyses, not restricted to topical issues Research Papers: substantive documents aimed at informing the Church’s agenda on a particular topic Digests: short summaries of new information and analysis on selected topics, compiled by our researchers in the course of their reading and networking