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Training proposal · Brussels
Decolonising Advocacy in Practice
From campaign tactics to movement-building and organisational change.
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Decision
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Executive recommendation
Proceed as a threshold-based pilot.
The concept is differentiated and the adjacent Brussels market pays for practical training. The threshold converts uncertain demand into controlled risk.
Recommended commercial gate
16 standard-price bookings + €6,000Both achieved by 17:00 Brussels time on Friday 16 October 2026.
Confirm one organiser of record and a written three-way collaboration agreement.
Cap the gross venue budget at €700 and protect the 19 October cancellation point.
Use two public ticket prices: €225 self-funded and €475 organisation-funded.
Keep guest input to one paid 20–25 minute practitioner contribution, not a panel.
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Strategic frame
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The central challenge
Intent does not transform institutions. Practice does.
The day connects everyday decisions to the relationships and organisational conditions that reproduce them.
Advocacy practice
Agenda-setting, evidence, narrative, representation, asks and evaluation.
Movement relationships
Who holds legitimacy, takes risk, sets direction, receives credit and can say no.
Organisational systems
Governance, incentives, processes, resources, culture and accountability.
practice in
live work
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The offer
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Who it is for
People with a real decision to change.
Bring a live challenge. Leave with a decolonial diagnosis, a redesigned decision and a feasible 90-day experiment.
Advocacy & campaigns
Policy, communications, narrative and mobilisation professionals.
Partnerships & funding
People shaping relationships, grants, coalitions and network strategy.
Institutions & umbrellas
EU bodies, civil-society organisations and membership networks.
Organisational change
Leaders and practitioners able to influence processes, incentives or governance.
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Participant value
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Learning outcomes
Change a live piece of work.
The measure of the day is transfer into practice, not whether the room merely felt inspiring.
Identify colonial patterns in agenda-setting, evidence, voice, funding, risk, credit and accountability.
Distinguish advocacy for communities from movement-building with organised constituencies.
Apply a practical decolonial lens to a campaign, advocacy strategy, partnership or grant decision.
Locate a leverage point across policy, process, incentives, governance, culture, skills or resources.
Use consent-based embodied practices to notice power, contraction and choice under pressure.
Name an accountability relationship and a next step that can survive institutional pressure.
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Method
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Design principles
The method must enact the politics it teaches.
Practice before abstraction
Only enough theory to sharpen the next decision.
Multiple sites of power
Tactics, relationships and organisational systems together.
Consent-based embodiment
Seated, standing and observation options; no forced disclosure.
No extraction
Global Majority participants are not positioned as unpaid educators.
Material redistribution
Fair pay, explicit credit and professional tickets that subsidise access.
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Day architecture
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09:00–17:30
Depth without overload.
Short conceptual inputs alternate with mapping, case clinics, embodiment and organisational redesign.
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Case engine
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Participant-sourced practice
Real cases with clear consent.
12–15 minute intake
Role, decision point, whose knowledge and risk are used, and what can change in 90 days.
Consent boundaries
Participants name what must not be shared; access and dietary data stay separate.
Three composite cases
Facilitators remove names, employers and identifying facts before the day.
Diagnose, redesign, act
Two live labs produce one redesigned decision and a 90-day experiment.
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Grounding the day
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Embodiment · lunch · practitioner voice
Grounded, not performative.
Consent-based embodiment
Low-intensity noticing and regulation practices with seated, standing and observation options.
Lunch as method
A fairly paid, community-rooted Brussels caterer supports reflection without becoming “content.”
Optional guest practitioner
A guest practitioner contributes a perspective that the facilitation team cannot credibly offer. This is a focused contribution, not a second keynote.
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Brussels venue
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Space is part of the method
Mundo Madou first. Impact House second.
The room must hold 30 participants plus three facilitators, a full circle, wall work and low-intensity movement.
Best physical fit
Mundo Madou · Artemisia
€575/day50 seated / 90 standing. Modular, EU-quarter location and proven for comparable training.
Thematic backup
Impact House
€500 + VATTwo connected rooms; 25–30 seated. Confirm that 33 bodies can work comfortably.
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Market signal
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Brussels precedent
People do pay for a Friday of practical training.
The strongest comparable signal is a fully booked €299 EU communications day. Professional advocacy training reaches €499 with lunch.
*Five-day programme expressed as a day-equivalent; coaching and catering included. Subsidised and multi-day offers are not margin-equivalent.
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Pricing
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Two public prices
Legible pricing with redistribution built in.
The distinction is who pays, not whose participation matters more.
Self-funded / community
€225For people paying personally, freelancers, small grassroots groups and those without an employer training budget.
- Maximum ten seats
- Honour-based declaration
- No intrusive proof
Organisation / solidarity
€475For seats paid by an employer, institution, network, consultancy or professional-development budget.
- Proper invoice provided
- Two seats per organisation initially
- Cross-subsidises access
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Economics
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Target cohort · 25 participants
A viable pilot, with the ticket mix doing the work.
After 21% VAT and costs · equal three-way split
€2,006 eachBefore personal tax; facilitator travel is not included unless pre-approved.
What the €1,355 operating budget includes
Catering: 25 participants + 3 facilitators at €25 each, plus €80 delivery and setup. Total: €780. No other operating-cost lines are included.
Planning model with 21% VAT included and no input-VAT recovery assumed.
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Risk control
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Go / no-go decision
16 October
Both conditions must be met. If either is missed, cancel on 19 October and refund in full.
At €6,000 and 16 bookings, the venue-and-catering model leaves roughly €1,196 per facilitator before personal tax. The target remains 25 participants.
100% refund through 28 October; 50% through 12 November; then substitution by a named colleague.
100% refund regardless of date, including fees charged to participants.
Full cancellation through 19 October or a maximum unrecoverable deposit of €700.
Hold €250 because card-processing fees may not be recoverable.
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Collaboration
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One organiser of record
Clear risk. Transparent costs. Equal split.
A one-page agreement protects the relationships before money, participant data or non-refundable commitments enter the picture.
Agree distinct facilitation role and operational lead.
Agree distinct facilitation role and operational lead.
Agree distinct facilitation role and organiser responsibilities.
Agreement also covers spending authority above €150, work allocation, decisions, intellectual property, credit, withdrawal, safeguarding and facilitator travel.
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Route to the room
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Validation before promotion
Warm commitments first. Public launch second.
Lock the offer
Promise, roles, organiser, pricing, agreement, venue and catering quotes.
Anchor campaign
60–80 named contacts; 10–15 umbrella organisations; aim for 30 qualified expressions.
Open registration
Minimum-cohort guarantee, invoicing option and visible progress updates.
Review the mix
Follow up warm leads and underrepresented constituencies; do not discount reactively.
Apply the gate
16 standard-price bookings and €6,000. Confirm or cancel on 19 October.
Deliver the pilot
Resource pack within five working days; January clinic if 25+ seats sell.
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Decision
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Recommended next step
Approve the pilot, subject to five protections.
The opportunity is credible. The conditions make it responsible.
Organiser of record and signed collaboration agreement by 14 September.
Venue at or below €700 gross with cancellation protection through 19 October.
At least 12 credible employer-funded commitments before a non-refundable deposit.
Dual gate: 16 standard-price bookings and €6,000 by 16 October.
Ticket prices include 21% VAT; invoicing and insurance arrangements are confirmed before sales.
First working session: settle organiser, facilitator roles, language, minimum compensation and constituencies that must be in the room.
Primary contact:mahmoud.assy@eufoniadiversity.com