Wow, this is a lot of work! It’s so far out of my skillset so I can’t give you direct advice.
But what I would be interested in seeing some time from now (maybe 2-3 months, or when you feel you’ve frustrated the options for communication) is a post-mortem, detailing which of these steps did/didn’t pan out and why, what the final results were, and how you would replicate this with other embassies (if you got any results).
As an Israeli I’d be interested in doing this for any country, but I reckon US embassies are good enough to start with.
I’m happy to give more detail if it’s helpful! I don’t really think anything I did was particularly impactful due to not understanding the system well enough, and due to “advocacy from Americans” being less of a limiting factor than “political capital within the embassy”
Wow, this is a lot of work! It’s so far out of my skillset so I can’t give you direct advice.
But what I would be interested in seeing some time from now (maybe 2-3 months, or when you feel you’ve frustrated the options for communication) is a post-mortem, detailing which of these steps did/didn’t pan out and why, what the final results were, and how you would replicate this with other embassies (if you got any results).
As an Israeli I’d be interested in doing this for any country, but I reckon US embassies are good enough to start with.
Hi Guy, I wrote up an update here: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/Ee4q4RhbjZTG9DKZ8/update-on-pestering-embassies-to-reduce-non-policy-barriers
I’m happy to give more detail if it’s helpful! I don’t really think anything I did was particularly impactful due to not understanding the system well enough, and due to “advocacy from Americans” being less of a limiting factor than “political capital within the embassy”