The workshop on advocacy and social participation for non-governmental organizations started on January 9, 2018 in the conference hall of the social deputy with the presence of NGOs and also with the speeches of Dr. Soomi and Dr. Taher Aghdam and it continued with the presentation of Dr. Mahasti Alizadeh. Some of the most important topics that were mentioned in this workshop were: definition of advocacy and examples of advocacy, prioritization of criteria and issues of advocacy, environment evaluation for advocacy, key components in advocacy messages, how to attract and select partners etc.