The document discusses the Joint UN Communications Team (JCT) and key elements of successful joint communications and advocacy within the UN system. It emphasizes the importance of strategic thinking, information flow, understanding comparative advantages, and empowering individuals. It also outlines some challenges faced by the JCT, including budget constraints, overcoming individual agency perspectives, and gaining senior-level understanding. The JCT aims to have a synchronized communications strategy that is aligned with UN priorities and distributed throughout the team.
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2. Joint UN Communications Team - JCT
JOINT UN COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVOCACY
ELEMENTS OF SUCCES & KEY PRINCIPLES
UNDERSTANDING the importance of joint comms at UNCT and SUPPORT from UNCT
PRAGMATISM Apply the One UN Voice where it works
STRATEGIC THINKING Joint Comms Strategy & AWP
Functional INFORMATION FLOW To the top and back
Within the team
Across UN agencies, teams and units, through JCT
network
Merging COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES within the JCT
Understanding the BROADER PICTURE of UNs work in the country
EMPOWERING individuals to empower the team
Building OWNERSHIP, identifying BUY IN for all
Effective CHAIRMANSHIP
..working UNDER ONE ROOF really helps!
4. United Nations in Montenegro
JOINT UN COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVOCACY
KEY CHALLENGES
Budget constraints / Cost sharing Prevents
planning
Overcome cocooning in individual entities/agencies perspectives
Finding common ground of agencies mandates / strong personalities
(in JCT)
Understanding at the senior level (within respective agencies)
Sharing workload and responsibilities
Approval system and procedures
Fighting resistance - Finding a way to reach the hearts of many -
5. Joint UN Communications Team - JCT
JOINT UN COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVOCACY
THE STRATEGY
SYNCHRONIZED
ALIGNED WITH UNDAF (Integrated UN Programme)
FEASIBLE
FOCUSED
DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE TEAM
MEASURED - MONITORED AND REVISED
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Joint UN Communications Team - JCT
JOINT UN COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVOCACY
GOOD PRACTICES
EFFECTIVE
INFORMATION
FLOW
INTERNAL
AUDIENCE
UN Weekly Update
EXTERNAL
AUDIENCE
UN Newsletter
UN MONTENEGRO JOINT ONLINE LIBRARY OF
REPORTS AND PUBLICATINOS
ONE CLICK ACCESS TO ALL THE KNOWLEDGE OF UN MONTENEGRO
JOINT UN MONTENEGRO ONLINE
PHOTO LIBRARY
ONE CLICK ACCESS TO ALL THE PHOTOS OF UN MONTENEGRO
UN MONTENEGRO
DaO SURVEY
SCANING PERCEPTION OF DaO AMONG STAFF, IDENTIFYING TRENDS
7. Joint UN Communications Team - JCT
JOINT UN COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVOCACY
SHIFT
IN THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE RESULTS
BRINGING OUR WORK CLOSER TO THE COMMUNITY
GOOD PRACTICES
BUILDING COALITIONS
UNLOCKING CONVENING POWER,
SPARKING DEBATE
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JOINT UN COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVOCACY
GOOD PRACTICES
STRONG PRESENCE ON
SOCIAL MEDIA
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JOINT UN COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVOCACY
Ask
DOs & DONTs
Command
vs.
Generate enthusiasm vs.
Exercise authority
vs.
Say We Say I
Accept responsibility vs. Blame others (or DaO)
Give credits vs. Take credits
Say Lets do it vs. Say Do it
Listen to hear vs. Listen to judge
Be solution oriented vs. Focusing on the problem
Be flexible vs. Be rigid