Strategic Communication for ABS: A Conceptual Guide and Toolkit for Practitioners
ABS Capacity Development Initiative;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2012), 86 pp.
Contains illustrations
"This Guide offers advice about the role, relevance and use of communication for implementing Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS) systems at the national level. It provides an overview of communication considerations, approaches and methods for the different phases of ABS implementation. Establishing ABS policies, regulations, institutions and mechanisms is a process of social change. Well-designed communication strategies will help you manage the change effectively, and efficiently." (Introduction)
I. INTRODUCTION, 6
II. GETTING STARRTED, 8
III. COMMUNICATING WHAT : EIGHT FIELDS OF ACTION FOR ABS IMPLEMENTATION, 11
Field 2 Defining Overall ABS Policies/Strategies
Field 3 Putting in Place Domestic ABS Regulations
Field 4 Establishing Institutional Arrangements
Field 5 Dealing with Traditional Knowledge (TK)
Field 6 Dealing with Trans-boundary issues
Field 7 Valorisation Strategy
Field 8 Stakeholder Involvement
Summary: Eight Fields of Action for ABS Implementation
IV. GETTING STRATEGIC - 10 STEPS FOR COMMUNICATING ABS, 22
Assessment
Planning
Production
Action & Reflection
V. TOOLBOX, 44
Assessment
Planning
Production
Action & Reflection
II. GETTING STARRTED, 8
III. COMMUNICATING WHAT : EIGHT FIELDS OF ACTION FOR ABS IMPLEMENTATION, 11
Field 2 Defining Overall ABS Policies/Strategies
Field 3 Putting in Place Domestic ABS Regulations
Field 4 Establishing Institutional Arrangements
Field 5 Dealing with Traditional Knowledge (TK)
Field 6 Dealing with Trans-boundary issues
Field 7 Valorisation Strategy
Field 8 Stakeholder Involvement
Summary: Eight Fields of Action for ABS Implementation
IV. GETTING STRATEGIC - 10 STEPS FOR COMMUNICATING ABS, 22
Assessment
Planning
Production
Action & Reflection
V. TOOLBOX, 44
Assessment
Planning
Production
Action & Reflection
