Section 4

The Organisation and Preparation of the National Profile

4.5 Completing the National Profile

A checklist is useful to confirm whether progress is being made towards completing the preparation of the National Profile. The checklist in Box 5 could serve as an example, although it would inevitably need to be adapted to fit with established practice and procedure in a particular country. Particular care should be taken to ensure that the workplan and timeframe are understood by all concerned to be both practical and workable.

Box 5: Checklist for Completing the National Profile

ACTIVITY	Timeframe	Completed?
(1) Identify a National Co-ordinator (2) Identify Members of National Profile Team (3) Identify Researchers/Experts for Working Groups (4) Identify Key Agencies and Concerned Parties (5) Contact Key Agencies and Concerned Parties - both National and International (6) Hold a High Level National Planning Meeting (7) Identify Key Sources of Information - both documented and otherwise (8) Allocate Responsibility for Drafting Specific Chapters (9) Hold Regular Meetings to review Progress and Interim Drafts of the Document (10) Circulate a Final Draft of the National Profile Document to all Concerned Parties for final comment (11) Prepare the final National Profile (with Executive Summary) (12) Submit National Profile to Government (13) National Co-ordinator submits memo to government on some possible follow-up actions. (14) Print and Circulate the National Profile (15) Print and Circulate the Executive Summary (16) Conduct Press Briefing on Main issues arising from the National Profile (17) Conduct mini briefings with other stakeholders (18) Time frame for implementation

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