Internal Briefing Document Guidelines   Guidelines for Writing the Policy Statement The Policy Statement is in many ways a public version of the Internal Briefing Document. In it, you state your country's policies on the various issues (what you favour and what you oppose), but you do not reveal your negotiation strategies NOTE to journalist teams: Present your Policy Statement in the form of the inaugural issue of your newspaper, to be published on the first day of the negotiations. In it, you introduce your publication, describe your editorial stance and announce your publication schedule. Indicate how you intend to cover the negotiations. Describe the relationship you would like your publication to have with its readers. You might want to use the opportunity to invite letters to the editor or other pieces of writing, for example. Indicate who you hope will be interested in reading your publication. NOTE to non-governmental organizations: Your Policy Statement is a chance to publicize your organization's concerns. Use this opportunity to profile your organization for the other teams. Tell them... how many members you have; whether you are a local, national or international organization; where (i.e. in which country of the Eutropian Federation) your headquarters are located; what human rights issues your organization concerns itself with; to the country teams as they negotiate a design plan for the Eutropolis education system. Legal Consultants: Your Policy Statement is a chance to let the other teams know about the legal consulting service you can provide. Use this opportunity to invite country teams and NGOs to send you questions relating to the legal and constitutional aspects of human rights issues. Say how long you expect it to take to provide answers.

I. Overall Format and Organization of the Policy Statement A. The Policy Statement is the product of a group effort. Therefore, it should be published (i.e. sent to all other teams) in a single, unified document rather than as a number of separate messages from individual team members or from issue area working groups. 1. While the final document should be contained in a single file, it can be written and revised in any number of separate sections in "Papers" and then copied into a single message in the "Message Centre". Send this message to ALL teams, with the following subject line: "Policy Statement." 2. The format, i.e. margins, etc., of the document should be consistent throughout. B. The final Policy Statement should be as professional a document as possible. It should contain the following components: 1. A table of contents. 2. An executive summary, or overview, which succinctly presents the following: a. The overall national policy goals. b. The broad policy goals for each issue area. C. Finally, the Policy Statement should not contain any policy recommendations that are contradictory. II. The Format and Organization of the Individual Sections Each section should address a substantive issue area and should contain the following information: A. Identify the substantive issue. 1. As your delegation sees it, what is the significance of the issue for the Eutropian Federation? 2. Explain how important this issue is for your country and why it is so important. B. How does your delegation propose to deal with or resolve this issue? In addition, the position paper should include a bibliography listing any references to secondary sources. The importance of including references for quoted or paraphrased material cannot be overstated. It allows your readers to check the original references and it demonstrates academic integrity. About Project IDEELS | IDEELS Simulations | Scenario Participant Resources | Facilitator Resources | Site Map | Home