Partner Clearance

Partners are responsible for setting up internal procedures to ensure that summaries and documentation sent to the secretariat have been cleared.

Contact Persons

Partners must designate and communicate to the Secretariat a single contact person who, unless otherwise indicated on the summary, will be responsible for:

1. Sending summaries and documentation to the Secretariat

2. Providing answers to any questions from the Secretariat during the editorial process

3. Approving/amending summaries that have been published online as drafts within 2 weeks.

4. Responding to queries from partners concerning the published summaries.

Editorial process

The Secretariat will:

1. Acknowledge receipt of the summary to the contact person, raise any immediate issues and, where possible, provide an indication of when drafts will be available online for review.

2. Edit summary.

3. Publish the summary as a draft, notify the contact person with a request to approve/amend the draft within 2 weeks, and direct any queries arising from the editing process to the contact person.

4. Revise the draft summary where necessary, in accordance with the comments provided by the contact person within 2 weeks of the publication of the draft.

5. Remind the contact person one day or more prior to the expiry of the 2 week period if no approval/amendment has been received.

6. Publish the summary as final and circulate to the mailing list.

Template and Keywords

Partners will fill in all sections of the template, including section 2 on "Administrative and editorial information" which confirms the contact details associated with the summary.

The template and keyword list are available in English and in French via these links:

Template English / Template French

Keywords English / Keywords French

ALL SUMMARIES SHOULD BE SENT TO BOTH ADDRESSES BELOW:

fpalmer@migpolgroup.com AND sobura@migpolgroup.com