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Press and media relations

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Promotes global press coverage of urban and human settlements issues

Media strategies for key to maximize coverage : e.g. World Urban Forum, flagship publication launches, World Habitat Day

Arrange and manage media interviews for print, TV, radio, etc.

Journalist training to sensitize them urban and shelter issues

Compile, issue press kits, press releases, media advisories

Spokesperson for the agency Sharad Shankardass

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UN-HABITAT Publications

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Oversee Publications Programme Secretary to the Publications Board Coordinate whole publishing cycle –

planning, production, marketing, sales and distribution

Provide editorial, layout and design services for agency’s publications and other content e.g. web content

Urban World English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese Hard copy distribution to over 10,000

addresses Electronic distribution much higher

via website

Annual Report

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UN-HABITAT Publications - outreach

Average of 500,000publication downloads from UN-HABITAT public site per year in addition to orders of print copies

CPR members receive copy of agency’s new publications

Outreach to partners through regional, liaison and information offices and some 200 libraries

Partnerships with Google Print and Amazon

Publications up to 2002 digitized on one CD-ROM

50% discount for developing countries

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Event Management

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Coordinate World Habitat Day celebrations 2007: Global Observance in The Hague, Monterrey Over 100 celebrations worldwide annually Manage Scroll of Honour award

Support other events including World Urban Forum Promotion: targeted mailing, website, press, Internet ads,… Design, editing and production of publicity and background

information Registration Exhibitions Press and web coverage Conference journals, reporting

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Electronic Publishing and IT

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www.unhabitat.org News – average of 3 news items per

week Publications – over 1,000 titles,

most of which can be downloaded directly from site

Events calendar E-Library – resolutions, declarations,

reports, training guides Countries – operational activities by

country Partners and donors CPR-Extranet

habnet.unhabitat.org - Intranet

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Electronic Publishing and IT – CPR Extranet

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www.unhabitat.org/cpr UserID – cpr Password - cprdocs

Content Upcoming CPR regular and

working group meetings Background documentation on

meetings Information about CPR – GC

Member States, Members of the Bureau of the GC and CPR

Directory of CPR members with contact details

Directory of UN-HABITAT staff members with contact details

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Information Management

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Library Special library tours for visitors to the library Purchase and maintain urban development/shelter collection Research on specific issues using online journals and databases

Intranet – content for habnet.unhabitat.org Central knowledge base for staff at Headquarters and in the field Project documents, E-Library, images, global staff directory, events

calendar, internal procedures, forms and templates, etc.

Enhance internal communication Karibu UN-Habitat

Archives and Records Management programme Enterprise Content Management

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Medium Term Strategic and Institutional Plan

New brand launched in 2008 at WUF - Brand manual- Templates to assure standard quality and

increase efficiency- Promotional materials

Key role in the knowledge management group

- Knowledge to support for results based management

- Knowledge to partners to achieve sustainable urbanization

Support for resource mobilization- System to support coordinated resource

mobilization- Standard marketing kit in all languages

(annual report, brochure, standard power point presentations, promotional items,etc.)

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