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Communicating with Parliament and the Public
Communicating with Parliament and the Public
Social Media | Accounts, Curation, Content & Communication Policy
Social Media | Accounts, Curation, Content & Communication Policy
Project Tasks
Innovation in dissemination of research findings to target audiences
The use of social media channels to communicate key evidence
Related Tasks
Development of new products and novel methods of publication and dissemination, for example use of multimedia products, such as voice and video clips of research evidence for increased impact
Data visualization methods for example use of multimedia products, such as voice and video clips of research evidence for increased impact
Expert Opinion
Formalize normative expectations as institutional policy is a critical and appropriate culture-building intervention.
Recommendations
The DRS should create and staff a Public Affairs Office to coordinate internal communications and public messaging according to best practices policy.
TikTok policy challenge: DRS should issue current event challenges to the TikTok community to communicate policy isssues through interpretive dance.
NOTE: This recommendation was modified into the Hot Topics Broadsheet solution.
Examples
Newsletters (subscription)
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
TikTok
YouTube
Resources
Homeland Security Digital Library
Website | Content & Organization
Website | Content & Organization
Project Tasks
Developing a periodical of research in form of a journal and external publishing of research papers
Processes involved in establishment of an editorial board, editorial procedures and teams for peer review and quality control of the reports
Publishing books and papers from research
Expert Opinion
As a publicly-funded entity, DRS is accountable to the Ugandan people and is obliged to make its work product transparent and accessible to the public. As a knowledge brokering entity, DRS plays a critical role in the democratic functioning of government primarily by curating information in order to facilitate the work of elected representatives, and secondarily by sharing that knowledge with the public in order to promote transparency and support accountability.
Recommendations
The DRS should create and staff a Public Affairs Office to manage its social media portfolio and engage with MPs and the public within policy guidelines.
Google sandbox site should be used to develop DRS Official Website content and public outreach ideas, and then migrated over to the official site.
Examples
African Population and Health Research Center Blog
Resources
Google sandbox site: Copy of Culture Building for Evidence-based Policy
Note: the sandbox site is saved as a copy to the Evidence4Uganda Google Drive with open access permissions that allow anybody with the link (https://sites.google.com/view/drs-sandbox) to access its content
The original version remains on the BOSS Services account for version control purposes, to coordinate migration of new and/or updated content
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Google Sites
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