Final Report: Strategic Planning and Budgeting
Effective Multi-Beneficiary Learning and Networking
Effective Multi-Beneficiary Learning and Networking
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LEARNING AND NETWORKING PROVIDED 21<br />
Coordination, Communication<br />
<strong>and</strong> Knowledge Sharing<br />
Writing <strong>Strategic</strong> Documents<br />
SPB activity 2.15<br />
Description<br />
To convey messages effectively, authors of any government piece of writing (from short e-mails to most formal<br />
reports) need to ensure that readers quickly underst<strong>and</strong> the key points <strong>and</strong> structure of their writing. Participants<br />
of the learning activity learned about strategies for making English writing more effective, clear, concise,<br />
<strong>and</strong> engaging. Through a combination of brief lectures, small group work <strong>and</strong> plenary discussions, participants<br />
learned about ways to develop <strong>and</strong> strengthen the content <strong>and</strong> processes for their most important documents.<br />
The activity focused on efficient writing of strategic macrofiscal documents, especially for the intermediate<br />
<strong>and</strong> final authors of ERP reports, which EU pre-accession countries need to submit each year to the European<br />
Commission. Exercises were based on examples drawn from the participants’ own writing <strong>and</strong> editing, <strong>and</strong><br />
focused on establishing clarity; outlining <strong>and</strong> organizing text; highlighting key messages; guiding the reader<br />
through sentences <strong>and</strong> paragraphs; editing own <strong>and</strong> others’ work; targeting audience; avoiding bureaucratic<br />
language; editorial style <strong>and</strong> consistency; <strong>and</strong> formatting for the reader.<br />
Contribution to EU pre-accession agenda<br />
Assessments of past surveillance reports submitted to the European Commission stressed the importance<br />
of strengthening the story line between different chapters, <strong>and</strong> better addressing inconsistencies that come<br />
about, for example, when integrating inputs of different stakeholders into the main document. Such integration<br />
often results in an unbalanced mix of too much detail on less important aspects <strong>and</strong> too little emphasis<br />
on more important aspects. The activity addressed a range of strategies to address such weaknesses.<br />
Beneficiary feedback<br />
»Thank you for accepting me to this workshop. It was very useful for me, <strong>and</strong> I think in my institution I will contribute<br />
with the information <strong>and</strong> skills that I gained.«
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