1. 22/02/2006 IASC Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Slide 1 Publicizing Events on the IASC Website Kersten Jauer IASC Secretariat

2. 22/02/2006 IASC Slide 2Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Why use the IASC Calendar? Target Audience  High user quality –Visitors from UN and Non- UN humanitarian partners, donor agencies, media and universities  Rising user numbers –User numbers steadily rising since re-design –Currently 10.000+ page impressions per month

3. 22/02/2006 IASC Slide 3Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Why use the IASC Calendar? Features  Easy to navigate   –Daily, weekly, monthly overviews –Individuals views for all IASC bodies  Fully searchable   –Find meetings with specific agenda items, presenters, hosts etc.  Available as RSS feed   –Get all events for the next 72 hours directly into your newsreader   –Display the IASC calendar on your agency’s website  

4. 22/02/2006 IASC Slide 4Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) How to submit your meetings Instructions  Submit via email –Send as much information as possible to pasoma@un.orgpasoma@un.org  Submit directly online –IASC member agencies can directly add, edit or delete meetings in the IASC Calendar by navigating to the Member Area   –It is possible to restrict content, e.g. dial-instructions, to IASC members –Automatic confirmation emails are great templates for your invitations

5. 22/02/2006 IASC Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Slide 5 Tell your colleagues about it!