Memo Writing

TASK ONE: WRITING A POLICY MEMORANDUM GUIDELINES & EVALUATION CRITERIA

CONTENTS

Getting Started
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Writing Guidelines

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Evaluation Criteria for Task One

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I. Getting Started

Steps to complete task one

1. Choose a scenario from the list provided separately
2. Choose a national mission to address
3. Write your policy memorandum
4. Make sure that your policy memorandum is consistent with the submission guidelines below
5. Submit your memo

Step 1: Choose a scenario

Students should write amemorandum on one of the government national missions on climate change. (Provided in the separate document)

Step 2: Choose a national mission to address

The national missions are listed in the separate document sent along with this. Choose any of the national missions which are a part of the government of India’s “National Action Plan on Climate Change” Your memorandum should be addressed to the government responding to the action plan your decide to choose from the document attached along.

We encourage you to discuss specific features of the national mission such that you are familiar with the mission and its details.

Step 3: Write your memorandum

In your policy memorandum, you will address and respond to the mission you have chosen and try to convince your target audience that you understand the situation and its relevance and the action you propose to implement an altered version it in your organization giving reasons for the alterations, listing problems you envisage and therefore the practical recommendations for suggestions or change you suggest.

In your policy memorandum you are tasked to develop advocacy messages which:

 Outline the nature of the problem;
 Argue for the adoption of your chosen approach to solving the problem; and finally,
 Propose a set of practical recommendations for action by