4. Convening cycle
4.1. Planning together
A convening is the result of teamwork that engages not only the hosting programme/team but also m...
4.2. Communication strategy and output
4.3. Roles involved in convening cycle
4.4 Convening timeline
4.5 Convening platforms, tools and repository
4.6. Budget and finance
4.6.1. Budget forecast
All convenings require budget. The APC convenings lead will work on a budget forecast, including ...
4.6.2. Travel expense, per diem and reimbursement
APC follows its travel expense policy for overall travel and subsistence costs such as per diem, ...
4.6.3. Resource persons’ subcontracts and agreements
Resource persons are individuals or teams contracted for the implementation of specific services ...
4.6.4. Post-convening finance reconciliation
Post-convening finance reconciliation is the final accounting of the services procured for the co...
4.7. Location and venue selection
4.7.1. Location comparison
The selection of a location for an APC convening is chosen after the assessment of different fact...
4.7.2. Venue assessment, cost comparison and procurement process
After determining the location for a convening, which can be the result of an internal location c...
4.7.3. Accommodation
APC follows a single-room policy for accommodation in order to respect the privacy and mental hea...
4.8. Convening risk assessment
4.9. Participants’ information and communication
4.9.1. Identification, selection and confirmation
Participants’ experience is at the heart of any convening planning and implementation. To achieve...
4.9.2. Applications and expression of interest to participate
The APC systems and information coordinator has to liaise with the organising team to create and ...
4.9.3. Logistics registration survey
Once the participants have been confirmed, the APC systems and information coordinator creates a ...
4.9.4. Information and communication
It is convening point of contact’s responsibility to make sure all members of the coordination te...
4.10. Visa
4.10.1. APC-hosted or co-hosted convenings
APC recognises the limitations, challenges and discrimination by visa regimes on the free mobilit...
4.10.2. APC delegations or APC satellite events to external convenings
In all cases when the location of an event is not decided by APC or the convening, due to its nat...
4.10.3. Types of visa
APC is committed to provide support for conference visa as the type that provides the higher tran...
4.10.4. Visa support systems
Local partners’ support When a conference visa is the only acceptable option for participants, s...
4.10.5. Information and supporting documentation for visa application
It is the responsibility of the convenings lead or the Ops programme staff to reach out individua...
4.10.6. Host information
APC will make sure to provide the correct details of the host organisation to all participants ap...
4.10.7. Visa support documents
Following the communication about the visa, the convening lead will create the repository for vis...
4.11. International and local travel
4.11.1. Flight bookings
Once participants have submitted their details in the Logistics Registration Form, and they do no...
4.11.2. Trusted travel agents
APC works with a set of trusted travel agents that are able to offer diverse options and absorb r...
4.11.3. Travel agency ordering numbers sheet
Currently this document is the main register of all bookings made in APC, and it is mandatory to ...
4.11.4. Bookings made by authorised staff
Only the Ops core team and Ops programme staff can book tickets through the trusted travel agents...
4.11.5. Bookings made by participants
In some cases, participants are allowed to book their own tickets. This is generally the case for...
4.11.6. Local travel in origin country
Local travel refers to any means of transportation needed to get from the participants’ home to t...
4.11.7. Ground transportation in destination country
There are several approaches on how to plan transportation for participants on arrival and for de...
4.11.8. Transportation schedule
When organising ground transportation in the destination country, it is necessary to create trans...
4.12. Safety, well-being and care
4.13. Monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL)
APC MEL team is the point of reference for the creation of standardised evaluation process for co...