What should good solutions/operative clauses look like?
Hello delegates!
Thank you for submitting all your amazing position papers and CONGRATULATIONS on finishing the first round of research! We are currently working on grading the ones that have been submitted and just a friendly reminder that if you wish to be considered for committee awards, the deadline for submission is Feb 10th (this coming Sunday!). For the next 1 month(ish) time before BMUN, there are a few preparations that I would suggest to y’all. The most important final thought of all is to make sure you know exactly the proposed solutions and know what is the “selling point” that you can convince other countries. The solutions are the key to the operative clauses for the resolutions in committee. And to thoroughly and critically examine your solutions is often a good start to think about better operative clauses that go with the “SMART” principle, which is one of the most important strategies that we perceive in evaluating resolutions.
The “SMART” principle stands for Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Realistic and Time-bound. Each of these requirements work to ensure the effectiveness of the resolution.
Specific: Specificity is about providing ENOUGH details to your solutions. Who, What, When,Where, How and Why. Each of these questions need to be answered. This includes a complete description of the actors (be them NGOs or specific groups of governments or other entities), what specific actions are taken, when and during what time scope is the action taken, where is the action taken (or which countries are affected), how is the action funded or supported by collective governance mechanism and briefly explain why the solution is optimal and what is the goal of the action.
Measurable: I believe that this standard is among the most important standards of the SMART principle and has been missing from even many existing document. The idea behind this requirement is that the actions should be trackable and evaluable. How do we know if the goal has been achieved? How do we categorize it as a failure? An example of the requirement for our topic 2 is that what it means to be “sustainable agriculture”? What does it mean to be “equal access to food” and “end of hunger”?
Actionable: This requirement is also integral in that this directly determines if the solutions will work out. Actionable means that you have to reexamine the “Who, What, When, Where, How and Why” and look closely at the relationship between the action and the available resources.
Realistic: This is similar to the previous requirement but it focuses more narrowly and strictly on the funding and the sociopolitical environment in the region(s) implemented. Moreover, when thinking about introducing an NGO or an existing international network, try double think their realm of jurisdiction and capabilities instead of just introducing the title of such organizations.
Time-bound: As specified in the previous sectors, when is important when think about implementing a policy. Since policies are very context-sensitive and they work only under very specific conditions, understanding these conditions and predicting future developments would be of great significance. So always remember that your solutions should include a time period and a specific plan on when each step should be implemented.
Alright! Here is to the end of this week’s general info post! Remember that learn.bmun.org is always a helpful site for you to gather information from formatting, procedures to content and research instructions. So keep in mind that you can always check that for more information or leave comments below to talk to us!
See you next week!
Thank you for submitting all your amazing position papers and CONGRATULATIONS on finishing the first round of research! We are currently working on grading the ones that have been submitted and just a friendly reminder that if you wish to be considered for committee awards, the deadline for submission is Feb 10th (this coming Sunday!). For the next 1 month(ish) time before BMUN, there are a few preparations that I would suggest to y’all. The most important final thought of all is to make sure you know exactly the proposed solutions and know what is the “selling point” that you can convince other countries. The solutions are the key to the operative clauses for the resolutions in committee. And to thoroughly and critically examine your solutions is often a good start to think about better operative clauses that go with the “SMART” principle, which is one of the most important strategies that we perceive in evaluating resolutions.
The “SMART” principle stands for Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Realistic and Time-bound. Each of these requirements work to ensure the effectiveness of the resolution.
Specific: Specificity is about providing ENOUGH details to your solutions. Who, What, When,Where, How and Why. Each of these questions need to be answered. This includes a complete description of the actors (be them NGOs or specific groups of governments or other entities), what specific actions are taken, when and during what time scope is the action taken, where is the action taken (or which countries are affected), how is the action funded or supported by collective governance mechanism and briefly explain why the solution is optimal and what is the goal of the action.
Measurable: I believe that this standard is among the most important standards of the SMART principle and has been missing from even many existing document. The idea behind this requirement is that the actions should be trackable and evaluable. How do we know if the goal has been achieved? How do we categorize it as a failure? An example of the requirement for our topic 2 is that what it means to be “sustainable agriculture”? What does it mean to be “equal access to food” and “end of hunger”?
Actionable: This requirement is also integral in that this directly determines if the solutions will work out. Actionable means that you have to reexamine the “Who, What, When, Where, How and Why” and look closely at the relationship between the action and the available resources.
Realistic: This is similar to the previous requirement but it focuses more narrowly and strictly on the funding and the sociopolitical environment in the region(s) implemented. Moreover, when thinking about introducing an NGO or an existing international network, try double think their realm of jurisdiction and capabilities instead of just introducing the title of such organizations.
Time-bound: As specified in the previous sectors, when is important when think about implementing a policy. Since policies are very context-sensitive and they work only under very specific conditions, understanding these conditions and predicting future developments would be of great significance. So always remember that your solutions should include a time period and a specific plan on when each step should be implemented.
Alright! Here is to the end of this week’s general info post! Remember that learn.bmun.org is always a helpful site for you to gather information from formatting, procedures to content and research instructions. So keep in mind that you can always check that for more information or leave comments below to talk to us!
See you next week!
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