Interested in contributing to the discussion? Here are the guidelines for blog posts

The Global Partnership on Small Arms is a platform where stakeholders engaged in reducing or preventing illicit arms trafficking can interact. Our goal is for the community to have a place to exchange information, experience, knowledge, and offer feedback to one another in order to further our shared goals .

The platform also includes this blog. The blog is a place where partners––practitioners, experts, diplomats, or staffers––can provide share information on items of mutual interest, highlight recent publications or projects, or otherwise engage the community on relevant topics. For example, a partner might blog about situations where the proliferation of illicit arms fostered armed violence or share experiences on an effective small arms control intervention. Blog posts could also promote the policy-relevant findings of a recent publication or highlight a topical event, process, or even a news story.

Ideally, the blog posts will be 600 words or less. We encourage the use of visuals (though our platform is limited to 2 per post). We also encourage contributors to be concise, write accessibly, and be as reader-friendly as possible. As you can see, the tone of a blog post is intended to be less formal than published outputs but we ask that all posts be referenced appropriately and follow a clear and logical structure. We also ask that contributors propose five keywords (maximum of 5), highligthing the main themes of the piece. Those keywords will appear above the post and will be used these to allow readers to access similar content.

The Survey retains editorial control of all posts on the blog. We’ll work with you on any post and won’t put anything on the blog without your final approval of any changes we propose. If you have a suggestion for a blog post, please send us a message at globalpartnership@smallarmssurvey.org.