The Project

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NARRATIVE CHART OF THE PROJECT

a. Project purpose and justification

 This project of website and social media tools is an important initiative that aims to expand and maintain the debate over lawfare with the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). This work depends on the collaboration of several actors and stakeholders, who can donate and collaborate to the success of our final goal: true democracy! 

The contents and organization of this project have the following objectives:  

* Promote ideas over lawfare among social media  

* Bring focus to the debate and value to the debaters  

* Show the research and publications on lawfare 

* Share stories and cases about lawfare 

* Gather more and more memberships, news and useful information 

* Provide paths for development and knowledge  

* Learning from other specialists 

* Capturing resources research and study 

Based on previous proposals and initiatives, through a content management system (CMS), associated with other social media tools linked to it, this Project will share posts organized according to the following categories of information (content and news):

* Lawfare as Persecution 

* Lawfare as Disinformation   

 * Lawfare as Game Theory 

* Lawfare as Neoliberalism 

* Lawfare as Ideology 

* Lawfare as Sabotage 

b. Measurable project objectives and related success criteria

With specified objectives and products, this project has short, medium, and long term deadlines. The following products will be developed through the allocation of financial resources for the proper purposes of providing services of Journalism, Marketing, Public Relations, and Advertising. The work of research and development over lawfare is committed to the delivery of the following products: 

Book (revised edition in English) 

Release of the second revised and extended edition of the book LAWFARE UNDER DEBATE 

Website 

Shared content management system: news, articles, papers, videos, campaigns, and cases related to lawfare 

 Social Media 

Twitter: networking – net weaving 

Facebook: content sharing – fan page; 

Instagram: sharing images 

YouTube: channel and video repository; 

Pinterest: Catalogs of interest. 

Research and development 

Professional activities and services of integrated communication management 

Fundraising 

Search and receive sufficient financial resources for the sustainability of the work. 

OBJECTIVES SUCCESS CRITERIA 

* To Publish Book (Second edition) > printed and distributed 

* To land a website CMS > created and updated 

* To net weave by Social media Profiles > created and updated 

* To build a geolocation platform > Created and updated 

* To organize online events > created and updated 

* To offer services of a researcher and communication specialist > signed contracts 

* To raise funds > Fundraising strategy developed 

c. High-level requirements

* Support of the community and third sector 

* Contents accessible online from office or remotely 

* Softwares and template tools consistent for lawfare research 

* Professional activities and services of integrated communication  

* Financial sponsorship or philanthropy granted

d. Assumptions and constraints

Project assumptions can be translated as factors that would affect this Project. It is important to highlight some assumptions because there is a level of uncertainty associated with them which introduces risk to a project. So, the stakeholders must be mindful of these assumptions to identify and mitigate any risk associated with them: 

* The products that will originate within the scope of this project for the professional activities and services provided have quality and value for their followers  

* The use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) is a powerful tool for networking and building the debate over lawfare 

* This project does not belong only to its idealizers/stakeholders, but to all that are willing to collaborate 

On the other hand, project constraints are limitations that this Project would face due to funding, scheduling/time, technology, or resources. It is also important that all stakeholders must remain mindful of the following constraints:

* All engagement needs to be awakened through relationship marketing 

* The project requires professional marketing professional with skills in providing integrated communication services 

* The planning and organization of research work demands investments in equipment and operational infrastructure 

e. High-level risks

Based on the assumptions and constraints, we can state the high-level risks in the project. To determine and employ the necessary risk mitigation/avoidance strategy as appropriate, the following risks for this Project have been identified: 

Most of the materials and professional services provided under the Project scope depend on investments linked to the fundraising strategy 

As the Project expands its reach from national to international, more supporters will emerge and accountability mechanisms must contain the necessary transparency.

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