Preparing and Submitting a Communication on Progress (COP) using the Basic COP Template: A Step-by-Step Guide

The participant administration section (www.unglobalcompact.org/login) of the United Nations Global Compact website was developed to facilitate the maintenance of participant information and the submission of the annually required Communication on Progress (COP). This step-by-step guide is intended to illustrate the process of submitting a COP using the Basic COP Template. The process should take no longer than 10 minutes. When first registering an organizations information to the Global Compact, individuals listed as Company Contact Points receive a personal login and password by email so that they can manage their organization's account information. Once logged into the site, contact points can submit their organizations COP, add new contacts, modify contact information and assign different roles to each contact. If you have lost your organizations login information, please use the password reset tool to have a new password sent to your registered email (www.unglobalcompact.org/password/new).

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Step 1- Preparing and Submitting a Communication on Progress (COP) using the Basic COP Template
Go to the administration section of the Global Compact website by clicking on the Login link on the Global Compact homepage (www.unglobalcompact.org). Alternatively, you can go directly to the administration site (www.unglobalcompact.org/login). Upon reaching the login screen (pictured below), please enter your personalized Username and Password. Note that all characters are case-sensitive and have no extra spaces. In case you do not know your login information, click on the link below the login fields (Forgot your username or password?), enter your registered email address, and your login information will be sent to you. Please note that login information will only be sent to email addresses stored in our database.

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Step 2- Preparing and Submitting a Communication on Progress (COP) using the Basic COP Template
Upon login, you will be taken to your personalized administration page, which allows you to manage existing or add new contacts within your organization, request the use of the UN Global Compact Logo, submit a Case Story and submit a COP. To submit a COP, click on COPs in the header navigation and then click on Communication on Progress New

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Step 3- Preparing and Submitting a Communication on Progress (COP) using the Basic COP Template
You are now in the introduction page that explains the COP submission process, and provides access to the three COP submission pages of the United Nations Global Compact Differentiation Programme and the Grace Letter submission page.

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Step 4- Preparing and Submitting a Communication on Progress (COP) using the Basic COP Template
During this step you may use the UNGC Basic COP Template to create and submit your COP. To use the UNGC Basic COP Template, please click on the Basic Template tab and then New Basic COP. Please note that the template is in English, however translations are available in Arabic (,) Chinese ( ), French (Franais), Portuguese (Portugus), Russian () and Spanish (Espaol) and the UNGC welcomes answers in the language which best communicates to your organizations stakeholders.

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Step 5 - Preparing and Submitting a Communication on Progress (COP) using the Basic COP Template
You will be asked to provide a Statement of continued support by the Chief Executive Officer and information on the integration of the four (4) issue areas into your corporate strategy. Questions framing the discussion and suggested topics have been provided for your consideration, please click on Suggested topics in order to view these discussion points. Please note, in keeping with the United Nations Global Compact COP policy (February 2011),all business participants are required to communicate on all four (4) of the Global Compact's principle issue areas (human rights, labour, environment, anti-corruption) in their COP.

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Step 6 - Preparing and Submitting a Communication on Progress (COP) using the Basic COP Template
Once you have filled in all desired information, please click on Submit your COP on the left where you will be asked four (4) basic questions on the content of your COP. When you have completed these questions, please click the Submit button on the bottom of your screen.

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Step 7- Preparing and Submitting a Communication on Progress (COP) using the Basic COP Template
Once your COP has been accepted by the system, you will be automatically redirected to the Communication on Progress Details screen. This is the final step in the submission process. If you would like further confirmation that your COP has been approved, please click on View public version which will take you to the public page of that COP. Optionally, you may perform a participant search (www.unglobalcompact.org/participants/search) for your company on our public webpage.

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