The following programme areas for behaviour change communication are based on UNICEF’s Core Commitments for Children in Emergencies (CCC). These programme areas are designed as a starting point for planning behaviour change communication initiatives for emergencies, as presented in Behaviour Change Communication in Emergencies: A Toolkit, developed by UNICEF’s Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA) in 2006. These principles and processes may be applied to other programmatic areas in the CCC that have not been included as well.

The programmatic chapters follow a standard format that offers information on:

• Essentials about the subject
• Principles in promoting the subject
• Doing the groundwork
• Getting the message right
• Communication actions to promote the subject
• Monitoring milestones
• Practical examples
• Resource bank