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Policy Formulation 2: thinking and talking

Policy Formulation 2: thinking and talking. Today’s agenda. Simulation overview Policy analysis Analysis vs Advocacy Talking: stakeholder engagement Tutorial on Problem Definition. Rod Charlesworth www.rodcharlesworth.com. Simulation –Process. meet in groups required readings

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Policy Formulation 2: thinking and talking

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  1. Policy Formulation 2: thinking and talking

  2. Today’s agenda • Simulation overview • Policy analysis • Analysis vs Advocacy • Talking: stakeholder engagement • Tutorial on Problem Definition Rod Charlesworth www.rodcharlesworth.com

  3. Simulation –Process • meet in groups • required readings • consult "real world" versions of their groups • Tutorials • Brief due November 14 • select a delegate (and an alternate) to speak and negotiate for them during the consultation. • evening, mock multistakeholderconsultation attendance required for all participants : • EBM GBR Monday November 18 • Area-based tenure Tuesday, November 19

  4. Agenda-Setting Policy Formulation Decisionmaking Policy Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Policy Cycle Model

  5. Policy Formulation Thinking Talking Consultation with stakeholders • Policy analysis of alternatives

  6. Essential Steps • Define problem • Criteria for evaluation • Identify multiple alternatives • Outcomes/consequences of alternatives • Compare/tradeoff • Recommended decision

  7. Today’s agenda • Policy formulation • Mid term timber supply case study • Policy analysis • Analysis vs Advocacy • Talking: stakeholder engagement

  8. Analysis vs. Advocacy Analysis advocacy Position based on group’s interest Strategic framing More selective use of evidence • Neutral stance on Solutions, Problem framing • Careful, balanced use of evidence Does effective analysis ignore other side’s argument, or engage it? The best argument explicitly addresses an opponents strongest claim and discredits it with evidence and reason

  9. Today’s agenda • Policy formulation • WFP case study • Policy analysis • Analysis vs Advocacy • Talking: stakeholder engagement

  10. Policy formulation: Talking – consultation alternatives • Private consultations • Notice and comment • Web consultation • Public hearings • Establish a roundtable • Opinion polls • Referendum

  11. Collaborative planning in GBRSmith et al; Price et al • Collaborative planning: • Engage stakeholders • Interest-based • Consensus oriented • Two-tiered planning: • All stakeholders in consensus LRMP process • Gov and FN only: “government to government” G2G

  12. Status of Land Use Planning • Forest Practices Board, “Provincial Land Use Planning: Which Way from Here?” November 2008 • 26 CORE and LRMP plans completed, covers 85% of the provincial land base (together called SLUPs) • 1 in G2G negotiations (Lillooet) • 8 areas without plans FRST 415

  13. Forest Practices Board FRST 415

  14. Forest Practices Board FRST 415

  15. BC Liberals “New Direction” 1 • ILMB Report: A New Direction for Strategic Land Use Planning in BC (December 06) • full implementation April 2008 • Brings end to provincial scale, comprehensive strategic land use planning • All ongoing SLUPs to be completed by March 2010 • new planning will be undertaken only where business drivers demonstrate a need • New policy and legislative changes • FNs’ interests and values • major environmental changes such as Mountain Pine Beetle infestation FRST 415

  16. BC Liberals “New Direction” 2 • Process for new planning • Led by government(s) • FNs’ involvement on a G2G basis where interested • Interest groups and stakeholders serve in a meaningful advisory capacity • Clearly defined process, timelines and products • The end of multistakeholderism? FRST 415

  17. Policy formulation: Talking – criteria for selection? • Participatory • Transparent • Well-informed • Coordinated to avoid jurisdictional conflicts and overlaps • Timely There are tradeoffs between these values. Fostering legitimacy while being timely requires adequately resourced processes

  18. Updated themes • The policy cycle consists of 5 stages: agenda setting, formulation, decision-making, implementation, and monitoring/evaluation • Issues get on the government agenda through a confluence of problem and politics streams • Policy formulation involves both “thinking” (analysis) and “talking” (consultation with stakeholders) • The best argument explicitly addresses an opponents’ strongest claim and addresses it with evidence and reason Sustainable Forest Policy

  19. Next week: • Decision-making and policy design • Forest practices www.rodcharlesworth.com

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