POLICY DESIGN

1. POLICY DESIGN

2. Define what you mean by policy in general • Take note of views of: • functionalism: • policy as integrative • liberal pluralism • policy as politically contested • marxism • policy as power of the dominant • radical democracy, • policy as empowering

3. What defines good policy in general: • It addresses all qtns. For eg: • Why the policy? What is it about? • Who makes it, for whom? • Where is it made, where does it apply? • How is it made, how is it applied? Good policy shd be comprehensive. • It can achieve its objectives.

4. Good policy ten-point checklist

5. Ingredients of good policy It should be relevant and clear: • Why this policy, what’s the purpose? (eg. predictability, enabling, empowering) • Whose problem/possibility is addressed? Thus: Dont’s and do’s. • Who the policy is for? Whose interests? • Who should implement it. • Clear objectives are spelled out.

6. Checklist: Cover all points • Relevance, purpose, interests, objectives. • Definition of what it covers. • Who will make the policy, who adopt it? • List of inputs: external, values, research, consultation • What philosophy of intervention?

7. Checklist: Cover all points • Practical implications (budget, time) • Assessment – what indicators are there? How gauge degrees of success or failure? • Who will communicate the policy? • Who will monitor and assess? • Who will action change?

8. And on to strategy • Now you have a draft policy. • Still needed is a concrete strategy that deals with where to from here: • how should it be a living thing? • who should take it further? • how should this happen? • over what time frame? • with what performance indicators for the strategy? • what rewards for reaching milestones and making progress?

9. Conclusion • Policy is a management aid, • A protective system, • An empowering environment, • A force for progress.

10. Thank you Understand policy … and be a super-editor/manager