This one-day course is part of IPAA’s popular suite of practical policy courses for the public sector. The course covers policy making in the public sector context and identifies the range of policy documents public sector employees may be required to prepare.
It also includes practical exercises in designing and preparing policy documents. The course will be most helpful if you have some experience in policy development in the public or not for profit sector. The course will assist you to develop skills required to produce effective, high quality policy documents.
- Identify when a policy can be useful and what policy documents should be developed
- Identify the range of policy documents used in government
- Learn the key features of the policy cycle and how to use this methodology
- Work through the process to develop a policy statement or proposal
- Learn the key features of effective policy documents
- Critique key features of effective policy documents
By the end of this course attendees should be able to:
- understand the different types of policy documents in relation to the policy cycle
- identify the key features of a good policy document
- identify key processes followed to develop a policy draft
- understand the quality control issues
- you will produce more effective policy documents
- you will understand when a policy document is needed
- you will understand how to write for a range of audiences from Ministers to the general public
- you will produce more effective policy documents
- you will understand the different types of policy documents used in government
- you will understand the process involved in developing a policy statement, proposal or initiative