Analysis and Use of Evidence

For governments to achieve their strategic objectives, policy officials need to be able to give excellent advice on how to the intended outcomes can be delivered. Officials need to analyse evidence in order to understand the policy...

Writing Policy Briefs for Policy Makers

This highly practical half-day event is designed to help you to develop your skills and confidence in writing briefings for senior officials and political decision-takers. We will explore the policy context of briefing, examine a range of...

Futures, Foresight and Horizon Scanning for Policy-Makers

There are a number of highly effective tools that can be used to improve the robustness of your policy planning and development.

The methodical application of futures thinking, including horizon scanning and...

Option Appraisal and Decision-Making in Policy

This half-day event is designed to help you to understand and apply best practice in designing and appraising policy options to solve problems and support the decision-making process. We will explore various models of the policy process...

Effective Policy Communications

High quality communication is an integral component of the policy development process. Internally, with Government Ministers and Senior Officials, it will make for better decisions. Externally, with stakeholders, it will enable policies to have a more positive...

Implementing Strategy in the Civil Service (Central London)

This is a four-day training course that will be delivered live in Central London from Monday 27th June to Thursday 30th June.

A strategy is only as good as its implementation – the extent to...

Monitoring and Evaluation (Australia and New Zealand)

Monitoring and Evaluation are integral to policy development. Done properly, they can provide objective, reliable information about the impact and effectiveness of your policies. Without them, you will have no way of assessing if your policy has...

Monitoring and Evaluation

Monitoring and Evaluation are integral to policy development. Done properly, they can provide objective, reliable information about the impact and effectiveness of your policies. Without them, you will have no way of assessing if your policy has...

Targeting Regulation on Risk

Regulation is necessary is to protect consumers, society, health, the economy and the environment. Regulation is most effective when it is targeted where the risks to those the regulation is designed to protect are greatest. This training...

Dynamic Regulation – Regulating for Now and the Future

Effective regulation is vital to protect consumers, society, health, the economy and the environment. At the same time there is a need to manage the cost of regulation - e.g. the cost of operating regulation and also...