Improving Regulation

Effective regulation is vital to protect consumers, society, health, the economy and the environment. Expectations of the level of protection that regulation should provide are steadily increasing. At the same time there is a need to manage...

The Strategic Policy Maker’s Toolkit – Two-Day Training Seminar

This is a two-day training course taking place on Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th October

To succeed, governments and the officials supporting them need to understand how to make good decisions using...

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...

Scenario Planning 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...

Implementing Strategy in the Civil Service – Four-Day Training Seminar, Central London

This is a four-day training course that will be delivered live in Central London from Monday 28th November to Thursday 1st December.

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

Monitoring and Evaluation (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...

The A-Z of Policy

This event covers the essentials that every policy maker needs. It is ideal for those new to policy or those seeking to build on their existing knowledge. It covers the development of the whole policy cycle: rationale,...

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...

Modifying Behaviour through Policy

This training seminar will examine the most effective approaches to delivering policy objectives by means of understanding individual or group behaviour. It will look in detail at the methodologies policy makers can use, and how we can...