Policy Officers Workshop

Policy analysis and development

- Use policy-making models to understand the policy cycle

- Consider real-world implications and boundaries

- Learn the value and importance of stakeholder engagement

Policy logic and strategy

- Identify policy problems and potential solutions

- Navigate context, politics, and agendas

- Combine tools to achieve desired outcomes

Plotting for success - collaboration and communication

- Build key relationships and leverage expertise

- Communicate issues and ideas to achieve favourable outcomes

- Analyse established policy for effective advocacy

Policy development from A to Z

- Create a robust policy development plan to identify risk

- Implement, monitor, and evaluate successful policy

- Integrate continuous improvement measures

Principles of effective policy writing and communication

- Learn the do’s and don’ts of effective policy writing

- Write purposefully with your audience in mind

- Identify the power of plain language with non-policy stakeholders

Organise information for policy writing

- Establish the policy context and level of detail

- Explore core principles for policy documents

- Practise strategies to effectively engage key stakeholders

Successful policy writing in a dynamic and evolving environment

- Identify policy client demand and stakeholder needs

- Create evolving policy documents

- Articulate policy positions and integrate with frameworks

Policy writing for effective stakeholder engagement

- Use visual techniques to successfully engage and communicate

- Frame questioning for informed policy design

- Learn from the past to benefit future policy