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A tool to help policy advisors identify the level on the IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation most appropriate for a specific policy project. The final two pages of the design tool are editable and can be used by policy teams to help design their...

Resources to help policy advisors choose the right engagement methods to support good engagement planning. Please download the PDF and open it from your computer before using and printing, as it contains pages in both A4 and A3 that may not print...

In 2016, the Policy Project co-developed the Policy Skills Framework with policy practitioners. It is one of three policy improvement frameworks designed to improve the quality of policy advice across government. On this page: The Policy Skills...

Improving the quality of policy advice across government requires a policy community that is committed to upping its game and sharing best practice. This includes strong leadership of the policy system. Find out about the various elements of...

The Policy Skills Framework describes the mix of knowledge, skills and behaviours a modern policy practitioner requires – to be able to deliver quality policy advice.  Each element of the Framework is described at varying levels of experience and...

The Policy Skills Framework describes the knowledge, applied skills, and behaviour policy practitioners require to be able to produce quality advice. This tool has been designed to help policy practitioners assess their policy skills profile. It can be...

This tool applies the Policy Skills Framework, which describes the knowledge, applied skills, and behaviour expected of policy practitioners. This tool has been designed to help policy managers assess the skills of their team against the Policy Skills...

As part of its work on Commitment 5 of the Open Government Partnership 2018−2021 National Action Plan, the Policy Project carried out a survey of policy advisors, community representatives and their networks, and engagement specialists. The purpose of...

These standards will help you assess and improve the quality of your agency’s written policy and other advice, and whether it is fit for purpose. The advice may be for a minister, Cabinet, or other decision-makers, and may be jointly provided with other...

This checklist can be used when reviewing a paper that you (or someone else) are developing. The Policy Quality Framework sets out four standards of quality policy analysis and advice. Detailed characteristics sit under each of these standards. ...

This paper-scoring template can be used by policy quality panel members to record their preliminary assessment of each paper they read. This document is an editable PDF. It can be completed electronically and then printed, or you can print it out and...

This guide contains advice on how to run a panel-based assessment of policy and other advice papers after their delivery (an ex-post assessment process) using the Policy Quality Framework. It also explains how to score advice papers using the Policy...

Ministry of Transport case study: The Policy Project has worked with several public sector agencies as part of the ongoing focus to improve policy quality across the public sector. Here is what the Ministry of Transport had to say about...

Inland Revenue case study: Inland Revenue has committed to applying the Policy Capability Framework every 6 months as a health check. This case study outlines Inland Revenue’s policy capability journey and how they have used the Policy...

We've created three policy improvement frameworks to help government agencies deliver great policy advice. They promote a more joined-up and consistent approach to improving individual’s policy skills, organisational capability, and the quality of advice...

This resource describes the main features of the Policy Capability Framework and explains how to apply the review tool to improve policy capability.    

This light-touch review tool presents the related ‘lines of inquiry’ from the full framework, to help you and your colleagues assess your organisation's policy capability. For the full version with indicators and maturity ratings to help with...

These standards will help you assess and improve the quality of your agency's written policy and other advice, and whether it is fit for purpose. The advice may be for a minister, Cabinet or other decision makers, and may be jointly provided with other...

The Government is addressing how it engages with people and communities, so they can have a stronger voice in the design, development and implementation of policies and programmes that affect them. This is a recommendation of the Royal Commission report...

Join us as we share stories and insights from New Zealand and abroad that can boost our policy making. What makes great policy? Or what makes policy great? Follow our blog for our posts on initiatives from New Zealand and abroad – there’s a lot they can...

A case study on community engagement to establish a safe and effective justice system.

A case study on designing experiments to test the feasibility of new digital identity solutions.

A case study on engaging with farming communities to understand their lived experience of issues.

A guide for government agencies and policy advisors on inclusive community engagement in policy making.

The Development Pathways Tool can help you as a policy practitioner to develop your policy skills. If you are a policy manager, it can help you with development planning for your team. The Development Pathways Tool identifies the actions that a policy...

Denny Kudrna from the Regulatory Stewardship Team at the Treasury delivered this presentation at the Policy Project's August 2021 forum on policy and law.

Matthew Green from the Legislation Design and Advisory Committee delivered this presentation at the August 2021 Policy Forum held by the Policy Project.

Eliza Prestidge-Oldfield from Policy Project in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet delivered this webinar in 2021. You can watch a video of the presentation at Webinar: Lifting the quality of policy advice on issues involving law reform....

In this workshop we took the first steps towards co-creating a policy specific skills framework by describing the knowledge and skills of the modern policy professional.

This paper outlines the  state of our policy system and suggests a direction of travel for ensuring our policy services are responsive today, help shape the future, and ultimately add value to the lives of New Zealanders. It is designed to support a...

The Policy Project collaborated with GEN to facilitate workshops on Day 2 of the conference where participants engaged with methods and experts in behavioural insights, design thinking and data analytics using a real example taken from the Ministry of...

This case study was written by Nehal Davison from the UK Institute for Government during a five week secondment to the Policy Project team in the New Zealand Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC). The report tells the story of the Policy...

In the second of the Policy Project workshops with policy capability leads (people nominated by their agency to lead work to improve policy quality and capability), we discussed Policy Project work in progress, had a report back from the Tier 2 Policy...

Superu and the Victoria University School of Government hosted a roundtable for senior officials and experts with Dr Sarah Morton and Andrew Kibblewhite, Head of the Policy Profession. The aim of the roundtable was to share knowledge and experience of...

Stats NZ hosted the workshop on how to use open data for policy design. It was facilitated by Ellen Broad (Associate–Policy, Open Data Institute), and supported by the Department of Internal Affairs, who administer the open data platform (data.govt.nz),...