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Statement of Intent 2010 - 2014
Resource multipage (paged)Issue date: 20 May 2010Statements of Responsibility Ministerial Statement of Responsibility I am satisfied that the information on future operating intentions provided by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in this Statement of Intent and the Information...
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Annual Report 2009
Resource multipage (paged)Issue date: 13 Oct 2009Chief Executive's Overview Over the past year the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has had a particular requirement to deliver on its fundamental responsibilities. First and foremost, we were required to provide support to the incoming Prime...
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Statement of Intent 2009 - 2014
Resource multipage (paged)Issue date: 28 May 2009Statements of Responsibility Ministerial Statement of Responsibility I am satisfied that the information on future operating intentions provided by the department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in this Statement of Intent is in accordance with...
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Annual Report 2008
Resource multipage (paged)Issue date: 2 Oct 2008Chief Executive's Overview The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet's activities underpin executive government in New Zealand. The department provides support and advice to the Governor-General and the Prime Minister on a wide range of issues,...
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Statement of Intent 2008 - 2013
Resource multipage (paged)Issue date: 22 May 2008Introduction from the Chief Executive The key role of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) is to support executive government at the heart of New Zealand’s parliamentary democracy. We advise the Prime Minister and the Governor-General...
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Annual Report 2007
Resource multipage (paged)Issue date: 18 Oct 2007Chief Executive's Overview Two events of national importance over the last year have demonstrated the diverse role of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. One was the swearing-in as Governor-General of New Zealand, at a ceremony at...
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Statement of Intent 2008
Resource multipage (paged)Issue date: 17 May 2007Chief Executive’s overview The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s overarching objective is to work to achieve good government. At an administrative level the department provides the constitutional and institutional glue that underpins the...
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Statement of Intent 2007
Resource multipage (paged)Issue date: 18 May 2006Chief Executive’s overview The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s overall responsibility is to provide, at an administrative level, the “constitutional and institutional glue” that underpins the role of executive government within our system...
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Statement of Intent 2011 - 2015
Resource multipage (paged)Issue date: 19 May 2011Statements of Responsibility Ministerial Statement of Responsibility I am satisfied that the information on future operating intentions provided by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in this Statement of Intent and the Information...
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Annual Report 2010
Resource multipage (paged)Issue date: 14 Oct 2010Chief Executive’s Overview Over the past year, staff from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet have continued to be actively engaged in support of the Prime Minister, his Cabinet colleagues, and His Excellency the Governor-General across a...
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Annual Report 2011
Resource multipage (paged)Issue date: 18 Oct 2011Chief Executive’s Overview In common with families, communities and organisations across the nation – but especially in Christchurch and surrounding areas – the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has had its past year dominated by the...
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Statement of Intent 2012 - 2016
Resource multipage (paged)Issue date: 24 May 2012Statements of Responsibility Ministerial Statement of Responsibility I am satisfied that the information on future operating intentions provided by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in this Statement of Intent and the Information...
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Annual Report 2012
Resource multipage (paged)Issue date: 23 Oct 2012The Department’s Role The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet occupies a unique position at the centre of New Zealand’s system of democratic government. It exists to support the effective conduct of executive government by the Prime Minister,...
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Statement of Intent 2013 - 2017
Resource multipage (paged)Issue date: 16 May 2013Statements of Responsibility Ministerial Statement of Responsibility I am satisfied that the information on future operating intentions provided by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in this Statement of Intent and the Information...
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Annual Report 2013
Resource multipage (paged)Issue date: 15 Oct 2013Chief Executive's overview My first year as Chief Executive has been a busy and challenging one for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) in our support and service of the Governor General, the Prime Minister and Cabinet. On 2 June...
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Statement of Intent 2014 - 2018
Resource multipage (paged)Issue date: 21 Oct 2014Ministerial Statement of Responsibility I am satisfied that the information on strategic intentions provided by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is consistent with the policies and performance expectations of the Government. Rt Hon John...
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Annual Report 2014
Resource multipage (paged)Issue date: 21 Oct 2014Chief Executive's Overview Once again, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) has had an eventful year with many successful initiatives as it works to support the Governor-General, the Prime Minister and Cabinet. The Department has...
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Strategic Intentions 2015 - 2019
Resource multipage (paged)Issue date: 21 Oct 2015Ministerial Statement of Responsibility I am satisfied that the information on strategic intentions prepared by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is consistent with the policies and performance expectations of the Government. Rt Hon John...
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Strategic Intentions 2017 - 2021
Resource multipage (paged)Issue date: 1 Feb 2017Chief Executive's overview The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) works to support the government of the day. We do so by advising, leading, supporting and coordinating activities across the public sector, as well as providing specific...
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National Security System handbook
Resource multipage (paged)Issue date: 1 Aug 2016Introduction Abbreviations AoG All-of-government CIMS Coordinated Incident Management System CTAG Combined Threat Assessment Group DPMC Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet HRB Hazard...
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Building policy capability (21 February 2017)
EventThe Policy Project hosted a workshop with policy capability leads (people nominated by their agency to lead work to improve policy quality and capability). We discussed how agencies are using the Policy Project policy improvement frameworks,...
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People-centred policy (6 December 2016)
Event"Policy advisors need to challenge their traditional practice. We need to reinvent the art of policy making by adding new tools and methods that give us richer information about people, their lives, and how they experience and are influenced...
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Leaders roundtable with Professor Jeanne Liedtka (23 September 2016)
EventAndrew Kibblewhite, Head of the Policy Profession, hosted a round table for senior government leaders and academics from Victoria University with Professor Jeanne Liedtka from the Darden Business School, USA. The session was to learn about...
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Prime Minister launches Policy Project Frameworks (23 August 2016)
EventThe Prime Minister and the Head of the Policy Profession officially launched the Policy Project’s three policy improvement frameworks. The Prime Minister said: “I’m impressed with the Policy Project frameworks being launched today. They...
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Mastering the art of free and frank advice, August 2016
EventIn two speeches this week Andrew Kibblewhite, Head of the Policy Profession continued his theme of the ‘F-words’ that characterise good policy advice – free, frank, fearless, full and future-focused. He stressed the need to invest in policy stewardship...
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Andrew Kibblewhite speaks policy ecosystem to IPANZ and VUW School of Government (23 February 2016)
EventIn this speech, hosted by IPANZ at Victoria University of Wellington’s new Auckland facility, Andrew Kibblewhite shared his views on what makes for quality policy advice (PDF 454 KB). “good policy advice hits the sweet spot between what is desirable (...
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UK Institute for Government: Insights on the Policy Project
EventNehal Davison, senior researcher from the United Kingdom’s Institute for Government, spent five weeks with the Policy Project team in late 2015. She produced a case study on the Policy Project to analyse its origins, progress and challenges...
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Jeanne Liedtka seminar: Designing for social good (24 September 2015)
EventIn this seminar, Jeanne Liedtka from the Darden Graduate School of Business discussed the application of design thinking to policy, with a particular focus on the social sector. Jeanne reached beyond the buzzwords to show how design thinking...
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Andrew Kibblewhite talks free and frank to IPANZ (12 August 2015)
EventAt an IPANZ seminar on free and frank policy advice, Andrew Kibblewhite discussed the infrastructure for providing free and frank policy advice. He suggested that 'the difference between knowing the rules and being skilled in the art of...
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Policy Heat Map: looming and future issues (18 July 2015)
EventThe Tier 2 Policy Leaders Network were joined by the Head of the Policy Profession at a special session to identify longer term strategic policy questions. The challenge: what are the 5-10 top policy questions for the next 10 years? How might...
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Developing the Policy Skills Framework (24 June 2015)
EventIn 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. The workshop brought together two Policy Project cross-agency working groups; the...
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Andrew Kibblewhite address to IPANZ (26 May 2015)
EventAndrew Kibblewhite presented the IPANZ speech in his capacity as Head of the Policy Profession. Andrew discussed the state of the policy profession, what future policy success will look like and what the policy community needs to do to get...
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Policy Managers Forum (15 April 2015)
EventThe Policy managers forum included 39 policy managers from 20 agencies. Policy managers tested and iterated some key deliverables for the Policy Project including a common policy quality framework, and work to develop a high-performing policy...
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People capability workshop (18 March 2015)
EventThe People capability workshop brought together a diverse range of perspectives (HR/OD/Policy) from across the public service to shape the Policy Project's people capability work stream. Participants identified opportunities and challenges...
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Andrew Kibblewhite speech to the International Year of Evaluation 2015 launch (18 March 2015)
EventAndrew Kibblewhite attended the official launch of the International Year of Evaluation (EvalYear 2015), a global initiative to promote evaluation and evidence-based policy making. The event was opened by the Hon Bill English, followed by...
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Seminar series: Dave Snowden - Cynefin framework, sense making, complexity theory and exaptation (06 March 2015)
EventDave Snowden's seminar with the Tier 2 Policy Leaders Network (and a few other avid followers of his work) explored decision making and management practice in policy, among other things. He discussed using the Cynefin framework for making...