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This document outlines how to apply the Start Right approach to initiating a policy project, so it's set up for quality and success. The HTML is provided for accessibility purposes. Please do not print the HTML or use it as the primary source for this...

Using this document This document contains guidance on different types of communication with ministers and Cabinet. Whether you’re writing a Cabinet paper, a policy paper, an aide memoire or an A3, you’ll find high level descriptions of what’s involved...

Open, early Commissioning Conversations are the starting point for quality policy. The questions listed on the next page are a guide for effective Commissioning Conversations. They can help you consider the most important elements that shape a policy...

This document outlines how to apply the Start Right approach to initiating a policy project, so it's set up for quality and success. This resource is available as an HTML and PDF file and covers Policy Commissioning Behaviours and Values and...

Start Right: Green Light Framework The Green Light Framework below lets you record the things you learned during the Exploration phase.   The Framework can be used to seek agreement and authorisation, and should be iterated over time as...

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...

Quality Standards for written policy and other advice 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...

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. ...

About this guide 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...

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...

Policy Skills Framework 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...

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...

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.

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.

A case study of Inland Revenue's experience of applying the Policy Capability Framework, and their commiment to using it as a health check every six months. The HTML is provided for accessibility purposes. Please don't print the HTML or use it as the...

This is a resource to help you conduct an in-depth review of your agency’s policy capability and to develop action plans for performance improvement. It's one of two tools that apply the Policy Capability Framework. For a light-touch version, see the...

This conversation tracker is a record of the July 2014 Policy Leaders Forum, which provided an opportunity for 83 policy professionals (from 23 agencies) and thought leaders from across the public service to co-design the roadmap and programme...

The Ministerial Policy Satisfaction Survey is used by agencies to assess their minister's satisfaction with the services provided by the policy function. The survey is used for: external accountability – agencies with a policy appropriation are...

This is a presentation from Behavioural Science Aotearoa on a partnered approach to clearing Warrants to Arrest.

This presentation sets out the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Agency's priorities in motivating a generation to take climate positive action.

The Auckland City Council's presentation on encouraging sustainable food choices.

Purpose of this document The Development Pathways Tool identifies the actions a policy practitioner can take to develop their skills at three different levels – developing, practising, and expert/leading. These actions are organised into three ways of...

The Development Pathways Tool identifies the actions a policy practitioner can take to develop their skills at three different levels - developing, practising, and expert/leading. These actions are organised into three ways of learning - on the job...

The Policy analyst forum was designed by analysts, for analysts. It provided an opportunity for 64 early career analysts from across the Public Service to share their ideas for improving policy capability, quality and performance. At the end...

What is the Policy Capability Framework?  The Policy Capability Framework (PCF) is a performance improvement tool. It aims to help agencies review and improve the overall policy capability of their organisations. It describes the key...