Practitioners are confronted every day with multiple documents and numerous proposals across a variety of topics. This workshop provides a range of tools and develops key skills to be able to analyse policy documents / proposals, so that relevant issues, potential problems, and new opportunities can be quickly identified and actioned.
Key issues for this discussion include:
Frameworks for analysing different types of policy documents and proposals
Classifying documents
Assessing consistency and logic
Identifying the rationale of the proposal
The role of advocacy
Different documentation
Checklists for assessing documents
Good policy and policy logic
What makes a strong policy proposal
This workshop equips participants to:
Critically assess documents in terms of quality, relevance and impact
Appreciate and distil different perception of policy problems
Distinguish between facts, opinions and values in the policy documents
Recognise and select the appropriate policy assessment/analysis tools and techniques
Make strategic connections to whole of government objectives and other agency activities
Understand the rule of policy documents and proposals in the policy process
Identify common flaws in policy documents and proposals
