Public Policy Development and Compliance Course

This Public Policy Development and Compliance training course intends to provide its participants with an in-depth knowledge of what Public Policy is and how to participate to its design from a corporate perspective.

At the end of this online training course, participants will learn to:

• Better understand the role of organisations in contributing to public policy
• Discern the different areas of meaningful impact organisations can have in policy creation
• Develop meaningful stakeholder engagement techniques
• Learn how to best leverage your knowledge for policy formulation

CONTENT

Policy-Making

• What is Policy-making?
• The Policy-making Process
• Qualities of Good Policy Making
• Instruments of Policy Implementation
• Cooperation with Policy Makers
• Monitoring and Evaluation of Policy

Dimensions of Policy-Making

• Health Policies
• Environmental Policies
• Economic Policies
• Social Policies
• Law and Policy-making
• Politics and Policy-making
• Case Studies

Contributing and Leveraging Public Policy

• How does public policy affect your business?
• Developing a Communication Strategy
• Practical Steps for an Effective Take-up Strategy of Your Proposals
• Navigating the Decision-making Process
• Creating Alliances

Stakeholder Engagement

• Identification of Policy-relevant Issues
• Identification of Audiences
• Creating and Sustaining Interest
• Developing Engagement Programmes
• Introducing our Organisation to Decision-makers
• Presenting Evidence for Policy-making

Multi-Layered Approach to Public Policy

• Local Policy
• Regional Policy
• National Policy
• Strategies for a Coherent and Comprehensive Approach to Policy-making

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.