Two Days Masterclass in Policy Implementation and Evaluation

15th - 17th July 2020, London, UK

Agenda

Strategic Policy Planning Seminar

Day One

09:15 Registration and Refreshments
09:30 Chairman’s Welcome and Delegates’ Introductions
09:50 Policy Planning – a reminder
Principles of strategic thinking and policy options
Strategic policy planning summary
Stakeholder engagement
Policy planning tools and option analysis
Delivery chains
11:00 Morning coffee
11:15 Introducing Policy Implementation and Evaluation
How policy implementation and evaluation fit into the “policy cycle”
Why do we need to focus on implementation and evaluation?
How policy implementation is influenced by different political systems
12:00 Implementing What?
Ensuring policy design considers implementation
Understanding the issue the policy is attempting to resolve
Importance of understanding the policy scope
12:30 Lunch
13:15 Issues Facing Policy Implementation
Overlapping/conflicting pieces of legislation
Resource implications
Enforcement challenges
Cultural issues within the delivery organisation
14:00 Politicians, Bureaucrats and Stakeholders
How politicians and bureaucrats interact when implementing policy
Using ministers to drive progress
Political standpoints influencing policy implementation
Stakeholder involvement
Stakeholders as implementers
15:00 Afternoon tea
15:15 Project Management and Policy
Benefits of proper project management
Project management success factors ... and challenges
16:30 End of Day Wrap Up
16:45 Close

Day Two

09:15 Refreshments
09:30 Introduction to Policy Evaluation
Ensuring effective and efficient monitoring
International comparisons and benchmarking
Range of institutions
10:30 Linking Policy Implementation and Policy Evaluation
Performance targets
Observing agency outputs
Building evaluation into the project plan
11:30 Morning coffee
11:45 Direct vs Indirect Policy Impacts
First order and second order impacts
How to assess positive and negative unintended consequences
12:30 Lunch
13:15 Policy Evaluation Methodologies
In depth surveys
Eco metric techniques
Cost-benefit analysis frameworks
Quantitative vs qualitative evaluation
Control groups
Cost-implications of different methodologies
15:00 Afternoon Tea
15:15 Impact Analysis
Questions for Post-Implementation Review
Equality Impact Assessment
Other specific impact tests
16:15 End of Day Wrap Up
16:30 Close