Publications

A case study on community engagement to establish a safe and effective justice system.

A case study on engaging with farming communities to understand their lived experience of issues.

The Policy Project and the Auckland Co-design Lab co-organised two discovery workshops on 9 and 10 July 2019.

This document contains guidance on different types of communication with ministers and Cabinet.

Making government rules machine consumable so they can be used by service delivery systems is fast becoming a key component in the digital transformation of governments, particularly as we seek to integrate service delivery, automate information exchang

Brook Barrington spoke at the Public Service Commission’s Graduate Welcome Event about the future of public policy and programmes.

The session was led by David Albury who presented myths and emergent strategies to drive innovation/transformation, based on his wealth of international experience.

This roundtable provided an opportunity for policy leaders to draw on Brenton Caffin’s work at Nesta, in partnering with governments around the world to help build their innovation capacity.

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.

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 detailed c

Behavioural insights has the potential to help us understand how people and organisations actually behave. We can use this evidence to implement more effective policies and to identify the best levers to use to effect change.

This conversation tracker was developed from the seminar held by the Auckland Co-design Lab. The seminar explored the current state and opportunities for co-design of policy that improves its efficacy and outcomes for New Zealanders.

The purpose of the workshop was to explore different approaches to enabling policy practitioners to produce policy advice that is better informed by various forms of evidence – through the lenses of practice-based evidence and evidence-based practice. 

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.

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. 

A guide on panels and processes for assessing policy 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 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.

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.

In August 2018, a working group of representatives from central and local government was established to co-produce guidance on how central government can engage effectively with local government.

Click here to view the video where Aaron Maniam talks about: Lessons on the Long View: Singapore’s experiences with Foresight.

Public policy is fundamentally about managing or resolving collective problems.

There is widespread interest in devising better processes and instruments for problem-solving.

What is your experience with innovation? What questions or need do you have? Download Brenton Caffin’s presentation to read how can governments better enable innovation to fuel growth and societal wellbeing.

Andrew Kibblewhite, Chief Executive of DPMC and Head of the Policy Profession delivered this speech to the Policy Managers Forum on 18 December 2018.

We need to maximise collaboration between public servants and academics in evidence-based policy making. The conversation tracker is about how Paul Cairney discussed ways to encourage greater use of research evidence in policy through greater collaborat

If you want to encourage a behaviour (nudge!), make it Easy, Attractive, Social and Timely (EAST).

The EngageTech Forum was an interactive event designed to help government staff understand the spectrum of technologies available for community consultation and stakeholder engagement both online and offline.

Andrew Kibblewhite, Chief Executive of DPMC and Head of the Policy Profession spoke at the IPANZ seminar on why free and frank advice matters in the context of open government.

Carl Billington from IPANZ takes a closer look at the convention of free and frank advice, why it matters to both ministers and public servants, and what it means for the future.