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This guide contains information on how to use the Ministerial Policy Satisfaction Survey including how to: set an optional performance target conduct the survey with your minister develop a score based on the results use the results for improving…

About this guide, This guide contains advice on how to run a panel-based assessment of policy advice and other papers after their delivery using the Policy Quality Framework. It also explains how to score papers using the Framework’s electronically…

Guidance on how to get policy projects off to a great start This document outlines how to apply the Start Right approach to initiating a policy project, so it is set up for quality and success. Start Right is designed to be applied early in the life of…

Standards for quality policy advice , The Policy Quality Framework sets out sixteen elements of quality policy advice, shown in the diagram below. These elements are organised under four standards: Context Analysis Advice Action   These standards have…

The Competency framework for public sector economists was developed by the Professionalisation Committee in the Government Economics Network (GEN).        See the GEN website at gen.org.nz  

The ‘A3’ is frequently used for communicating complex information. They can be instrumental in structuring the information that feeds into a decision, as they make it easier for decision makers to take in all the basic facts. A good A3 demonstrates how…

How the Tool supports the Policy Skills Framework, The Development Pathways Tool identifies the actions that can be taken take to develop the range of skills needed by policy practitioners. These skills are identified in the Policy Skills Framework, which…

How the Tool supports the Policy Skills Framework, The Development Pathways Tool identifies the actions that can be taken take to develop the range of skills needed by policy practitioners. These skills are identified in the Policy Skills Framework, which…

Context, Where did this request come from? Minister Manager Senior leadership Other (please specify) Why this task? Why now? What’s the big picture? What’s the history of this issue? What are the linkages to other work?, Aim, What’s the purpose and scope…

Context – explains why the decision maker is getting this and where it fits, The paper: explains purpose and describes context is clear about the priorities outlines previous advice and history of the issue sets out the connections across government.,…

The Policy Skills Framework describes the mix of knowledge, skills, practices, and behaviours required by a modern policy practitioner to be able to deliver quality policy advice. Each element of the Framework is described at varying levels of experience…

Matthew Green from the Legislation Design and Advisory Committee delivered this presentation at the August 2021 Policy Forum held by the Policy Project.

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.

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

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

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

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 the…

This resource describes the main features of the Policy Capability Framework and explains how to apply the review tool to improve policy capability.    

The Policy Skills Framework describes the knowledge, applied skills, practices, and behaviours policy practitioners require to be able to produce quality advice. This A3 tool has been designed to help policy practitioners assess their policy skills…

The Policy Skills Framework describes the knowledge, applied skills, practices, and behaviours expected of policy practitioners. This tool has been designed to help policy managers assess the skills of their team against the Policy Skills Framework. It…

Improving policy capability, A case study of Inland Revenue’s experience of applying the Policy Capability Framework, and their commitment to using it as a health check every six months. Key points: In 2017, Inland Revenue (IR) embarked on a five-year…

A case study on designing experiments to test the feasibility of new digital identity solutions.

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.

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…

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 components of…

Checklist for reviewing papers in development, 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…

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 of 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 of work for…