Leadership & Management
Policy Development & Regulatory Impact Assessment
Drafting an internal or public policy that can actually be applied, and testing its impact before approval rather than after.
Advanced3 days18 training hours5-18 participants
All training programmes are accredited by the Sharjah Private Education Authority.
Programme objectives
- Define the policy problem precisely before proposing a solution
- Build policy options and appraise them against published criteria
- Draft policy in language that can be applied and measured
- Design and run stakeholder consultation
- Assess regulatory and economic impact before approval
Detailed agenda
1
Day 1
Problem and options
- Telling the problem apart from the symptom
- Tools for analysing a policy problem
- Generating options, including doing nothing
- Appraisal criteria and their weights
2
Day 2
Drafting and consultation
- The structure and language of a policy document
- Authorities, exceptions and the appeals route
- Stakeholder mapping and consultation design
- Drafting workshop on a real case
3
Day 3
Impact and implementation
- Regulatory impact: cost to the entity and to the customer
- Indicators that measure whether the policy worked
- The implementation and communication plan
- Periodic review and retiring spent policies
Competencies developed
- Policy analysis
- Institutional drafting
- Consultation management
- Impact assessment
What participants take away
- A policy memo template and an impact assessment form
- A drafting checklist before submission for approval
- A consultation design guide
- An accredited certificate of attendance
Prerequisites
Experience in an organisational setting that works with policies or regulations.
How it is assessed
A complete policy draft for a real problem, with a simplified impact assessment and a consultation plan.
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