Making effective policy using evidence
This training course introduces participants to evidence-based policy making. It covers:
– Understanding what is evidence
– Understanding the problem-in-hand using evidence
– How to identify and involve stakeholders
– How to identify and appraise policy options
– How to use existing research evidence
– How to critically appraise existing evidence
– How to use evaluation evidence across the policy cycle
– How to establish value-for-money
– How to commission appropriate evidence gathering
Effective implementation and delivery
Inability to successfully deliver policy can waste precious time and resources; and will be unable to affect the desired changes set out through policy creation.
This training course covers:
– Identifying the problem – Situation Analysis
– Stakeholder involvement and engagement
– Identifying implementation options
– Establishing and using a theory of change
– Testing assumptions
– Developing an implementation and delivery plan
– Monitoring and evaluating delivery
Monitoring and evaluation of policies
Monitoring and evaluation are an essential feature of successful policies. programmes and projects.
This training course covers:
– What is monitoring and evaluation?
-When to undertake monitoring and evaluation
– Counterfactual impact evaluation
– Theory-based evaluation
– Process Evaluation
– Economic appraisal
– Finding and using existing M&E evidence
– Developing a monitoring and evaluation framework
Evidence synthesis – harnessing existing evidence
Evidence synthesis covers a range of methods for establishing what is already known, and what is not known, about the effectiveness of public policy interventions.
This training course covers:
– Why we need evidence synthesis
– What makes systematic reviews systematic
– Statistical meta-analysis
– Narrative synthesis
– Qualitative systematic reviews
– Rapid Evidence Assessments
– Evidence Gap Maps