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Policy Community Conference 2023: Policy Community Initiatives projects

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2022-2026

Adaptive Policymaking Framework Project

Open and targeted community research focus group engagements with the aim to understand, define and provide clarity to adaptive policymaking towards developing guidance materials on a range of topics to seize opportunities and address barriers to support and develop adaptive capacity.

  • 6 Community Conversations (average 45 participants per event)

MC Case Study Project

  • A project exploring the Memorandum to Cabinet (MC) and the related decision-making process to identify potential intervention areas to build in adaptability and agility for effective, responsive policy implementation to disruptions, changing dynamics, and user needs.
  • Triangulation of key informant interviews, community conversations engagements with policy drafters, Cabinet Affairs, senior leadership, central agencies representatives.
  • 1 targeted Community Conversation (18 participants)
  • Project in field

Ambassadors Forum Pilot

  • To enable bridges between PCPO and Policy communities across the public service and advocate for collaboration on knowledge, experience and resources exchange to advance community projects.
  • 5 departments to start the “Hub and Spoke” web of knowledge exchange

Policy United

ADMs and delegates from funding departments and agencies form the Assembly. Launched in November 2021, this is an annual open, interactive and virtual gathering across the federal public service. It brings together the Assembly, Heads of Functional Communities, and a range of working level policy practitioners to provide feedback on the annual plan and strategic priorities of the Policy Community.

  • 2021 - 22 participants
  • 2022 - 58 participants
  • 2023 - 51 participants

Policy Curriculum / Policy Conceptual Map Project

An exploratory project commissioned to the Canada School of Public Service (CSPS) to map current policy learning offerings, identify learning gaps, and propose recommendations to support learning pathways and navigation for career development.

  • Project 2022-23 led to a draft conceptual framework for career navigation
  • Project hand off to CSPS

XFN Program Pilot Assessment - Case Study Project

Full program assessment to explore scaling up and program improvements.

  • Recommendations to update self-assessment tools and career navigation supports. and share insights to policy practitioner development programs
  • 40+ exit interviews, hosts of XFN participants
  • Focus groups

2017-2021

Policy Integration

Developed the Integrated Policy Framework for holistic policy development and implementation.

Three in-class engagements to develop content for the Policy 101 Bootcamp Series

Collection of 22 instruments, methods and approaches to new policy instruments such as design thinking, gamification, and AI shared with Canada School of Public Service.

Policy Week in 2019 with a dozen workshops and connection opportunities, such as the art of the long read, human library, and a facilitated panel review of the movie ‘I, Daniel Blake’.

Policy Competencies Framework

In 2020, identified 8 skills/mindsets needed for policy practitioners based on extensive literature review, advisory group, co-design with 500+ community members.

Competencies Framework integrated to the Cross-functional Policy Mobility Program Pilot and shared with TBS.

  • Analytical
  • Data Literate
  • Collaborative
  • Creative
  • Adaptable
  • Storytelling
  • User-Centric
  • Results-Focused

Cross-functional Policy Mobility Program Pilot (XFN)

An 18-month program for federal public servants to gain experience in 2-3 functions across the policy continuum, while influencing host organizations and HR practices.

  • Cohort 1 participants graduated in Fall 2020.
  • Cohort 2 participants graduated in Summer 2021.
  • 50 managers/teams in 20+ departments have benefited from hosting an XFN participant.
  • Recruitment and assessment tools shared with other EC development programs, PSC, OCHRO.

Objectives

  • Develop well-rounded policy practitioners, meaning participants acquired a deep understanding of the policy lifecycle, resulting in more effective policy development, implementation and evaluation;
  • Promote a culture of multi-disciplinary policy teams;
  • Show the potential for rapid learning of new policy functions.
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