Formulate and evaluate Public Sector Policies and Regulations

DESIGN, FORMULATE PUBLIC SECTOR POLICIES AND REGULATIONS

Each Learning Unit can be presented as a separate short course if required

Course Duration: 3 days

Course Outline:

Module 1: Role of Government

• The role of parliament
• The role of the executive outlining the specific responsibilities.
•  The different spheres of government
• Difference between a law and policy
• Identify and interpret public policy issues and problems
• The tools and processes to design and implement acts and policies
• The process for formulating, submitting, promulgating and implementing acts within the public
• The process for designing and implementing public sector policies

Module 2: Conduct policy design through evaluation of different policy alternatives

• Different criteria to evaluate policy alternatives. 
• Policy alternatives with reference to specific policy problems and results presented. 

Module 3: Apply basic cost-benefit analysis techniques to evaluate different policy alternatives. 

• Categories of costs and benefits of specific policy options. 
• Qualitative variables in policy recommendations
• Techniques for financial decision-making
• Effective policy implementation

MODULE 4: Apply ethical principles to policy design and analysis.  

• Ethical principles  in policy design and analysis
• Positive and normative analysis
• Quantifying preferences
• Individual vs Collective choices