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POLICY: An Overview

POLICY: An Overview. TREN 3P14: Sustainable Integrated Waste Management. policy. … a course or general plan of action to be adopted by a government, party, person, etc. - Concise Oxford Dictionary. scale. policy.

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POLICY: An Overview

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  1. POLICY:An Overview TREN 3P14: Sustainable Integrated Waste Management

  2. policy • …a course or general plan of action to be adopted by a government, party, person, etc. • - Concise Oxford Dictionary scale

  3. policy • …a course or general plan of action to be adopted by a government, party, person, etc. • - Concise Oxford Dictionary • …a selected, planned line of conduct in the light of which individual decisions are made and coordination achieved • - Webster’s Encyclopedic Dictionary

  4. E.g. Sustainable IntegratedWaste Management Sustainable - • consistent with principles of sustainability Integrated - • functionally • across spatial and temporal scales • across jurisdictions

  5. policy description analysis linkages implications alternatives formulation

  6. policy analysis 3-stage approach • Stage 1: Description • Stage 2: Analysis and Linkages • Stage 3: Implications and Alternatives

  7. Stage 1: Description • Who is the policy written by? • Who is the policy written for? • When was it proposed? • Who could / should implement the policy? Do they have the power (constitutional, economic, moral, etc.) to do so? • What are the policy’s goals and objectives? • What are the specific policy suggestions?

  8. Stage 2: Analysis and Linkages • What is new about the policy? • Is it aligned with a particular set of values, or a particular ideology? • What connections are there between this policy and other policies in the same area? • What good and bad policy precedents are there (using logical, empirical, or ethical evaluations)? more...

  9. Stage 2: Analysis and Linkages • What subsequent policy / legislative / political / practical changes have there been since this policy was proposed? • Are the goals and objectives appropriate? If so, by what standards? If not, why not? • Will the proposed mechanisms work? Is there a plausible route from principles through policy to practice? • Are there any ways to ensure accountability for achieving goals and objectives?

  10. Stage 3: Implications and Alternatives • What are the implications (resultant effects) of this policy, in all areas? • What policy alternatives could you propose which would improve upon the existing policy? • policy making

  11. the policy making processsimplified...

  12. policy making • Ask yourself 3 questions regarding the policy issue: • where are we now? • where do we want to be? • how do we get from where we are to where we want to be?

  13. policy making • where are we now? ...what is the existing real-world situation and policy climate surrounding the issue?

  14. policy making • where do we want to be? ...describe the desirable real-world situation, policy goals and objectives surrounding the issue

  15. policy making • how do we get from where we are to where we want to be? …details and implementation steps for the new policy, accounting for real-world opportunities and obstacles

  16. policy making must consider: - values and ideologies - jurisdictional realities - biophysical / ecological constraints - economic, social, political contraints - patterns of human behaviour etc.!

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