WEEK2-POLICY OUTLINE.docx

This is the document with a proposed outline for my policy brief though further explanation and guidance is provided here.

  1. Title of proposed policy.
    This helps to clearly communicate the topic and context of your project.
  2. Executive summary. 

– lays out all of the main issues and proposed solutions the policy will address, but remains relatively brief.

-Further specifics and details are provided later in the document.

-The executive summary is very much like an abstract to a paper.

  1. Description of problem addressed.helps to clearly define the reason for why this policy needs consideration for implementation. Reasons such as “because of global climate change” are simply too broad to address with a single campaign.
  2. Statement on why the current approach or policy needs to be changed-this will tell us why things need to be changed and what about the current situation is not working.
  3. Recommendation-this action will guide where you introduce our plans for action towards achieving our specific targets.
  1. Context and importance of the problem. Here is where you are able to detail out the situation you are proposing to change.
    1. Clear statement of the problem or issue the policy is intended to address

-helps to add further details and information for our audience to help us to understand why there is a need and even urgency to follow our plan.

  1. Overview of root causes of the problem

-the reasons for the existing problem should be more structural and context driven and not so much a critique of existing policies.

  1. Clear statement of policy implications

-need to explain why a policy change will make a difference and what will be different once a policy is implemented.

  1. Critique of existing policy option(s). Here you will give reasons why the current policies, or lack thereof, are driving or allowing the existing policies to persist.
    1. Brief overview of current policy options with this focus.Existing policies concerning your topic need to be evaluated for strengths and weakness.
    2. An argument showing why and how the current proposed approach is failing to address the issue. Why does the current approach not work? Does it not go far enough or too far in trying to regulate an issue? Are the incentives poorly matched with the desired outcomes? etc.
  2. Policy recommendations. Now that you have provided all of your reasons for why existing conditions you’ve identified need to change, you need to describe the plan for changing them.
    1. The specific steps and/or practical measures that need to be taken
    2. Summarize, again, why the policy shift is important.Remind your readers why they want to support your proposal, and why it’s better than other existing policies and/or conditions.
  3. Here we will add specific information, charts, summaries of other reports, etc., that are the most important pieces of external information you want to communicate.
  4. Bibliography and sources consulted.
    1. It is always good practice to include your sources, particularly for data used to support arguments. There is no way to do this project without consulting numerous sources, especially including those sources we’ve covered in the course.
    2. Citing other regulations and/or policies is a necessity, particularly if this is for legislation as opposed to internal operating policies of a company, for example. 

Source: Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering

 

 

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