Essentials of Policy Development 23rd Run

04 Feb 2025 To 27 Feb 2025

8 Sessions, 4 Weeks

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

(Singapore Time)

About The Programme

Public sector managers and policymakers must deliver timely, high-quality and workable solutions to complex and constantly evolving socio-political, economic and sectoral challenges. This demands a thorough understanding of how to formulate and execute policies with real impact, how to identify problems on the ground and what are the different approaches to distinct, yet interrelated policy issues.

Essentials of Policy Development imparts detailed foundational knowledge and theoretical frameworks of the policy development process, from conceptualising public policy to evaluating options and measuring outcomes and impact. The programme combines interactive lectures, discussions of policy case studies and facilitated group work to complement conceptual learning with practical training.

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Learning Outcomes

Understand the policy cycle and the gaps that need to be addressed in policy development
Acquire the political, administrative and analytical acumen needed to shape policy development and sharpen technical skills in each stage of the policy development process.
Adopt a comprehensive and multi-faceted approach to analysing, developing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and communicating public policies
Learn different analytical, decision-making, evaluation and communication tools
Learn how to map, manage and communicate with stakeholders, organisations and the general public

Target Audience

Policy analysts, strategists, and government professionals in policy functions, with more than 2 years of work experience
Anyone requiring an introduction and exposure to policy-making and programme development

Programme Format

This will be an online programme that consists of lectures, group activities, and panel discussions with faculty.
Online Zoom Sessions will be held from 3 pm to 5 pm on 4, 6, 11, 13, 25 and 27 Feb 2025 and 3 – 6 pm on 18 and 20 Feb 2025 (Singapore Time).
Attendance for all sessions is compulsory.
At the end of this short course, you will be conferred a Certificate of Completion.

Key Topics

1. Formulating and Assessing Policy Solutions

2. Policy Instruments and Design

3. Stakeholder Management

4. Policy Evaluation

5. Data and Analytics 2.0

6. Communicating Public Policy

7. Futures in Public Policy

8. Economics and Public Policy

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Programme Fees

S$2,900 + prevailing GST rate

S$2,320+ prevailing GST rate (Early Bird till 3 Jan 2025 & for LKY School Degree Programme/ Executive Education Programme Alumni)

Group discount: For every 3 participants from the same organisation, the 4th participant attends for free.

*Only one promotion can be applied and EE will choose the higher of the discount of the three (Alumni or 4^th person free).
*Fee is inclusive of learning support materials

Programme Dates

Online Zoom Sessions will be held from 3 pm to 5 pm on 4, 6, 11, 13, 25 and 27 Feb 2025 and 3 – 6 pm on 18 and 20 Feb 2025 (Singapore Time).

Contact

Executive Education Department
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
National University of Singapore
469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

Email: lkysppoe@nus.edu.sg

Our Faculty

CAROLINE BRASSARD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Caroline Brassard worked as an economist for the Government of Ontario in Canada, and then undertook research and long-term consultancy work on poverty reduction strategies for several international non-governmental organizations in developing countries, including United Nations Children’s Fund in Madagascar, CARE in Bangladesh and Save the Children in Vietnam. She then went on to undertake a PhD in Economics at the University of London, where she taught empirical analysis for economics and management for two years, prior to joining the LKY School of Public Policy. Caroline continues to consult with various international organizations including the United Nations Development Program and she teaches on aid governance, research methods, economic development policy, poverty alleviation strategies and empirical analysis for public policy. Her current research focuses on aid governance in Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia and Vietnam, comparing policies to alleviate poverty and reduce inequalities, Bhutan’s development based on Gross National Happiness and the development policy lessons from the Post-Tsunami reconstruction in Aceh, Indonesia.

WOO JUN JIE, Senior Lecturer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Dr Woo Jun Jie (JJ) is a Senior Lecturer at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in the National University of Singapore, where he was also previously Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies. He has previously held faculty and research positions at the Education University of Hong Kong, Nanyang Technological University and the Singapore University of Technology and Design. From 2016 to 2017, he held the prestigious Rajawali Fellowship at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. JJ holds a PhD in Public Policy from the National University of Singapore and an MSc in International Political Economy from Nanyang Technological University. His research is centred on the study of global cities in Asia, with a strong focus on urban governance, policy design and economic development. He is the author of several books on the emergence and development of global financial hubs in Asia.

LEONG CHING, Vice Provost (Student Life), Dean of Students (Office of Student Affairs) and Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Associate Professor Leong Ching is Vice Provost (Student Life) at the National University of Singapore (NUS). She is also concurrently Dean of the Office of Student Affairs. Assoc Prof Leong’s research interests include water policies, environmental behaviour, public sector reform, and communications strategies. Her current research project includes the use of smart meter to motivate reduced water use, negative spillovers in response to non-economic incentives, and the impact of narratives on governance. She also researches on Asian countries and cities including China, Jakarta and Manila, in addition to Singapore. Assoc Prof Leong’s teaching interests include Public Management, Leadership and Logic. She teaches a course “Urban Water Governance” at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS, and is the resident advisor at College Green hostel. She also writes widely on water issues in the media with articles in national newspapers and specialised water journals. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART), Global Environmental Change, and International Journal of Water Resources Management. Her commentaries have been published in The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, The Jakarta Post, China Daily, as well as newspapers in Singapore.

Derrick Cham, Lecturer, Singapore Management University

Derrick is a Data Scientist who lectures on Data Analytics, Data Science, and AI at the Singapore Government Civil Service College and Singapore Management University. He has worked in Data Science across both public and private sector organisations. Most recently, he developed and deployed real-time credit scoring Machine Learning models for OCBC bank. Previously, he was a Data Science consultant in the Government Technology Agency (GovTech) where he worked on Education and Healthcare use cases. He strives to help non-technical professionals better understand how data and technology can be used to better serve the public good.

Lawrence Jin, Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Lawrence is an assistant professor of economics at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. His research interests are in behavioral economics (primary), health economics, environmental economics, and cost-benefit analysis.

Jared Poon, Principal Consultant, Counter-Fictional

Jared Poon runs Counter-Fictional, which aims to help individuals, teams, and organizations tell healthier stories about ourselves and one another. Previously, he was at Singapore's Prime Minister's Office (Strategy Group) as well as the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, doing whole-of-government capability building work in futures thinking and citizen engagement. He was part of the team who developed and designed the last two National Scenarios exercises for the Singapore government. He is currently a Fellow with the Lee Kuan Yew School for Public Policy, and Adjunct Faculty with the Chandler Institute for Governance. He obtained his PhD in Philosophy from the University of California, Davis, specializing in evolution and the objectivity of moral norms. He also holds an MA in Philosophy from the University of Florida, and a BA in Psychology and Philosophy from the University of Virginia. Jared has taught and facilitated extensively, both in the US and in Singapore, both in the Public Service and outside, always with a focus on conversations of depth and meaning. He has a special interest in metaphors, storytelling games, and cats.

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