Policy Development

CBB Community Consulting can assist in the development/review of your policy framework. The following activities are typical of this review process:

• Completing a “desk review” of provided documentation.
• Comparing documentation to CBB’s data base of policy frameworks.
• Providing a critical report based on the “desk review”

CBB Community Consulting would provide a methodology and facilitate a workshop to assist management/executive undertake a scoping process in regard to policy. The scoping workshop would primarily focus on where and how management/executive responsibilities and roles fit, and as a consequence where their boundaries occur. CBB Community Consulting would also expand on the range of process steps that occur in policy formulation and implementation. Two themes occur within the workshop.

Theme 1: Policy Process

• Define policy levels – Board separate to organisation
• Review policy areas – Establishing policy areas
• Identify policy gaps – Assessing policy gaps, applying risk assessments
• Initiate policy – Design and expectation of policy
• Formulate policy – Prepare and critically appraise policy initiative and assess budget impact
• Approve policy – Responsibilities and accountabilities are recognised
• Disseminate policy – Communicating policy to the right people
• Implement policy – Manage policy and its application
• Audit policy – Review effectiveness and relevance

Theme 2: Scope and Boundaries

This, the more significant part of the workshop would discuss and provide a basis for management/ executive to evaluate their policy processes including a “process/decision making tool” that assists with policy scoping.

The workshop would have as an objective, to ensure management/executive are in accord with the entire policy framework; and that policy scope and how to determine that scope, are understood.