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 What  is  a  policy  brief?   -­‐  Building  capacity  to  prepare  and  
-­‐  What  should  be  included  in  a  policy  brief?   support  the  use  of  policy  briefs  
Ge.ng  started   -­‐  How  can  policy  briefs  be  used?   -­‐  Responding  rapidly  to  requests  for  
-­‐  First  steps   research  evidence  
Background  
-­‐  Which  topics  will  be  considered?  
Priori3sing  topics  for   -­‐  Which  criteria  will  be  used  to  set  priori>es?  
policy  briefs   -­‐  Who  will  par>cipate  in  se?ng  priori>es?  
-­‐  What  process  will  be  used  to  set  priori>es?  

-­‐  What  is  the  problem  and  how  did  it  come  to  aAen>on?  
Clarifying  the   -­‐  How  has  the  problem  been  framed  (described)  and  what  are  the  consequences  of  this  framing?  
problem   -­‐  How  big  is  the  problem?  
-­‐  What  is  the  cause  of  the  problem?  

-­‐  Which  policy  op>ons  should  be  presented?  

Deciding  on  and   -­‐  What  is  known  about  the  impacts  of  the  different  policy  op>ons?  
describing  policy   -­‐  How  confident  can  we  be  about  the  likely  impacts  of  each  of  the  op>ons?  
op3ons   -­‐  How  should  informa>on  about  the  poten>al  impacts  of  the  different  policy  op>ons  be  
How  to  prepare   summarised?  
a  policy  brief   -­‐  What  barriers  are  there  for  implemen>ng  each  policy  op>on?  
Iden3fying  and   -­‐  What  strategies  are  available  to  address  important  barriers?  
addressing  barriers  
-­‐  What  is  known  about  the  effects  of  relevant  implementa>on  strategies?  
to  implemen3ng  
policy  op3ons   -­‐  How  should  informa>on  about  barriers  and  the    likely  effects  of  strategies    for  addressing  them  
be  summarised?  

Clarifying   -­‐  Are  there  important  uncertain>es  that  should  be  addressed  prior  to  making  a  decision?  
uncertain3es  and  
-­‐  What  should  poten>ally  be  monitored  and  how?  
needs  for  monitoring  
-­‐  What  should  poten>ally  be  evaluated  and  how?  
and  evalua3on  
-­‐  What  are  the  objec>ves  of  the  policy  dialogue?  
Organising  and   -­‐  Who  will  par>cipate  in  the  dialogue?  
running  policy  
-­‐  How  will  the  dialogue  be  organised?  
dialogues  
-­‐  What  needs  to  be  done  following  the  policy  dialogue?  
How  to  use  a  
policy  brief   -­‐  Which  stakeholder  groups  should  be  informed  and  engaged  in  the  prepara>on  and  use  of  a  
policy  brief?  
Informing  and   -­‐  What  contextual  factors  might  affect  efforts  to  engage  stakeholders?  
engaging  
-­‐  How  will  different  stakeholder  groups  be  engaged  in  the  prepara>on  and  use  of  a  policy  brief?  
stakeholders  
-­‐  What  difference  will  informing  and  engaging  stakeholders  make  and  how  will  this    difference  be  
evaluated?