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Engaging and Communicating with Stakeholders

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    Decide who to involve when and why in order to strengthen your policy design and delivery
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    Work with people who are directly affected by your policy area, learning from them, involving them in policy design and developing their ownership of solutions
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    Work with communications professionals to craft communications that directly contribute to the success of your policy, and explain and defend your policy
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    Continue developing and improving your policy with the support of long-term relationships with front-line staff, stakeholders and citizens.

Overview

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This workshop will help you create better policies by engaging more effectively with stakeholders and citizens. You will explore the benefits of involvement and how to establish purpose and boundaries. You will learn strategies for bringing citizens into the policy process, how to collaborate well with stakeholders, and how to strengthen your connection to front-line staff.

You will find out how to use communications approaches as a policy lever in their own right, and how to work with communications professionals to share key messages about your policy. Discussions and practical exercises will help you develop involvement and engagement strategies for your policy.

Delivery method
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Face to face

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Virtual

Course duration
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3 hours

Competency level
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Working

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Delivery method
  • face to face icon

    Face to face

  • Virtual icon

    Virtual

Course duration
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3 hours

Competency level
  • Working icon

    Working

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