Segundo E Romero, PhD

doyromero@yahoo.com
14dec2010

Workshop on
Public Policy Analysis
and Advocacy for
Filipino Education Sector Managers
Part One:
Public Policy Analysis
Module/Workshop 1 – Introduction to
Public Policy Analysis
 What is Public Policy Analysis and
Advocacy?
 What are the Public Analysis and Advocacy
Competencies for Education Sector
Managers?
 Why are these Public Policy Analysis and
Advocacy Competencies Necessary?
 What are the Competency Gaps among the
Participants that We Want to Address?
 How Will the Course Address These Gaps?
Module/Workshop 2 – Public Policy
Issues in Philippine Education
 Mapping the Public Policy Problems in
Philippine Education
 Identification and Analysis of Public Policy
Problems in Education at the Regional
Level
 Typology of Public Policy Problems in
Education at the Regional Level
 Understanding the Nature of Public Goods
and Services – The Interplay of Public and
Private Goods, Public and Market Failures
Module/Workshop 3 – Working on
Real Public Policy Problems
 Proposing and Assigning Public Policy
Problems in Education for Analysis
 Structuring the Public Policy Problem
 Identifying Clients, Customers, Target
Beneficiaries, and Other Stakeholders
 Frameworks of Public Policy Analysis –
Theoretical, Conceptual, and Operational
Module/Workshop 4 – Generating
Policy Choices
 Formulating Goals and Evaluation Criteria
for Policy Analysis
 Formulating and Structuring Policy
Alternatives
Module/Workshop 5 –Evaluating
Policy Choices
 Evaluating Policy Alternatives – Benefit-Cost
Analysis
 Choosing and Recommending the Best
Alternative
Module/Workshop 6 –Increasing the
Tangibility of the Chosen Alternative
 Rehearsing the Future – Detailing the
Scenario of How the Recommended Public
Policy will Attain Desired Outcomes
 Communicating and Presenting the Policy
Recommendation
Part Two: Public Policy Advocacy
(Using the Policy Maker
Application Software)
Module/Workshop 1: Policy – Defining and Analyzing
the Content of the Policy for Advocacy

 Goals
 Impact Areas
 Mechanisms
Module/Workshop 2: Players – Doing a Stakeholder
Analysis of Key Players, Assessing Their Position and
Power on the Policy

 Position Mapping
 Power Mapping
Module/Workshop 3: Strategies – Developing Political
Strategies for Improving the Feasibility of Your Policy

 Political Strategies
 Strengthening Allies
 Weakening Opponents
Module/Workshop 4: Impacts – Assessing the
Likely Impacts of Your Strategies

 Direction -- Negative and Positive Impacts

 Magnitude – Impact Levels
 Likelihood -- Measuring the Likelihood of
Impacts
Module/Workshop 5: Reports – Documenting and
Communicating your Policy Advocacy Plan and
Process

 Templates
 Media Strategies
Part Three: Building Public Policy
Analysis and Advocacy
Competencies and Capacities
Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Public
Policy Analysis and Advocacy
Self-Assessment and Plan for the Development
of Individual and Team Competencies
Self-Assessment and Plan for the Development of
Institutional Capacities for Public Policy Analysis and
Advocacy
END