Policy development

< Policies
 * Dutch: Beleidsontwikkeling

Introduction
Designing policies involves identifying goals and selecting policy instruments with which the goals can be reached. Policy implementation is about putting these policies into practice and comprises the definition of an implementation structure, decision-making within agencies, target group behavior and policy results.

Good practices

 * Set up a policy team.
 * Discuss roles and responsibilities. Roles can be: Policy lead and Theme coordinator.

Process the following

 * Howlett and Ramesh's model identifies five stages: agenda setting, policy formulation, adoption (or decision making), implementation and evaluation. Let us briefly examine each of these stages.