October 16th 2014: Northern Futures Open Ideas Days
On October 16th 2014, Policy Lab held open ideas days in 8 cities across the north of England, holding discussions and gathering ideas for the Deputy Prime Minister's Northern Futures project.
Better Reykjavík
...where their supporters could write, debate and prioritize policy ideas. Only one party, the Best Party, used the Better Reykjavík website, asking their supporters to join and help them create...
What comes first
...force. Workshops aren’t uncommon – so what was different about this one? Well, they didn’t just form a team that squirreled away in isolation on the proposition to launch Police...
Open these: links for open policy makers (week 18)
...join the conversation on Twitter! #openpolicy Links (will open in new tabs) Next week OPM will mainly be... running our Northern Futures Open Ideas Days! We're looking forward to...
Staying on top of your game
...develop to meet that ambition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q5LyLYdEqA Learn more about being open-minded by instinct, have a look at the training on offer from Civil Service Learning (registration required) and...
Open policy making: the new default?
...our ability to produce policy advice that is well-informed and creative will depend on how well we understand the world around us and our ability to engage with it. Open...
Digital and policy in DWP
...including potentially involving external stakeholders in that development process. It may even mean that instead of sending 20 page submissions to Ministers, we take a prototype of a service to...
Open these: links for open policy makers (week 17)
...join the conversation on Twitter! #openpolicy Links (will open in new tabs) Exciting week for the civil service! The Civil Service Reform Plan progress report has been published, including...
Sharing evidence on court fees
...cases brought to the civil and family courts - https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/court-fees-proposals-for-reform/supporting_documents/feesresearch.pdf Public attitudes to civil and family court fees -https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-attitudes-to-civil-and-family-court-fees The role of court fees in affecting users’ decisions to bring...
Open these: links for open policy makers (week 16)
...this week.) (We liked him.) The Washington Post looks at that first special moment between a person and their online government services (via @gquaggiotto). A Danish Design Centre report on...