Open by default
Rachel, senior policy adviser on the OPM team, kicks off her blogging experience here with a post on what openness has come to mean to her - and what we...
Skills, tools and techniques
There are a multitude of skills, tools and techniques you can use to implement open and better policy making. We're always looking for new and innovative ways to design better policy - here's where you can find out all the latest on tools to help you deliver better, more open policy.
The Data Science in Government programme: using data in new ways to improve what government does
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Examples and findings, Skills, tools and techniques
At last week's Open Policy Making Sprint event, we presented some early work we are doing on data science in government. By this we mean exploring and trialling new techniques...
Two million people help set the Millennium Development Goals
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Examples and findings, Skills, tools and techniques
In an example of Open Policy Making on a huge scale, almost 2 million people across 194 countries have been involved in defining the United Nation's (UN) Millennium Development Goals.
3 examples of open policy making from the OPM Conference
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Events, Examples and findings, Skills, tools and techniques
...can see how it is relevant to them. It's obvious really but the best way is the simplest: using practical examples to explain both the concept and some of the...
Using design principles to imagine a different future for Southwark
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Beatrice Andrews, Posted on:
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Examples and findings, Skills, tools and techniques
Faced with a large budget cut, Southwark Council chose a radical open approach to decide what to prioritise and how to run its services. The team started by trying to get a better idea what local residents wanted, as well as what was and was not working.
A digital conversation on how to improve regulation
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Beatrice Andrews, Posted on:
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Examples and findings, Skills, tools and techniques
Using digital tools to listen to customers can help you achieve a much richer picture of what they want and need. At least that's what the Department of Business, Innovation & Skills' (BIS) Focus on Enforcement team found when they wanted a …
Creating Social Impact Bonds
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Beatrice Andrews, Posted on:
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Examples and findings, Skills, tools and techniques
Ministers and officials at the Department for Work and Pensions were looking for new ways to tackle youth unemployment. Despite receiving a lot of attention in recent years, youth unemployment continued to present a challenge
Using personas to make better policy
Design thinking has becoming an increasingly popular concept with policy makers. But what does it mean? Put simply, it means stepping into the shoes of the user, seeing the world and experiencing it from their point of view. If we …