The Formulation Process of public policy

1. PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
TOPIC: FORMULATION PROCESS OF
PUBLIC POLICY.
PA12-Public Policy
Taguig City University 3rd Year BPA-A31
Leader: Justin Santiago
Members:
Charmane Abaga
Ronnie Enaje
Roland Jugado
Christine Mhae Tacder
Maria Janine Melenia Vasquez

2. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
DEFINING THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS:
POLICY:
- A Policy is typically described as a principle or rule to guide
decisions and achieve rational outcome/s.
- A purposive course of action based on societal values , followed in
dealing with a matter or concern, and predicting the outcome
that would result from achievement of the purpose.
- Public policy:
- - Policy serving as the enabling and guiding framework for
government .

3. PUBLIC POLICY
• PUBLIC POLICY IS ALL ABOUT:
- The Intentions of the legislative authority
towards society.
- The Direction in which the legislator wants
to steer society.
- The Utilization of natural resources.

4. PUBLIC POLICY
FORMULATION PROCESS
• STEP 1: AGENDA SETTING / PROBLEM
IDENTIFICATION
• STEP 2: POLICY INSTRUMENTS/ SOURCES
• STEP 3:POLICY FORMULATION
• STEP 4. POLICY ANALYSIS
• STEP 5: POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
• STEP 6: POLICY EVALUATION

5. AGENDA-SETTING/ PROBLEM
IDENTIFICATION
• PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING POLICY ISSUES/
PROBLEMS, which require the attention
of legislator.
• Prioritization of issues.
• The setting of the policy agenda allows a
legislator to become sensitized to some
of the critical policy requirement that
affect society.

6. POLICY INSTRUMENTS /
SOURCES
• Taxation (the budget)
• Inspection and audits
• Persuasion (and public pressure)
• Minutes of meeting
• Legislative records
• Newsletter, media briefings and community
meetings

7. POLICY FORMULATION
• POLICY FORMULATION- is the development of effective
and acceptable courses of action for addressing what
has been placed on the policy agenda.
• NOTICE that there are two parts to this definition of
policy formulation.
-EFFECTIVE FORMULATION
-ACCEPTABLE FORMULATION

8. Policy adoption / Legitimization
• Policy is legitimized as a result of the public
statement or actions of government officials: both
elected and appointed.
• The president, Congress ,state legislators, agency
officials and the courts have a vital role with this.
• This includes executive orders, budgets, laws and
appropriation, rules and regulation, and
administrative and court decisions that set of
policy directions.

9. POLICYANALYSIS
• Step-by-step way of unpacking and understanding
policy choices and comparing possible outcomes.
• Policy analysis needs to explore as rationally and
honestly as possible the implications and possible
outcomes of adopting policy.
• The importance and value of continual policy analysis.
• Policy analysis is an attempt to determine the costs and
benefits of various alternatives or evaluate the validity
of existing policies.

10. POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
• Policy implementation includes all the
activities that result from the official
adaption of policy.
• Policy implementation is what happens
after a law is passed. We should never
assume that the passage of law is the end
of the policymaking process.

11. POLICY EVALUATION
• Policy evaluation applies evaluation
principles and methods to examine the
content, implementation or impact of a
policy. Evaluation is the activity through
which we develop an understanding of the
merit, worth, and utility of a policy.

12. Reference:
https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/CharlesCotter/
public-policy-formulation
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