Question

provide a short outline of the policy cycle, to include the general steps. Issue raising – 2.- policy design - 3.- public support building 4.- legislative decision making and policy support building 5.- legislative decision making and policy implementation.

Answer 1

The preparation and application of any policy is made possible through following steps such as –

-          Issue raising: To have a new policy in place, there should be a problem which need to be addressed. The policy concepts are formed through several sources like any type of information through campaign, several recommendations through agencies or opinion polls etc.

-          Policy design: In this stage, the policy proposals are made based on the information received from the previous stage.

-          Public building support: In this stage various strategies are selected to address the issues at broader level and gain public support through appeals and structured efforts to get the support from the interested parties.

-          Legislative decision making, and policy support building stages are facilitated by having a common meeting among legislative leaders, officials from several departments, important staff members. This helps in determining the probable issues and to fasten the bills movement through governing committee.