SAMENVATTING PUBLIC POLICY: SESSION 6: POLICY
IMPLEMENTATION
WHERE ARE WE NOW?
WHAT IS POLICY IMPLEMENTATION?
Implement policies formulated and decided upon, publicly. In other words, “get the job
done”.
“Policy implementation is about turning intention into action”
FROM POLICY DECISIONS TO POLICY PERFORMANCE
Policy implementation involves 3 main activities:
Jones (1984) distinguishes between types of performance activities delivered during
policy implementation.
§ Organize or capture people, resources, and ways to represent a decision or a
series of them (e.g., getting equipment, procedures, people ready to implement
the decision).
Getting resources: Example: A city government decides to introduce a new
recycling program. Before it can start, the city buys recycling bins, hires staff,
and creates a schedule for waste collection.
§ Interpreting or translating policy goals and effects into a language stakeholders
understand (e.g., that all those involved be clearly informed when a concrete task
is expected of them).
Realizing goals and translating them in an ‘easy’ language: Example:
The national government passes a law on improving air quality. Local officials
then explain the rules to businesses in simple terms—such as telling factories
exactly which emissions limits they must follow and how often they must
report their data.
§ Realizing or concretely providing services or other program elements (e.g.,
achieving the intended operationalization of the policy decision itself, such as
arresting offenders, constructing banks to stop flooding, etc.).
, Telling people what actions they need to follow: Example:
After the rules are clear and the resources are ready, inspectors from the
environmental agency visit factories, measure emissions, and enforce the
air quality law by giving warnings or fines.
EXAMPLE: THE ENHANCED BASIC EDUCATION ACT ESTABLISHES THE
ENHANCED BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM
The Philippines has faced challenges in improving its education quality, as reflected in its
low rankings in international assessments like PISA, TIMSS, and SEA- PLM. To address
this, the Department of Education (DepEd) implemented the Enhanced Basic Education
Act (R.A. 10533), which aimed to improve the quality of education through various
reforms
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
1. Setting the standards to which you will inform – setting the standard
2. Checking if you’re complying to the rules – adhering to the standard
3. What is the impact/ outcome? – actual impact & outcome
4. Is the performance getting better? Is it improving or not? – are we achieving?
5. Are we doing the right thing or not? – did we actually achieve?
POLITICAL-ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES AS A PIVOT
IMPLEMENTATION
WHERE ARE WE NOW?
WHAT IS POLICY IMPLEMENTATION?
Implement policies formulated and decided upon, publicly. In other words, “get the job
done”.
“Policy implementation is about turning intention into action”
FROM POLICY DECISIONS TO POLICY PERFORMANCE
Policy implementation involves 3 main activities:
Jones (1984) distinguishes between types of performance activities delivered during
policy implementation.
§ Organize or capture people, resources, and ways to represent a decision or a
series of them (e.g., getting equipment, procedures, people ready to implement
the decision).
Getting resources: Example: A city government decides to introduce a new
recycling program. Before it can start, the city buys recycling bins, hires staff,
and creates a schedule for waste collection.
§ Interpreting or translating policy goals and effects into a language stakeholders
understand (e.g., that all those involved be clearly informed when a concrete task
is expected of them).
Realizing goals and translating them in an ‘easy’ language: Example:
The national government passes a law on improving air quality. Local officials
then explain the rules to businesses in simple terms—such as telling factories
exactly which emissions limits they must follow and how often they must
report their data.
§ Realizing or concretely providing services or other program elements (e.g.,
achieving the intended operationalization of the policy decision itself, such as
arresting offenders, constructing banks to stop flooding, etc.).
, Telling people what actions they need to follow: Example:
After the rules are clear and the resources are ready, inspectors from the
environmental agency visit factories, measure emissions, and enforce the
air quality law by giving warnings or fines.
EXAMPLE: THE ENHANCED BASIC EDUCATION ACT ESTABLISHES THE
ENHANCED BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM
The Philippines has faced challenges in improving its education quality, as reflected in its
low rankings in international assessments like PISA, TIMSS, and SEA- PLM. To address
this, the Department of Education (DepEd) implemented the Enhanced Basic Education
Act (R.A. 10533), which aimed to improve the quality of education through various
reforms
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
1. Setting the standards to which you will inform – setting the standard
2. Checking if you’re complying to the rules – adhering to the standard
3. What is the impact/ outcome? – actual impact & outcome
4. Is the performance getting better? Is it improving or not? – are we achieving?
5. Are we doing the right thing or not? – did we actually achieve?
POLITICAL-ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES AS A PIVOT
