Policy

Context

Canada’s Policy for Civil Society Partnerships for International Assistance – A Feminist Approach

A Feminist Approach Global Affairs Canada’s policy on Civil Society Partnerships for International Assistance (referred to as the Civil Society Partnerships Policy or the Policy) sets out the Department’s approach to enhancing effective cooperation with Canadian, international and local civil society organizations (CSOs) to maximize the impact and results of Canada’s international Read more…

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ICN webinar : Results Launch! Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Poll on Canadian Perspectives on International Development

Contributed by the Inter-Council Network of Provincial and Regional Councils for International Cooperation (ICN), in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Canada (EWB). 76% of Canadians agree that we have a moral obligation to help expand health, education, and economic opportunity for the world’s poorest. 94% of Canadians say it is Read more…

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Policy

ICN webinar : The We Can #DoBetter2015 Campaign: Taking action for change in 2015

What has happened since 2015 (Inter Pares): Highlights of 2015Highlights of 2016Annual Report, 2016 Contributed by the Inter-Council Network (ICN), in partnership with the Canadian Council for International Cooperation (CCIC): 2015 is an important and exciting year for several big reasons. The new Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs), which succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Read more…

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Policy

Sample public engagement policy: OCIC

This sample public engagement policy is provided as a tool to support international cooperation organizations engaged in, or interested in developing, an organizational policy that suits their needs and values. Ontario Council for International CooperationSample Public Engagement PolicyApproved by the Board of Directors – 2013 1. Preamble The Ontario Council Read more…

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Policy

Reflection questions for drafting a public engagement strategy

The following series of questions will help you prepare and think through the key issues and questions involved in developing a public engagement policy. Before you start to develop an organizational public engagement policy, discuss and respond to the following questions, which were developed to help think through the why and how of your Read more…

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Policy

Additional resources for public engagement policy development

Example organizational policies:Anti-oppression PolicyOCIC’s Anti-oppression Policy Other resourcesFood for thought? A Workbook on Food Security & Influencing PolicyNova Scotia Nutrition Council and the Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre, Dalhousie University June 2005This workbook provides a number of sections focused on developing and influencing personal, organizational, and public policy. They provide Read more…

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Case Studies

Drafting a volunteer policy for public engagement

Sandra Kiviaho, the Advisor of Policy & Organizational Development at the Canadian Hunger Foundation, offers an insider’s perspective on some opportunities, challenges and tips for developing an organizational policy that can support and strengthen public engagement activities. Public engagement often requires volunteers to support its various outreach activities. Organizations may find Read more…

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Good Practices

Develop an organizational public engagement policy

Organizational policies are most relevant, realizable and meaningful when they are made explicit in a document that is consulted regularly, with all efforts monitored and evaluated regularly. An effective policy can be put into good practice when enabled by leaders with specific responsibility for the governance, management, and implementation of Read more…

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Context

Public engagement policy in context

Policy is sometimes considered to be an umbrella term for guidelines, rules, regulations, laws, principles, framework, standards. But regardless of what you call it, policy guides our actions. It dictates what is done, how it’s done, and for whom (or to whom) it is done. The content of this section of Read more…

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