Why is it needed?

Policies, whether ideas or actual legislative laws, promise to solve many of society’s problems. However, many of them fail during the process, falling short of realizing their intended results. That is why; we see many policy ideas that begin with tremendous potential only to end up incomplete or ineffectively implemented.

The challenges that impede the policy process are numerous:

Data and evidence limitation.
Poor understanding of the problem and its causes.
Inappropriate policy implementation instruments.
Disconnection between policy designers and implementers.
Misunderstanding of stakeholders and cultural disconnect with intended beneficiaries.
Overly optimistic expectations.
Complexity of issues and lack of awareness.
Misaligned interests and incentives.
Technical, financial, legal and regulatory issues.
Challenges of accountability and dispersed governance.
Inadequate collaborative policymaking and inconsistency in implementation.

Similarly, the policy horizon is important, with long-term policy commitments like the SDGs requiring sustained focus and prioritization for successful implementation.

How is it beneficial?

Our solutions help clients to:

Have deep understanding of the problem.
Get up-front knowledge and high-quality evidence about feasibility.
Put realistic expectations for a successful policy/project.
Assess readiness and analyze different scenarios.
Create transparency and solid foundation for any policy/project.
Circle back lessons from implementation into the design process.
Make the right decisions.
Ensure greatest anticipated impact.
Decide whether to continue, scale-up or terminate.

Similarly, the policy horizon is important, with long-term policy commitments like the SDGs requiring sustained focus and prioritization for successful implementation.

What do we cover?

At Willminds, we work with the public and private sector to design and manage policies at local, regional, national and international scale. Our policy support program is made to support policy at each sequential point in the process through which it moves:

Policy Design

In order to determine a good policy design, we help you understand the problems, assess the policy options, create assurance frameworks, and develop the implementation context with clear goals and adequate funding streams.

Policy Implementation

The implementation process can be administrative, through guidance and top-down performance management, or experimental through a bottom-up approach. It can also be empowering, combining both administrative and experimental, with capacity building. We sketch the implementation plan, act as an “implementation support center” to support effective implementation, identify procedures for the measurement and scrutiny of performance, and build capacity.

Policy Monitoring and Evaluation

We provide an in-depth evaluation to monitor the effectiveness and implementation of the policy through policy maintenance, policy monitoring, and policy review.