Content playlist: How cooperation can drive policy drive

You’ll find your personalised content playlist below. We’ve compiled the best Apolitical resources to help you continue on your learning journey.

Hear from public servants around the world on how they’ve worked together to deliver impactful policies, plus learn how to use communication as a powerful tool for policy delivery.

Here are the 7 skills you need to collaborate in government

Over the last twenty years the case for joined-up-government and cross-sectoral partnerships has been convincingly made, however, the question of how to make these happen effectively remains. Thea Snow, Senior Programme Manager for Government Innovation at Nesta, explains how boundary spanners might be the answer. Read the article now.

Insights on inter-agency collaboration

Hear Barbara Mae Flores talk about five insights she’s learnt about being a boundary spanner and working collaboratively with other agencies during her role as a Deputy Regional Prosecutor in the Philippines Department of Justice.

Why collaborations fail

It's a sad truth that cross-agency collaborative approaches often end in failure when they collide with bureaucratic structures. So, what can be done to create problem-solving cross-agency collaborative networks that are sustainable in a hierarchical world? This is the question asked by John Kamensky, Senior Fellow at the IBM Center for The Business of Government, in this article.

Using communication to delivery policy

Cooperation relies on good communication. In this video, hear Sean Larkins, Director of Capability at WPP Government & Public Sector Practice, share techniques for communicating with the public when delivering policy, and an overview of the principles behind behaviour change communication.

How Yokohama is supporting city-to-city collaboration

“We only stand a fighting chance of achieving the SDGs if we work together and learn from each other.” Toru Hashimoto, director-general of development cooperation, International Affairs Bureau, City of Yokohama discusses the importance of collaboration in this article.

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