Policy Documents

Guidance and Publications

A Practical Guide to Policy-Making in Northern Ireland, OFMDFM, 2003

Better Policy-Making, CMPS, 2001

Distribution of Departmental Publications and Consultation Documents (July 2011)

Equality Commission "Guide to the Statutory Duties" (pdf - 480KB)

Equality Commission "Practical Guidance on Equality Impact Assessment" (pdf - 390KB)

HM Treasury – Evidence and Analysis

HM Treasury Green Book

International Comparisons in Policy Making Toolkit

Magenta Book, Government Chief Social Researcher’s Office, 2003

Northern Ireland Practical Guide to the Green Book

Professional Policy-Making for the 21st Century, Cabinet Office, 1999 (pdf - 322KB)

Risk: Improving government’s capability to handle risk and uncertainty

Strategy Survival Guide, Strategy Unit’s Strategic Capability Team

Subordinate Legislation Guidance

Subordinate Legislation Guidance – Red Book

Think Tanks

Adam Smith Institute

Centre for European Reform

Centre for Policy Studies

Centre Forum

Chatham House

Demos

The Federal Trust

The Foreign Policy Centre

Institute of Economic Affairs

The Institute for Fiscal Studies

Institute of Ideas

Institute for Public Policy Research

Kings Fund

New Economics Foundation

New Policy Institute

Policy Library

Policy Network

Politeia

Reform

Social Market Foundation

Research and Statistics

Economic and Social Research Council

Economic and Social Research Institute (Ireland)

European Research Area

Fraser of Allander Institute for Research on the Scottish Economy

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

National Economic and Social Council (Ireland)

National Statistics

Northern Ireland Census Access (NICA)

Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service (NINIS)

Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency

Research Councils UK

Scottish Government Research

Welsh Assembly Research and Evaluation

Partnership Working

Fruitful Partnership: Effective Partnership Working, Audit Commission, 1998

Partnerships and Participation

Smarter Partnerships

Other Useful Links

Cabinet Office

Directory of Open Access Journals

Equality Commission for Northern Ireland

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Foresight Programme

Forum for the Future

General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland

Government of Ireland website

Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

Improvement Network

National School of Government

New Targeting Social Need

News Now

Northern Ireland Assembly

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Plain English Campaign

Policy Hub

Policy Press

Policylink

Programme for Government and Budget

Review of Public Administration Implementation

Scotland Europa

Scottish Executive

Scottish Executive’s Futures Project

Stratagem

Tomorrow Project

Welsh Assembly Government