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4TH ANNUAL HORIZONTAL POLICY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
Conference held in Ottawa on February 20, 21 & 22, 2008
Chairs: Paul Aterman, Privy Council Office of Canada; Thomas Townsend, Policy Research Initiative; Anthony Stikeman, Tactix Government Consulting Inc.; Ron Guirguis, Fleishman-Hillard Canada.
CD-ROM: Approx. 11 hours of video presentations
To purchase, please contact Federated Press.
Session 1: STRUCTURING HORIZONTAL COLLABORATIONS
Mythologies of intergovernmental cooperation (and competition) in Canada
Paul Aterman, Privy Council Office of Canada
Presenting the mythologies of intergovernmental cooperation illustrates that things are more complicated in reality.
There isn’t a contradiction between cooperation and competition between levels of government. They can both co-exist.
Ideally, the division of responsibility and the manner of cooperation is driven by comparative advantage.
"Cooperation between levels of government can indeed come about."
Video: 47 minutes
Developing a horizontal policy making culture
Pablo Sobrino, Canadian Heritage
Issues are getting more complex and there is an increasing need for governments to work together with all sectors of civil society and citizens.
The changing roles of the federal government and the third sector.
"Outside-in" policy is about engaging citizens and communities in the definition of the issue and developing place-based, timely policy together.
"Make the best out of a world of tensions."
Video: 37 minutes • 15 Overheads
Strengthening horizontality In Ontario
Dana Richardson, Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Challenges for horizontal approaches include the nature of vertical-based decision making, governance requirements being resource-intensive.
Six key components for successful horizontal policy developments.
Successful case studies: AMO MOU, the Toronto Agreement and the PMFSDR.
"Horizontality is an evolving concept as more of the public service comes to see it as fundamental to its business."
Video: 36 minutes • 14 Overheads
Case study: Using an "advocacy" collaborative model in helping SMES sell to the federal government
Daniel Duguay, Public Works And Government Services Canada
Different models of advocacy: traditional, arms length, lobbying and hybrid
Functions of an advocacy office: addressing the interests and concerns of a particular group, minimizing the impact using procurement renewal, etc.
What traps or risks are associated with an advocacy model? "Crying wolf", unclear communications, clear management of expectations.
"Advocacy is the act of pleading or arguing in favor of something such as a cause, idea or policy."
Video: 54 minutes • 17 Overheads
Session 2: STRENGTHENING POLICY CAPACITY
Overcoming challenges in managing horizontal policies and programs: public safety and emergency preparedness - Canada’s perspective on marine security
Anita Dagenais, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
Challenges to horizontal policy development: breadth of issues, interests of individual organizations, story building and priority setting, etc.
Initial marine security efforts included safeguarding, responsiveness and collaboration.
Lessons from this horizontal policy file: bring broad range of partners together early in process, describe problems, etc.
"Know your bottom line: investments below that line do not meaningfully address gaps."
Video: 43 minutes • 15 Overheads
In search of the next big thing: Collaboration at the early stages of policy process
Thomas Townsend, Policy Research Initiative
Challenges: getting agreement on an issue, shaping the work and affecting a handover.
Identifying emerging issues: forming networks with international groups, working with existing networks, selecting the issues.
Transferring the knowledge: timing, who takes over, deciding if there is an ongoing role, etc.
"The environment we work in necessitates horizontality, both in terms of the density of the players and the complexity of the operations.""
Video: 44 minutes • 11 Overheads
Building a strong policy community to improve policy capacity
Ray Pichette, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Balancing science (from programs) with social and economic implications & research.
A three-pillar policy strategy: decision making support, integration and coordination and competency and capacity building.
Selecting deliverables for PEI: intraministry, interministry and corporate.
"Horizontal policy: the development is no more than a process."
Video: 40 minutes • 26 Overheads
Developing horizontal policy in an operational context
John Stager, Ontario Ministry of Labour
Role of the Inspections, Investigations and Enforcement (II&E) Secretariat.
Strategies for improving regulatory compliance capabilities.
The CIC is a web-based information retrieval & online service delivery system designed to provide compliance assistance.
"Don’t forget the inspector is going out with all of those requirements as well and they seem to be increasing all the time."
Video: 31 minutes • 19 Overheads
Session 3: Coordinating & Managing Horizontal Initiatives
Enhancing horizontal policy coordination
Cesar Guerrero, Capra International Inc.
Evaluation of the integrated framework for trade-related technical assistance to the least developed countries.
Each entity describes its annual planned short-term results (outputs) in a standard form, which is entered into the database.
Analyse the Logical Framework with care, specifying useful indicators.
"Assure commitment at the top to RBM as a management tool, not lip-service to a principle!"
Video: 39 minutes • 23 Overheads
Aligning policy development with departmental, governmental and community priorities
Paul Ledwell & Bruno Bonneville, Institute On Governance
The main objective of the presentation is to share IOG experience on horizontal management.
Presentation of two case studies to depict the function of ECD programs.
Lessons learned: have realistic objectives, incentives, quality of leadership, community issues, etc.
"The critical issue is that horizontal management occurs in a governance system where accountability runs vertically."
Video: 49 minutes • 15 Overheads
The view from the outside: Tapping the private sector on horizontal policy development
J. Anthony Stikeman, Tactix Government Consulting Inc.
The importance of effective HPM: integrated policy-making, promotes operating efficiencies, tackles complex multi-faceted policy areas, etc.
The private sector sees HPM as a framework to manage cross-cutting activities whose domains fall under separate but equal departments.
Practical ways to move forward: greater central agency involvement, leadership, etc.
"HPM is an art, not a science, for which there is no single model."
Video: 44 minutes • 16 Overheads
"Bizpal" case study: A cross-jurisdictional project maximizing participant resources
Marie-France Marquis, Industry Canada
The costs of red tape and research results from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)
BizPaL is an innovative model of government-to- business service delivery, leveraging the advent of new technologies and horizontal service partnerships.
Governments are working together to provide an innovative on-line service, which integrates information for business clients.
"The BizPal initiative has managed successfully to bring all orders of government together to provide an innovative service, which integrates information to business clients."
Video: 30 minutes • 10 Overheads
Session 4: Overcoming Challenges
Panel Discussion: Current & Future Challenges in Managing Horizontal Policy Initiatives
Ron Guirguis, Fleishman-Hillard Canada
Ivo Krupka, Public Policy & Management Inc.
J. Anthony Stikeman, Tactix Government Consulting Inc.
Anita Dagenais, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
There are thematic challenges (for example, cultural differences) that confront us everytime we try to engage in a horizontal process.
Cultures define the way we work and don’t work together and they define the language we use.
When we talk about rewards and delivering, you cannot deliver horizontal policy without having that buy-in.
"If horizontality is believed to be a needed fixture in policy development, how we get to outcomes is as important, if not more important than the outcomes themselves."-Guirguis
Video: 66 minutes
Public consultation on federal-provincial policy
Ron Guirguis, Fleishman-Hillard Canada
Even with great input, a flawed process ends up defeating part of the purpose.
If your role is to deliver something to the citizenry, either a service or benefit or framework for security, involving the public and engaging them in the development of the policy should result in a better policy overall.
When an initiative starts to come forward, it’s important to think whether there is value in doing it.
"Understanding your stakeholders, who they are, what their needs are, is fundamental to the development of good horizontal policy in particular."
Video: 72 minutes
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