Governance and Implementation – Page 4

How can governments improve cross-cutting working?

Cross cutting working – making sure that different departments and services work effectively with each other – is a constant challenge for all governments, even when they are as comparatively small as the Welsh Government. Last year, we were commissioned…

Powers and Policy Levers – What works in delivering Welsh Government policies?

As Wales marks twenty years of devolution, our latest report, Powers and Policy Levers: What works in delivering Welsh Government policies? presents the findings of a research project into the way that the Welsh Government has used the powers and…

Managing diverse relationships in cross-cutting government

This ‘think piece’ builds on my recent presentation to a seminar for senior officials hosted by the Wales Centre for Public Policy which looked at the thorny issue of cross-government working. It isn’t an academic review, and I have deliberately…

Learning the lessons from Carillion – thoughts from our panel discussion

Many are still struggling to assess what caused Carillion’s spectacular demise, and how it could be prevented in future. It was with this in mind that on Wednesday 4th July the WCPP hosted an expert panel to discuss the lessons…

Working in partnership

In this blog, our Senior Research Fellow, Megan Mathias discusses how the Centre draws in expertise to work on Wales’ public policy challenges At the Wales Centre for Public Policy, we’re privileged to work across a vast array of policy…

Strengthening the Links Between Academic Research and the National Assembly for Wales

It is widely accepted that academic research has an important role to play in policy formation and scrutiny, but there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ way of making this happen. The National Assembly for Wales (aka the Welsh Assembly) is involved with…

Our part in the Welsh Government Gender Equality Review

In a speech on International Women’s Day, 8th March, the First Minister announced a review of “gender and equality policies bring new impetus to our work”. The review will consider what is and isn’t working well in Wales, provide…

Evidence-informed policymaking: does knowledge brokering work?

Sarah Quarmby takes a look inside the Wales Centre for Public Policy to see how its day-to-day workings tally with the body of knowledge about evidence use in policymaking. This article originally appeared on the LSE British Politics and Policy blog.…

The income tax base in Wales – who’ll pay what to the Welsh Government?

Drawing on the report he co-authored for the Wales Centre for Public Policy, The Welsh Tax Base: Risks and Opportunities after Fiscal Devolution, Guto Ifan of the Wales Governance Centre explores the income tax base in Wales. From next April, the income…

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