scholarly journals Challenges, opportunities and solutions for local physical activity stakeholders: an implementation case study from a cross-sectoral physical activity network in Northeast England

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin P. Rigby ◽  
Peter van der Graaf ◽  
Liane B. Azevedo ◽  
Louise Hayes ◽  
Benjamin Gardner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Specific Implementation

Abstract Background Increasingly, national policy initiatives and programmes have been developed to increase physical activity (PA). However, challenges in implementing and translating these policies into effective local-level programmes have persisted, and change in population PA levels has been small. This may be due to insufficient attention given to the implementation context, and the limited interactions between local policy-makers, practitioners and researchers. In this paper we use a case study of a cross-sectoral network in Northeast England, to identify the local-level challenges and opportunities for implementing PA policies and programmes, particularly the updated 2019 UK PA guidelines. Methods Five focus groups (n = 59) were conducted with practice partners, local policy-makers and researchers during an initial workshop in April 2018. Through facilitated discussion, participants considered regional priorities for research and practice, along with barriers to implementing this agenda and how these may be overcome. During a second workshop in December 2018, overarching findings from workshop one were fedback to a similar group of stakeholders, along with national policy-makers, to stimulate feedback from delegates on experiences that may support the implementation of the UK PA guidelines locally, focusing on specific considerations for research, evidence and knowledge exchange. Results In workshop one, three overarching themes were developed to capture local challenges and needs: (i) understanding complexity and context; (ii) addressing the knowledge and skills gap; and (iii) mismatched timescales and practices. In workshop two, participants’ implementation plans encompassed: (i) exploring a systems approach to implementation; (ii) adapting policy to context; and (iii) local prioritising. Conclusions Our findings suggest that academics, practitioners and policy-makers understand the complexities of implementing PA strategies, and the challenges of knowledge exchange. The updated UK PA guidelines policy presented an opportunity for multiple agencies to consider context-specific implementation and address enduring tensions between stakeholders. An organically derived implementation plan that prioritises PA, maps links to relevant local policies and supports a context-appropriate communication strategy, within local policy, practice and research networks, will help address these. We present 10 guiding principles to support transferable knowledge exchange activities within networks to facilitate implementation of national PA policy in local contexts.

Developing Virtual Communities to Support Drug Policy Knowledge Exchange

2013 ◽  
pp. 279-302
Author(s):  
Mowafa Househ ◽  
Andre W. Kushniruk ◽  
Malcolm Maclure ◽  
Bruce Carleton ◽  
Denise Cloutier-Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Drug Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Policy Making Process ◽  
Action Case

Within Canada, there is a growing need in the area of drug policy to develop virtual communities to facilitate knowledge exchange between academics and policy-makers. Such collaborations are regarded as a way to make research relevant by influencing the policy-making process. This chapter presents an action case study of three drug policy groups participating in various virtual knowledge exchange activities. The experiences and lessons learned by each group participating in this study are provided. Recommendations and solutions to conduct successful virtual knowledge exchange meetings based on the findings of this research are also provided.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendrik Wagenaar ◽  
Helga Amesberger ◽  
Sietske Altink
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Prostitution Policy ◽  
Policy Regimes ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Public Policy Analysis

The introduction describes the historical involvement of the state in the regulation of prostitution. It introduces the concept of public policy and its neglect in the academic literature on prostitution. We argue that the literature avoids a systematic discussion of public policy by focusing on a host of other factors that shape prostitution in society, such as large extraneous influences, broad (national) policy regimes, international human rights governance, discourse, broad shifts in governmentality. Instead, it is the concerted actions of national and local policy makers in designing regulation that shape the different manifestations of prostitution: the places where it is practised, the type of prostitution that is prevalent in a society, and the position and rights of sex workers. The chapter describes the three goals of the book: to provide an overview and critique of how prostitution policy has been analysed; to provide a policy analytical approach that both recognizes the particular challenges of the field and applies the concepts and tools of public policy analysis; and to provide suggestions for how policy-makers can move forward in establishing a fairer and more humane policy.

scholarly journals Leadership Communication during Organizational Change: Internal Communication Strategy: A Case Study in Multinational Company Operating in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Agnetha Ophilia ◽  
Z. Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Internal Communication ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Multinational Company ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Literature Study

This research discusses the phenomenon of organizational change or restructuring in a multinational company (PT. X) and how leaders in these organizations carry out communication strategies when conveying changes and messages to their employees regarding the rearrangement of organizational structures. What is the leader's role as a liaison or messenger for effective communication at the local level? This research is a qualitative case study research with descriptive research type, and data were obtained through in-depth interviews, researcher observation, and literature study. This case study's primary focus is to understand and describe the production and reception of messages towards organizational change and know the management and employee's perspective during changes communication through leaders. The semi-structured interviews were conducted to find out how communication deploys, and then the message of change can be accepted by employees.   Received: 21 October 2020 / Accepted: 23 December 2020 / Published: 5 March 2021

scholarly journals “And Slowly, the Integration and the Growing and the Learning”: Nuanced Notions of Integration of Bhutanese Refugees in US Cities

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
Annie Taccolini Pannagio ◽  
Odessa Gonzalez Benson
Keyword(s):  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Wide Scale ◽  
Us Cities ◽  
Bhutanese Refugee

Policy related to refugee integration focuses on economic factors, while integration is not clearly operationalized nor is it being systematically measured and tracked in policy implementation. This study poses the question, how can local-level integration be conceptualized based on the perspectives of resettled refugees, to add nuance to policy. Using a case study approach with a nation-wide scale, data include 40 interviews and five focus groups with leaders of Bhutanese refugee-run organizations in 35 cities across the United States. Findings illustrate the importance of bonds, bridges and links in non-linear, relational integration. Findings also suggest that better access to services and resources is the responsibility of policy-makers and would lead to stronger bridges over time. This complicates existing policy and implies that resettlement programming should remain individualized and contextual from the ground level to the national level.

The Prospects for Durable Solutions for Syrian Refugees in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: A Case Study of Erbil Governorate Camps

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 448-469
Author(s):  
Abdullah Omar Yassen
Keyword(s):  
Local Level ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
Kurdistan Region ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
State Practice ◽  
Durable Solutions ◽  
Local Integration ◽  
Desk Research

Abstract Today, forced displacement from Syria has resulted in one of the largest refugee populations worldwide, creating yet another ‘protracted displacement’ in the Middle East. To explore this situation, an analysis of the perceptions held by all stakeholders of potential durable solutions is urgently required. This research examines three durable solutions: voluntary repatriation, local integration, and resettlement in a third country. It also examines the State practice of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in terms of its response to the protection of Syrian refugees and their entitlement to education, health care, employment, and residency. In so doing, it identifies the challenges and issues facing Syrians in the region. The focus is on local-level perceptions of practitioners, policy-makers, and Syrian refugees in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The methodology for this study includes desk research, focus groups, and interviews with refugees in four camps in Erbil governorate, namely, Basirma, Darashakran, Kawergosk, and Qushtapa between August 2017 and December 2017. The findings show that the preferred durable solution for the overall majority of the Syrian refugees in this research was resettlement to third countries. Both local integration and voluntary repatriation were viewed as largely unworkable.

Citizen Relationship and Grievance Management System (CiR&GMS) through Multi-Channel Access for e-Government Services

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-67
Author(s):  
Velamala Ranga Rao
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Management System ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Single View ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Public ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
State And Local

Citizens are demanding greater access to interaction with government through their preferred channels or devices. The private sector uses different channels for their services, citizens except same level of services from the public sector. Therefore public sector needs to focus on creating multiple delivery channels (Traditional such as face to face, Telephone and Modern channels such as Website, E-mail, SMS), so that citizens can have ‘channels of choice', depending on specific needs, demands and preferences in order to increase citizens' participation and satisfaction. For this reason, the paper's purpose is 1) To understand multi-channel architecture, Integration, Management and its Strengths & Weakness 2) To develop a frame work for Citizen Relationship and Grievance Management System (CiR&GMS) for a single view 3) By applying proposed framework, To identify what types of channels are providing to access public services at National, State and Local level governments in India as a case study 4) To find out challenges and issues in implementation of multi-channel service delivery. The key findings of the case study are: a) There is no declining in providing traditional channels after introducing modern channels b) Many departments are offering mixed channels c) Usage of Mobile/SMS, Social media and Wi-Fi hotspots based channels are in initial stage d) t-Government channel is not yet initiated in any department e) Multi-channel integration and management is not yet initiated by many departments, these departments are managed channels as separate silos. The proposed framework may provide some guidance to the decision and policy makers in the public sector. However, such initiatives have many challenges to the developing countries like India.

Science communication skills for water coverage. Case study: IHE-SciDev training.

2021 ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
Charles Wendo
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Online Course ◽  
River Nile ◽  
Nile Basin ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Water Cooperation ◽  
The Media

Abstract In May 2017, a workshop was held in Cairo, Egypt, to explore ways in which researchers doing research on topics related to the Nile Basin can work with journalists, aiming for better communication of science through media. The workshop hosted 40 participants, including communication specialists, scientists, academics, policy makers and NGOs' representatives from Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan and international organizations. The workshop concluded that researchers and journalists needed more training in communicating and reporting science. In this respect, IHE Delft Institute partnered with SciDev.Net to develop and run an online course, 'Science Communication Skills for Water Cooperation and Diplomacy', which is described in this chapter. The main objective of the online course that took place between October 2018 and March 2019 was to build the capacity of scientists to engage with the media and effectively communicate science, and to deal with the River Nile as a vehicle of cooperation and development rather than conflict. Overall, the course had largely met the desired objectives. Most respondents greatly appreciated practical exercises, especially those on writing a press release and designing a communication strategy. The training platform was accessible and easy to use for most participants. However, there were areas that did not work as expected, most notably the length of the course.

Considerations of the Obstacles and Opportunities to Formalizing Cross-National Policy Transfer to the United States: A Case Study of the Transfer of Urban Environmental and Planning Policies from Germany

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 684-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
David P Dolowitz ◽  
Dale Medearis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
National Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Transfer ◽  
Adoption Process ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Us ◽  
Cross National ◽  
Planning Policies

Not enough has been written about the import, adaptation, and application of urban environmental and planning policies from abroad into the United States. Even less has been written about the voluntary cross-national transfer and application of environmental policies by American subnational actors and institutions. It is our intent to begin redressing this by discussing the transfer of urban environmental and planning policies from Germany to the United States during the early part of the 21st century. This discussion is informed by data drawn from governmental reports and planning statements and over thirty-five interviews with US urban environmental and planning practitioners operating in Germany and the United States. What we discover is that, unlike more rational models of policy transfer, the voluntary importation of environmental and planning policies into the US is seldom a problem-focused, goal-oriented process. Rather, what we find is that a better depiction of the transfer and adoption process is of a relatively anarchic situation. This appears to occur due to a range of institutional and cultural filters that predispose American policy makers against gathering (and using) information and experiences from abroad. We find that this filtering process tends to encourage policy makers to discount (or reject outright) the usefulness of overseas models and that, when they do engage in this process, any information gathered appears to be based less upon well-researched and analyzed data than embedded ‘tacit’ knowledge.

scholarly journals The Regulatory Framework and Minerals Development in Vietnam: An Assessment of Challenges and Reform

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 4861 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nhi Ba Ba Nguyen ◽  
Bryan Boruff ◽  
Matthew Tonts
Keyword(s):  
Local Level ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Rent Seeking ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Environmental Consequences ◽  
The Past ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks

This paper aims to identify the key components of a modern mining regulatory framework and examines the extent to which the Vietnamese context reflects these characteristics. Through detailed observation of two research locations in Vietnam—Phuoc Son and Bong Mieu—the paper investigates how national policy operates at a local level. Findings show that, over the past decade, the Vietnamese Government has initiated substantial reforms to the regulatory frameworks governing mining, with the central objective to attract foreign direct investment (FDI). However, it has become apparent that these reforms have numerous deficiencies and loopholes that have led to a range of unintended economic, social and environmental consequences. To cope with challenges such as rent-seeking, limited capacities and capabilities of government staff, failure of institutions and neglect of local communities, policy makers will need to think differently and strategically about the mining industry and how regulations are implemented. Only by addressing these weaknesses will the path be paved for the sustainable growth of Vietnam’s mining industry into the future.

HZL Initiatives in Managing Rehabilitation Under Development Project: A Case Study

1997 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-64
Author(s):  
Rajesh Singh
Keyword(s):  
National Policy ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Planned Change ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Compensation Package ◽  
Implementation Effort ◽  
Rehabilitation Model ◽  
Subsequent Rehabilitation

The present article illustrates the efforts made by HZL in managing psycho-sociological consequences of displacement on people and subsequent rehabilitation of Rampura Augucha Village, displaced under one of its development projects. An attempt has been made to present the case with the help of the Rehabilitation Model suggested by the author (Singh, 1996). It critically examines achievements made and weaknesses and gaps in the implementation effort. HZL pursued the Project as a planned change effort, designed and implemented appropriate preparedness measures and managing strategies to a great extent. In spite of these sincere efforts, the project suffered from serious limitations such as lack of communication strategy for creating awareness among people about displacement, lack of advance detailed planning resulting in long negotiations period for compensation package, lack of clear-cut responsibilities for maintenance of services and lack of environmental impact assessment resulting in environmental pollution problems. The management of the process highlighted the need for having a national policy on rehabilitation to provide guidelines for its effective management.

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