At P&I we embrace the current challenging, changing and sometimes fearful scenario we are all sharing right now. In fact, in December 2019 we started a re-defining process for our organisation, going back to a foundational question: what is P&I’s purpose? Who can…
Date: December 4, 2019 Time: 4:00 PM Beirut time // 2:00 PM GMT Interested in improving your understanding of challenges and opportunities for improved evidence demand within diverse policymaking contexts? Come and join us in a webinar organized by The Global Evidence…
[Editor’s note: This article originally appeared at the Think Tank Initiative’s blog, as the first in a series on lessons learned from TTI’s concerted efforts to build capacity amongst think tanks in the program.] In 2016, ILAIPP was selected by TTI…
I am in a call with my team, talking about ideas for the future. One of my colleagues mentions that a group of civil servants she met in a recent trip to Uganda have shown interest in an INASP online…
[Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared at INASP’s blog.] In 2016, INASP and Politics & Ideas (P&I) produced the Context Matters Framework – a lens through which to examine the internal and external context in which an organization is working, identify the main factors…
How can government agencies improve the production and use of evidence to inform their policies? Is there a systematic way to move forward? Come and learn with us. In the past two years INASP and P&I have developed a framework to…
Government agencies are increasingly committing resources and energy to improve the way they use knowledge to inform policy. These efforts take many different forms but, regardless of whether efforts are centered in a specific project or policy issue, we are…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Ghana has been working with Politics & Ideas and INASP to apply the Context Matters Framework and Mr. Ebenezer Sampong, Deputy Executive Director for Technical Services at the EPA, told Leandro Echt about the agency’s plans as…
Emily Hayter, Vanesa Weyrauch and Leandro Echt reflect on working with agencies in Peru and Ghana to help understand how they use evidence in policy Good use of knowledge and research is essential for well-informed policy decisions. We know there are…
[This blog post by Dr. Meena Nair, Head of Research and Dr. Annapoorna Ravichander, Head, Policy Engagement and Communication at Public Affairs Centre] Knowledge stems from citizens as a legitimate source of evidence to inform policies; exactly the reason why…
