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Policy and advisory cell

Policy brief practice cell

Practises writing evidence briefs on a real question, labelled as learning work.

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To launch
3 members
or more
Roles
3
each a credential
Decides by
Consensus with fallback
yours to change
Joining
By request
set per cell

How it works

The operating model

  1. People

    • Lead1 needed
    • Rapporteur1 needed
    • Secretary1 needed

  2. How it decides

    1. Propose
    2. Discuss
    3. Consensus with fallback
    4. Record and sign
    • Conflict-of-interest recusal

  3. First work

    • ProjectPolicy brief
    • ProjectConsultation
    • IssueDeclare interests
    • IssueAgree the evidence standard for claims
    • CallInput to the consultation

  4. Services

    • Translation
    • Forms
    • Review hub
    • Learning

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Policy brief practice cell

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Teams on the ground

Research and learning

Data, systems and tools

Policy, standards and review

Mission and area

What the cell will do, where, and the first problem it takes on.

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The problem it works on

Roles and founders

You lead unless you choose someone else. Open roles show on the cell's page for others to take.

Email addresses or member names, one per line. Members get an invitation; others get an email to join.

Who holds each role (you lead unless you choose)
  • Secretary
  • Lead
  • Rapporteur

Host organisation

The organisation the cell works under. A network body can host it if you have none.

Charter

A starting charter from the type. The founders ratify it by a vote once the cell forms, and can amend it by proposal.

Safeguards on decisions
Who can join
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Safeguarding

Who takes part

With members under 18, a safeguarding contact is named in Roles, and their names are never shown in public.

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In detail

Purpose, roles, agreements and expertise

Purpose

Prepares briefs, runs consultations and drafts policy proposals for public authorities and institutions, always labelled as advice and never as an official position.

Roles and what each does
RoleWhat it doesMinimum
LeadConvenes the cell, holds its mandate from the host and speaks for it.1 required
RapporteurWrites up the cell's findings and its advice in plain language.1 required
SecretaryKeeps the records: minutes, decisions, the member list and the cell log.1 required
The whole starter work programme

First projects

  • Policy brief
  • Consultation
  • Stakeholder map

First issues

  • Declare interests
  • Agree the evidence standard for claims
  • Plan the plain-language summary

Open calls

  • Input to the consultation
Decision rule and agreements

Consensus with fallback

Seek agreement with nobody blocking; after the set rounds, a fallback rule decides and the record says so.

  • Cell charter Required The mission, scope, host, roles, governance model and how the cell closes.
  • Membership agreement Required What members commit to, how they join and leave, and how credit is recorded.
  • Data sharing agreement Optional What data the cell holds, who may use it, for what, and for how long.
  • Intellectual property and open licence Required Who owns the outputs and the open licence they are published under.
  • Code of conduct and safeguarding Required How members treat each other, how concerns are raised, and who acts on them.
Expertise and competence evidence
  • Risk-informed public policy
  • Risk governance and institutions
  • Foresight and futures
  • Just transition, social and human rights risk
  • Intergenerational governance and future generations
  • Political science and public policy
  • Law and regulation
  • Economics and finance
  • Sociology and demography
  • Rapporteur Risk-informed public policy, at capability level 3 (Role-specific capability)
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