Phase 3: 2002 - 2003
WIPP Phase 3 Questionnaire
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The Women in Public
Policy initiative started as a research project in Nova Scotia involving
126 women involved in trying to make public policy changes.
The second phase of WIPP was a national workshop involving over 100 community-based
women, researchers and government employees working toward the same end.
We are now seeking to evaluate how our efforts to affect public policy (1) are being assisted by Steps Toward a Credible and Inclusive Public Policy Process, and (2) are affecting our organizations.
We would greatly appreciate it if your responses to any of the following questions could be put in the mail or faxed to us by March 21, 2003.
Organizational profile
In order to help us situate the information you provide, please could
you tell us:
- The size of
your group/organization _______________
- The constituency
that your group represents _______________________
- The main activities
of your group/organization's work
[ ] Advocacy
[ ] Research
[ ] Program delivery
[ ] Government service
[ ] Other _________________
- The policy
area(s) most frequently worked on
[ ] health
[ ] social services
[ ] justice
[ ] Other _______________
- Your location
re: rural or urban (circle one)
- The province
you are located in _________________________________
- In the report on the findings from this questionnaire we would like to list the organizations/groups/departments that participated. If you'd like to be included in this list, please provide your group/organization/department name: __________________________________
Part 1
The following questions ask how and if the Steps Toward a Credible and
Inclusive Public Policy Process document has had an impact on your policy-related
work in any way:
1.
Were you involved in contributing to the development of the Steps document
(through the initial research that resulted in the report: "Never
Give Up" Women Making Policy Change, the national Sharing our Strengths
workshop held in Halifax in October 1999, and/or WIPP committees)?
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Yes
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No
2.
Do you have a copy of the Steps document?
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Yes. If so,
through what source did you receive it?
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No
[ ] Yes [ ] No
If yes, please explain:
a. For what purposes have you used Steps?
b. What aspects are useful, and in relation to which situations/activities?
c. Have you found that any sections or aspects of the document met any of your needs, was helpful regarding a policy-related initiative? Please describe how.
d. Has the Steps document had any impact on your group's ability/capacity to intervene in the public policy process (for example, increasing inclusive input or in accessing policy decision-makers)? Please provide examples.
e. How has the Steps document affected your group's approach to influencing policy?
f. In what unintended ways have you found Steps to be useful?
g. Have you found any other avenues, tools, initiatives that have been effective in affecting public policy? Please describe.
Part 2
4. If you have not made use of the document, please explain
a. what aspects of the document make it unsuited or not applicable to
your work, needs, community initiatives, the issues you work on, etc.
b. What are some of the barriers to making use of such a tool?
5. In what ways do you think Steps could be changed to be more suitable for use?
6. Is a guide or resource covering different information needed? Please explain.
7. What else is needed to increase the uptake of community-based input into public policy development?
8. Have you encountered any situations in which the Steps document has been used as a self-assessment tool for government policymakers and their public engagement processes? Please explain.
9. What do you think are the existing barriers and obstacles to community-based knowledge becoming a key ingredient in public policy development?
Part 3
The following questions ask for information on how your organization/group/department
has been affected by being involved in any aspect of public policy development
or reform.
10. What factors brought your organization/group to the decision to take up policy-related activities?
11. In what ways does working to affect public policies impact the types of projects your group does and how you do them? Please consider such aspects as your autonomy, unity, identity, and politics.
12. In what ways has your group's/department's capacity been impacted by your work on policy-related activities?
a. What has been the impact on the use of time and resources, as well as access to resources?
b. How has your sustainability been affected?
c. Has your organization/group/department's structure been affected by the work you are involved with concerning policy?
d.
Has your access to charitable status been affected by your policy-related
work?
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Yes. Please explain [
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No
13. How have your goals, strategies, how you see a problem, the language
you use and/or ways of working been affected by working with government
departments and other organizations (allies) on policy?
14. Have the issues you address, the allies you identify and work with and/or the spokespersons you identify been affected by working on policy-related initiatives? Please explain.
15. Please identify any other issues or goals that have received less attention than you intended as a result of your work on policy issues.
If you are government employee responding:
16. From a government department perspective, how has your policy-related
work with community-based groups impacted those groups?
17. From a government department perspective, how has input from community-based groups impacted your work on public policy? What kinds of input have you been able to integrate into your departmental policy recommendations?
The Questionnaire is available for download (print ready)
in the following formats:
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