Policy Hub
| Name and Aim(s) of initiative |
Lead organisation |
Output |
Characteristics |
Status |
| Policy Hub: to be the first port of call for promoting improvements in policy-making and delivery. |
Government Social Research Unit, HM Treasury |
Website Click here to go to the Policy Hub home page. |
Gathers evidence for wider dissemination Provides access to sources of evidence Encourages knowledge sharing Encourages good practice Supplies links to evidence providers |
Launched in March 2002 |
Name and Aim(s) of initiative |
Lead organisation |
Output |
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Status |
| Connected website | Home Office |
Website |
Information about the Connected Fund, funding sources and other community projects for those working to reduce gun crime in the community.
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| Foresight Programme: The UK's Government-led Foresight programme brings people, knowledge and ideas together to look ahead and prepare for the future. Business, the science base, Government, the voluntary sector and others work together to think about what might happen in the future and what we can do about it now to increase prosperity and enhance the quality of life for all. |
Foresight, Office of Science and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) |
Website Click here to visit the Foresight website. |
Gathers evidence for wider dissemination Provides access to sources of evidence Encourages knowledge sharing Encourages good practice |
Live |
| Name and Aim(s) of initiative |
Lead organisation |
Output |
Characteristics |
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e-Government Benchmarking: To compare the UK government's progress with other countries in the development of e-government and to identify key learning points. |
e-Government Unit, Cabinet Office |
International e-Economy Benchmarking: The World's Most Effective Policies For The e-Economy. - London, 19 November 2002 Click here to visit the e-Government website. |
Gathers evidence for wider dissemination Provides access to sources of evidence Supplies links to evidence providers |
Live |
| Name and Aim(s) of initiative |
Lead organisation |
Output |
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Status |
| Children and Young People email alert & Knowledge Pool: To provide a one-stop source for Treasury personnel working in the policy area of children, young people & families. |
HM Treasury |
Knowledge pool held on intranet. Weekly e-mail alerting service available free to anybody working in this policy area, across government, think tanks, voluntary & community sector, research bodies. Please contact cyp.webmaster@hm-treasury.gov.uk to request a sample copy |
Gathers evidence from government departments (public domain), quality press, think tanks, voluntary & community sector, research bodies for wider dissemination Provides access to sources of evidence. Encourages knowledge sharing and good practice. Supplies links to evidence providers. |
Knowledge Pool 'Live' |
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| Internally cross-cutting evaluation and appraisal steering groups: To promote the use of evidence-based policy-making, review research activity in their areas, identify gaps and overlaps, and set priorities. |
Department for Education and Skills (DfES) |
Steering groups for: DfES as a whole; Schools; |
Gathers evidence for wider dissemination Provides access to sources of evidence Encourages good practice Supplies links to evidence providers Encourages knowledge sharing |
Live |
| Name and Aim(s) of initiative |
Lead organisation |
Output |
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Status |
| Reviews of Research Evidence: To provide expert capacity to summarize the evidence base as the policy need arises in priority topic areas. Lays out the evidence base alongside the policy product. |
Research and Development Division, Department of Health |
Publishable hard copy or web disseminated summaries of evidence produced for particular policy development exercises, sometimes developed iteratively with policy groups. |
Gathers evidence for wider dissemination Provides access to sources of evidence |
Ongoing |
| Name and Aim(s) of initiative |
Lead organisation |
Output |
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| Register of Findings of Research (ReFeR): To provide a publicly accessible database of findings from all research funded by the Department of Health, project by project. Links research findings with public; and with professionals, and others working in health and social care services. |
Research and Development Division, Department of Health |
Web based register giving title of research project, researchers, institution, summary of findings, and list of publications. Click here to visit the Register of Findings of Research (ReFeR) |
Gathers evidence for wider dissemination Provides access to sources of evidence |
Ongoing, updated six-monthly. |
| Name and Aim(s) of initiative |
Lead organisation |
Output |
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| Strategic Futures Project: to identify some of the key challenges - both threats and opportunities - which the government is likely to encounter over the next 10-20 years. |
Strategy Unit, Cabinet Office |
Identification and scoping of strategic cross cutting challenges, which might affect how Government functions over the next 10-20 years. Co-ordination of a series of seminars with senior civil servants, academics and business experts to discuss strategic futures issues. Co-ordination of a group of strategic planners from Whitehall, the Devolved Administrations and the European Commission to promote consideration and discussion of strategic cross-cutting issues and to develop and share best practice in futures work Ad hoc research papers on key futures issues. |
Gathers evidence for wider dissemination Provides access to sources of evidence Encourages knowledge sharing Encourages best practice Supplies links to evidence providers |
All strands of work are in progress and work completed so far can be found on the SU website. Click here to visit the Strategy Unit website. |
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Evaluation Unit, National Assembly for Wales (NAW): To promote and support evaluation across the National Assembly for Wales's (NAW) functions through the provision of consultation and technical advice on planning and design of evaluations. | Also takes a broader role by providing training, publishing guidance, reviewing evaluative work and advising on the strategic direction and co-ordination of evaluation. |
Evaluation Unit, Economic Advice Division, Research and Development Group, National Assembly for Wales (NAW) |
Evaluation advice, research designs, meta-evaluation, strategic policy and training. |
Encourages good practice Gathers evidence for wider dissemination |
Name and Aim(s) of initiative |
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Output |
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SELD Evidence Handbook |
(contact: carys.alty@odpm.gsi.gov.uk, 0207 9446380) |
Will provide guidance on collecting, analysing and using evidence at a local level |
Resource being developed (November 2006) |
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Output |
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Data for Neighbourhood Renewal |
Neighbourhood Renewal Unit, Department for Communities and Local Government |
Website http://www.data4nr.net |
signposts the datasets available for targeting, monitoring, priority setting and performance management at a neighbourhood level. The project outputs include, the full report signposting the key datasets and issues, and an Excel spreadsheet signposting all the datasets. |
Live |
| Supporting Evidence in Local Delivery (SELD) |
Neighbourhood Renewal Unit, Department for Communities and Local Government |
Website http://www.seldsw.org.uk |
a government pilot which aims to improve the delivery of neighbourhood renewal by enhancing the quality and use of evidence at a local level throughout the Neighbourhood Renewal (NR) and Local Area Agreement (LAA) process. |
Pilot (November 2006) |
Neighbourhood Statistics Analysis |
(contact: Ann.Blake@ons.gsi.gov.uk, 01329 813936) |
Toolkit |
Including sections on: Finding statstics; Creating common statistics; Finding out the characteristics of an area; Finding out if my area has changed over time. |
Anticipated publication date Dec 06 /Jan 07 |
Local Regeneration Information Systems |
(email:adrian.laughton@communities.gsi.gov.uk, 0207 9443253) |
Research |
Research commissioned into different local information systems which have sprung up across the country in response to the need for better local evidence. Includes systematic review of exisiting systems; tips on do’s and dont’s from a workshop we ran with system managers and case studies of systems such as the one I created in 2005 (see: http://www.creatingexcellence.org.uk/regeneration-renewal-article192-p1.html). |
The research is in its final drafts now and will be published shortly (November 2006) |
Guidance on Neighbourhood Level Indicators for Local Area Agreements |
(contact: Tajbee.Ahmed@odpm.gsi.gov.uk, 0207 9444555) |
Research |
The research is in its final drafts now and will be published shortly. |
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| Local Evidence in the South West |
(nick.harrison@creatingexcellence.org.uk 07814 387095) |
Planned to be a high quality published document (20 pages) which provides simple (non-technical) guidance on where to find key sources of evidence for local areas |
Guide on finding evidence, specifically for practitioners in the South West region. |
Publication data is Jan/Feb07 |