SPEaR Best Practice Programme Schema Slide 1

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SPEaR Best Practice Programme Schema Slide 1
Background Paper

• 4 areas of work
• Maori
• Pasifika
• Ethics
• Contracting

Starter Papers aiding a shared framework for
development

• Four Workshops
• 1, 3, 8, 9 June
• Background/context
• Principles discussion/agreement
• Practice Issues

References/Resources
Dialogue
Text
Case Studies
SPEaR Meeting October or Dec 04
Refine drafts
Feed back
Edit
Quality Framework Benchmarking including
principles/practice and references (living
document rather than static)
4 Working drafts 31 July
SPEaR Meeting August
Wider comment
SPEaR website
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SPEaR Best Practice Guidelines Slide 2 The
Policy Cycle Ideal
Policy Development
Evaluation
Research
Policy Implementation
Policy Idea
Evaluation and/or monitoring
Programme Modification
Multiple sources of ideas
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SPEaR Best Practice Guidelines Slide 3 The
Policy Cycle in Practice
Policy Development
Evaluation
Research
Policy Implementation
Policy Idea
Evaluation and/or monitoring
Programme Modification
Multiple sources of ideas
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SPEaR Best Practice Guidelines Overlaps and
Connections Slide 4
Ethics
Maori
X
Pasifika
Contracting
X - shaded area illustrates areas of overlap
between the various SPEaR Best Practice
Guidelines
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SPEaR Best Practice Guidelines Utilising the
Best Practice Guidelines Slide 5
To Research Manager for assessment and/or scoping
Research suggested or requested by
decision-makers
What is already known? What are the information
gaps? Is research the best way to address
these? Are the resources and timeframe
reasonable? Etc. Etc.
E M P e

Project scoping
Product to decision-makers
In-house or contract?
Contract Process
CE M P c
Project Manager
C E M P c
Advisory Group
C E M P e m p
Senior researcher advice
Researchers undertake project stages
Researchers produce report
C E M P e m p
Note The Project Manager may be a researcher or
a policy person. C Contracting Guideline, E
Ethics, M Maori, P Pasifika
Guidelines. Existing processes c e m p