Participating in Federal Public Policy: A Guide for the Voluntary Sector
Participating in Federal
Public Policy: A Guide for the Voluntary Sector is a
resource to help voluntary organizations participate in the federal
public policy development process. It also gives federal government
departments insight into how to involve their voluntary sector
counterparts more effectively. Although the focus of the Guide
is to assist organizations that do not have full-time staff devoted
to policy, it includes resources that could be useful to all organizations.
The Guide is funded by Human Resources Development Canada through
the Capacity Joint Table of the Voluntary Sector Initiative.
The Capacity Joint
Table Advisory Committee is working to improve the voluntary
sector’s ability to provide input into policies of the federal
government. This work complements the Voluntary Sector Initiative’s
Code of Good Practice on Policy
Dialogue, which builds on An Accord
Between the Government of Canada and the Voluntary Sector. Participating
in Federal Public Policy is one of two projects on policy capacity
which the Advisory Committee is overseeing; the other is Policy
Internships and Fellowships (PIAF). Earlier consultations,
through policy workshops across the country resulted in the report,
Policy Grass Roots: Consultant’s
Report on Eleven VSI Policy Workshops Held in All Provinces January
to March 2002, which informed the development of these
two projects.