Public Policy Design, Implementation and Monitoring Training

Learning Outcomes

• Analyse the policy environment and identify key issues requiring public intervention.
• Design a public policy or programme using evidence-based frameworks and stakeholder inputs.
• Implement a policy or programme plan, including resource allocation and risk management.
• Monitor and evaluate policy or programme performance against defined indicators.
• Apply ethical principles and governance standards throughout the policy cycle.
• Communicate policy recommendations and findings to diverse audiences.

Target Audience

This course is designed for public sector managers, policy analysts, programme coordinators, and officials involved in policy development and implementation at national, provincial, or local government levels.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment. However, learners should have basic knowledge of the South African public sector environment.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practicals are integral to this course as they allow learners to apply policy design, implementation, and monitoring concepts to real-world scenarios. Through hands-on exercises, learners develop skills in stakeholder mapping, data collection, analysis, and reporting, reinforcing theoretical knowledge and building practical competence.

Practical Activities

• Stakeholder Mapping and Engagement Simulation — Learners identify stakeholders for a given policy issue, map their interests and influence, and simulate a consultation process including role-play and feedback integration. (16h)
• Policy Implementation Plan Development — Working in groups, learners develop a detailed implementation plan for a selected policy, including timelines, resource allocation, risk assessment, and monitoring mechanisms. (16h)
• Data Collection and Analysis Exercise — Learners design a data collection tool (survey or interview guide), collect data from a simulated population, and analyze the data to inform monitoring decisions. (20h)
• Policy Evaluation and Reporting — Learners evaluate a simulated policy using an evaluation framework, calculate cost-effectiveness, and produce a report with recommendations for improvement. (16h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.