Developing a policy is a combination of technical, strategical, and political processes. It not only includes finding the right contents based on previous policy analysis and evidence from the field, but also finding the right level on which these contents shall be treated in a particular policy to have the greatest impact. In order to ensure compliance and right impact, the development of a policy must include complex and long participatory consulting processes with various stakeholders from all levels.
Power Point Presentation on the stages of Policy Cyle and Liberia’s experience in light of it. Most of the presentation focuses on the first two stages of setting the policy agenda and formulating policy, although some implementation issues are discussed. Lessons learned from the experience are also presented.