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 held during the Extension Workshop in Kinshasa, DRC frm 26 to 27 June 2012. It explains the development and implementation of the National Agricultural Sector Extension Policy (NASEP), and touches upon policy validation, a performance management system and the motivation to extension staff.