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This comprehensive document library holds electronic copies of many UK public sector strategies, some international strategy documents, work on horizon scanning and futures thinking from around the globe and an extensive collection of academic papers on topics ranging from systems thinking to public value.
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| A Magna Carta for Localism - three practical steps to make localism real | 01-Mar-10 | Strategies | Government and public sector | UK - local/regional | Document from the Centre for Policy Studies outlines three means by which the UK's highly centralised power-base, in which 70% of public spending is centralised compared to 50% or under in other EU states, can be devolved to local administrations to save up to £14 billion per year. These three means are: local support for the unemployed; local provision of community care; and local prevention of crime and anti-social behaviour. | Feedback |
| Ahead of the game: Blueprint for reform of the Australian government administration | 01-Mar-10 | Strategies | Government and public sector | Overseas - national | Report by the Advisory Group on Reform of Australian Government Administration to the Australian government, setting out a blueprint to modernise the Australian Public Service (APS). The document sets out nine long term, future focused recommendations to improve services, programmes and policies affecting Australians. | Feedback |
| Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for England | 01-Mar-04 | Strategies | Government and public sector | UK - national | Strategy document covering alcohol and its harms, the strategy for reducing harm caused by alcohol and how this might be delivered by government. Strategy is not very outcome focused however is evidence based and illustrates some delivery systems. | Feedback |
| Animal Health - Corporate Plan | 01-Jan-08 | Strategies | Energy and the environment | UK - national | Short-term corporate plan merged with strategy. Strong outcome-focused strategic vision, but objectives are inward-looking and activity focused. | Feedback |
| BBC Building Public Value | 01-May-05 | Strategies | Art and Culture | UK - national | A radical vision for the future of the BBC. The Governors will now apply a test of public value to all the BBC's activities, to assess what the BBC should and should not do, using a set of measures including: reach, quality, impact and value for money, as well as the economic value and potential market impact. | Feedback |
| Be Active, Be Healthy | 11-Feb-09 | Strategies | Health and healthcare | UK - national | A DH plan 'for getting the nation moving.' Programmes outlined in the plan will contribute to Government’s ambition of getting 2 million more people active by 2012 and have been designed to leave a lasting legacy from the Olympic Games. | Feedback |
| Beyond the Financial Crisis | 01-Jan-10 | Futures works/scenarios | Economics;Government and public sector | UK - national | A set of scenarios produced by the Said Business School examining two possible stories of how the world can move past the credit crunch and forward into the future
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| Biotechnology Scenarios 2000-2050 | 01-May-00 | Futures works/scenarios | Energy and the environment;Science and technology | International (UN, EU, etc.);Overseas - national | An extremely illustrative set of scenarios. Three worlds - "The Domino Effect," "The Hare and the Tortoise" and "Biotrust" are compared against five criteria. | Feedback |
| British Council - Corporate Plan 2008-2011 | 01-Jan-08 | Strategies | International affairs | UK - national | Strong outcome focus throughout this strategy. Blurred boundaries between objectives and financial plans at times. | Feedback |
| Budgeting in Canada | 01-Sep-01 | Theory & Techniques | Government and public sector | Overseas - national | This article in the OECD Journal on Budgeting details the steps the Canadian Government took to reverse a fiscal situation that had reached crisis proportions by the mid nineties. | Feedback |
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Oregon Shines IIThe Oregon State strategy. Show the line of sight from vision through to activity, and explores co-production explicitly Foresight Obesity Foresight futures project looking at obesity. Includes scenarios and systems map |
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