Establishing systemic policy engagement at OUCRU: a pilot project (360G-Wellcome-215849_Z_19_Z)

The aim of this project is to pilot a system within OUCRU whereby projects are assessed for their potential policy impact; policy-making stakeholders’ interests’ are acknowledged and incorporated into project designs; and we have the infrastructure and expertise in place to support policy engagement, thereby ensuring that opportunities for policy impact are fully realized. If this pilot system is successful, we will be able to expand the scope of this initiative to support systemic policy engagement across the breadth of all our work. There are three components to the proposed project: Component one: Strengthening our understanding of how policy engagement operates in Vietnam and within OUCRU. This includes an external policy-mapping project, and an internal policy engagement review. Component two: Implementing a pilot programme of systemic policy engagement. In this component we will develop a policy engagement plan and establish a Policy Stakeholder Advisory Board (PSAB) to create opportunities for continuous stakeholder engagement beyond the life of this project. Component three: Monitoring and evaluation. In this component we will develop a theory of change, and we will conduct evaluations of the policy engagement plan, and of the PSAB in line with that theory of change to inform the next steps.