VI. Defining Policy towards Achieving the Nonmarket Target
What are the issues the policy will address?
What issues currently dominate the arena?
What are the outcomes of those issues, and how can they be improved in some capacity?
What are the failures of the current policies (or lack thereof)?
What methods (and previous policies) of screening will be used to choose whether or not a policy would be adoptable?
Are there policies and principles internal to the organization or network that can help with selection decisions?
Are there external customs of conduct outside of a specific organization, either within a particular country, area of business, or energy sector?
Can the policy meet the target objectives?
What modes of analysis will be used to evaluate the shift in policy?
What kind of, and how will, evidence be used in the decision-making process?
What are the projected impacts?
What are the thresholds to the policy?
What are the choice options?
What is the timeframe of the policy?
How extensive should the policy be?
Where can choice occur within the policy?
What is the primary domain(s) of the policy target? some examples follow:
Technical
standards
innovation
adoption
accessibility
infrastructure
Monetary incentives/disincentives
+ or - taxes
rebates
fines
discounts
bonuses
rent
property
Regulatory instruments
output limits
import/export limits
environmental/toxic limits
Social/behavioral shifts
introducing new behaviors (recycling)
nudging behaviors
changing expectations/beliefs
self-regulation of behaviors
shaming
Build connections and collaborations
creating opportunities for sectors or industries to work together (consortiums)
establish interdisciplinary task forces
public/private partnerships
academic/research partnerships
Resource use
procurement
transformation
disposal
recycle
locality of extraction
Based on this analysis, the primary function of the target/policy outcome should be to?
Regulate
Implement
Standardize
Reach x state in y time
Incentivize
Insure
Tax
Reduce/increase output
Improve efficiency
Allow
Change/influence behavior
Others...
Drawing on the Nonmarket Matrix 2 (IA3 framework), ask the same questions in the case of a proposed nonmarket policy that will be implemented to achieve a target:
Who are the main actors the policy would need to impact?
How are the actors interests addressed in the policy?
What information (for towards various actors) would move the policy towards (or away from) adoption?
What significant interests cannot be addressed in a specific proposed policy?
What assets are needed to move the policy through to adoption?
VII. Map for implementation and reevaluation
What are the significant benchmarks that need to be met to achieve the target and by when?
Are there hardwired environmental timelines/bottom lines that cannot be ignored?
Are there social timelines that processes cannot move faster than, i.e. a bureaucracy?
Are there political timeframes that make the nonmarket target/policy more or less favorable? (Congress, President, etc.)
Are there corporate/industry timeframes that can limit timeframes?
Are there technological/innovation timeframes that are uncertain?
Strategic questions worth considering in your analysis for ongoing/iterative policy evaluation(s):
Are there analogous policies in related sectors that can be useful models and/or provide information about channels, processes, hurdles, etc.?
Are there firms or institutions tied to analogous policies that could become helpful allies?
How can the policy maximize benefits on the front end?
Is the policy better implemented in phases?
Is the need to create a new kind of policy, or does significant regulation already exist in the domain?
What are the main determinants of advantage that a policy could produce (based on various actors perspectives)?
Assessment of Implementation Progress and Plans for Revision
By what means will you assess the progress of your project?
What are the "gates" of your timeline? (What are the processes you will look at to determine ongoing progress? Often time processes will repeat and you want to be able to compare one iteration to the next. A simple example would be planting crops from year to year.)
As what point in the strategic implementation processes can you revise? How often can revisions be made? At which gates?
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