Policy_Analysis

10/12/10 PAD 260 Substantive and Supportive Activities Ch. 7 “Organizing” p.329 Ch. 4 “Administrative Responsibility” Program implementation needs substantive and supportive activities in order to function. Substantive activities: are directly goal oriented. Result producing. There must be a mandate, a policy declaration. The UN declaration is an example. Example is, submitting papers. Support activities: machinery of implementation for reaching the goal. Result contributing. Example is getting to school, getting the books (from the library or online). Commonalities, they both require a mandate and a budget. Difference is that substantive is goal directed and support is a machinery. Substantive should take 70% of funds while support take 30% however, this is not the case. Support activities are more expensive in some cases. Activities of organizations fall into 4 categories: 1. Top management activities – have to maintain external relations to achieve the mission, you have to design plain responsibilities for budget and planning. 2. Result producing substantive activities – you need to do a performance evaluation and assessment of the staff and the unit as a whole. 3. Result contributing (support) activities – training, home resource management (they are not directly involved in the end result but the make sure that the company has the right stuff), budgeting 4. House keeping – discussing what’s needed for the organizations, building, premises and maintenance of it. Areas of support activities: * Management and Budgetary Administration * Budgeting and Accounting * Human Resources Management There are some special support services when it comes to IPA organizations Special Support Services (IPA Org.): * Security and Safety * Interpretation and Translation * Transportation * Public Information * Premises – Supplies * Inform Technology Meetings (away from HQs) * Substantive – identify the problem and come up with a plan * Location and purpose of meeting – * Determine desired and needed participants (establish a ratio) - experts, people who were affected, the media, people involved in public opinion, the gov’t * Design a Conference Program (come up with an itinerary, what will happen during four days of the conference). Also have key speakers * Budget requirements and budget allocated * Result. Final Document – Plan of Action (follow-up) * Support Activities: * Invitations for attendance * Program and budget estimates * Arrange for conference site * Translation/Implementation and other conference services (we have to process documents paper, all the invited ppl. have to know about the background of the topic/issue/s). * Public Information Arrangements – the public needs to be updated about what happened in the meeting. Mission (Peace Keeping Operation, PKO Relief) Substantive: * Planning and programming the daily operation * Ensure budget requirements * Consult governments for provision of administrative civilian, police and military staff. * Travel to area * Monitoring/Evaluation