Length: 6 hours (Two half days)
Audience: All employees, specifically of interest to Program Planners/Policy Practitioners/Analysts/Evaluators
Facilitators: Nigel Burns, Meaghan Zwicker, Colin Mosley, and Patrick Davis
Location: Sage Room, 40 C Burns Avenue, Charlottetown
Seeing policy through an economic lens enables public policy professionals to communicate effectively and make well-informed decisions. This course equips participants with the foundational economic knowledge needed to navigate the policy landscape with confidence.
Day One introduces essential data sources, modelling tools, along with the key documents, reports, and evidence sources that underpin policy analysis. Using economic principles, the session also examines how and why governments do (or don’t) intervene in society, grounding participants in the economic rationale behind public action.
Day Two explores how policy choices can shape economic and social developments. Through case studies, participants investigate the ways economic forces influence policy outcomes and how economic thinking can strengthen policy design.
Objectives:
- Understand key documents, reports, and evidence sources that inform policy analysis.
- Learn fundamental microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts
- Examine how and why governments intervene (or don't intervene) in society.
- Explore how policies can influence economic and social developments.
- Apply an economic lens to the development and evaluation of public policy.
Applications in the Workplace:
- Use economic frameworks to inform policy decisions.
- Select appropriate economic and fiscal products to support policy development and evaluation.
- Identify relevant data sources and understand how they apply to public policy.
- Engage confidently and effectively with economists to support your work.
Upcoming session: TBA
