Outcomes-focussed Policymaking in Scotland

Toolkit/framework/roadmap
Sign-post to other resource (database)

Resources

Docs & Forms

OCM Datasheet

Intended Audience

“This tool is aimed at all those developing and implementing policy in the Scottish Government and its associated public bodies. It is designed to support holistic policy making that reflects the complex reality of our interconnected world.”

Scottish Government

2021

“This toolkit is designed to support Scottish policy making to be more joined up and coherent, across policy areas both within Scotland and internationally. The problems Scottish policy making aims to tackle are increasingly complex and exist across geographic and thematic boundaries. Our policy response needs to recognise and reflect this.

This tool is aimed at all those developing and implementing policy in the Scottish Government and its associated public bodies. It is designed to support holistic policy making that reflects the complex reality of our interconnected world. It will help you think about developing policy that takes into account links and interdependencies to other policy areas, locally and globally. It will help you and your team to think through a policy area and how it is informed by, and contributes to, Scotland’s National Performance Framework (NPF) and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…

This tool can be used at any stage of policy making but is particularly effective in the early stages of policy development: reviewing existing policy and defining the problem as well as early policy formulation and outcomes setting.” (p.2)

Avaiable in

English

5Ps

Actions

SDGs LINKAGES

The resource is most closely linked to SDG 17.14 (policy coherence for sustainable development). Outcomes-focused policy making for sustainable development is closely linked to a number of SDG targets, including adoption of sustainable practices (SDG 12.6), effective, accountable and transparent institutions (SDG 16.6), effective collaboration and decision-making (SDG 16.7) and policies for sustainable development (SDG 16.B). The resource is also a good example of how Agenda 2030 and the SDGs can be localized through tailored outcomes that are sensitive to the local context and challenges, and international ambitions and responsibilities. The resource is based around a Global Citizenship Education approach, which is part of SDG 4.7 (Education for Sustainable Development) and also supports SDG 4.4 (staff skills) to empower staff to be effective in advancing sustainable development.

Click on the SDG Target to discover Our Collections Matter indicators

SDG 4.4: Increase the Number of People with Relevant Skills for Financial Success
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Number of young people and adults in skills-development activities and programmes drawing on collections, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.
Increase in number of young people and adults in such programmes.
Number and proportion of staff who have received training in the last year, to better support their contribution to the SDGs.
Programs and processes in place to ensure the availability of a skilled workforce.
Go to the SDG Target Page Close
SDG 4.7: Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Numbers of people in each type of programme drawing on collections from different demographic groups.
Increases in numbers of people in each type of programme from different demographic groups.
Proportion of people involved in such programmes in relation to overall audience size.
Evidence that learners have acquired knowledge and skills to promote sustainable development.
Go to the SDG Target Page Close
SDG 12.6: Encourage Companies to Adopt Sustainable Practices and Sustainability Reporting
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Clear visions, strategies and plans in place for all aspects of sustainability – environmental, social and economic (people, planet, prosperity)- across all areas of activity.
Visions, strategies and plans relating to sustainability to be publicly available and incorporated into planning documents.
Commitments to be in line with local, regional, national and/or international targets and ambitions.
Incorporation of sustainability into reporting for funders and other stakeholders, including the public. Reporting to include commitments and progress towards targets.
Go to the SDG Target Page Close
SDG 16.6: Develop Effective Accountable and Transparent Institutions
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Proportion of the population [audience/users/non-users] satisfied with their last experience of public services.
Access to information, and accountability policies and mechanisms, in place.
Effective institutional arrangements, both for own working and for working in partnership with other sectors, in place.
Plans and arrangements in place for extraordinary circumstances such as natural and human-caused disasters.
Effective arrangements in place to fulfil legal and social obligations and responsibilities.
Effective arrangements in place for transparent communication and reporting of institutional performance.
Effective arrangements in place for transparent decision-making and accountability.
Go to the SDG Target Page Close
SDG 16.7: Ensure Responsive, Inclusive and Representative Decision-Making
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Proportions of positions (by sex, age, persons with disabilities and population groups) in public institutions (national and local legislatures, public service, and judiciary) compared to national distributions.
Proportion of population [audience/users/non-users] who believe decision-making is inclusive and responsive, by sex, age, disability and population group.
Decision-making addresses societal, environmental and economic challenges related to the community, considering short-term and long-term risks and opportunities.
Decision-making draws on diverse backgrounds, viewpoints and interests, reflecting a broad base of stakeholders, and working to promote inclusion and provide effective services for all of society.
Go to the SDG Target Page Close
SDG 16.B: Promote and Enforce Non-Discriminatory Laws and Policies
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Proportion of population [audience/users/non-users] reporting having personally felt discriminated against or harassed in the previous 12 months on the basis of a ground of discrimination prohibited under international human rights law.
Number and proportion of policies that incorporate sustainable development considerations, in the full sense of recognizing all three of social, economic and environmental considerations.
Go to the SDG Target Page Close
SDG 17.14: Enhance Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Proportion of policies that incorporate sustainable development considerations, linking to SDGs and targets.
Incorporation of policy considerations from outside the collections sector into policies of collections-based institutions, to facilitate partnerships and effectiveness.
Go to the SDG Target Page Close

5Ps

ACTIONS

SDGs