- Identify the main steps to identify and diagnose an issue or opportunity requiring a policy response
- Understand the importance of articulating clear problem statements
Summary
Learning Objective
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Introduction
Issue identification and definition is the first stage of the policy cycle. It involves the identification and diagnosis of a problem, opportunity or objective that requires a policy response. For States that have developed comprehensive migration strategies, perhaps stemming from a recently completed Migration Profile or a Migration Governance Indicators’ assessment, much of the problem or objective articulation will have been done. It may be however that an issue has arisen more spontaneously, as a result of a crisis, a new bilateral agreement, or as a result of the national economic policy context. In any case, a clear statement describing the issue at stake is fundamental for the policymaking process.
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