Capacity Building: Linking Community
Experience to Public Policy

Julie Devon Dodd and Michelle Hébert Boyd

Population and Public Health Branch
Atlantic Regional Office
Health Canada

October 2000

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The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Health Canada.

Également disponible en français sous le titre
Développement des moyens d’action : Établir un lien entre l’expérience communautaire et la politique gouvernementale

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Capacity Building: Linking Community Experience to Public Policy. 2000. Produced by Julie Devon Dodd and Michelle Hébert Boyd for the Population and Public Health Branch, Atlantic Regional Office, Health Canada.

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Population and Public Health Branch
Health Canada
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Halifax NS B3J 3Y6
Tel: (902) 426-2700
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

A NOTE ABOUT HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT

DEFINING “PUBLIC POLICY”

THE CHANGING CONTEXT OF PUBLIC POLICY
The traditional policy-making process
Moving toward horizontal policy making

MOVING FROM CONSULTATION TO COLLABORATION: HORIZONTAL POLICY PROCESSES
Building bridges

BUILDING CAPACITIES TO DEVELOP INCLUSIVE POLICY-MAKING PROCESSES
Building personal capacity to develop policy
Building community capacity to develop policy
Building system capacity to develop policy

LINKING COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE TO PUBLIC POLICY
Strategies for developing personal capacity
Strategies for developing community capacity
Strategies for developing system capacity

THE CHALLENGE

REFERENCES

Please note that this document was published by Health Canada prior to the announcement of the establishment of the Public Health Agency of Canada on September 24, 2004. Any reference to Health Canada should be assumed to be to the Public Health Agency of Canada.