Public policy analysis required some initial preparation and needs analysis to achieve maximum results. Public policy analysis is the process of knowledge creation in understanding and aligning the interests of public policy that will or already made. Here are basic guidelines that can be used as a frame work in public policy analysis. However, the following notes about the stages of the toolkit is not a process of public policy analysis, but merely a frame work that must be the attention of a policy analyst. Here are some of them; Determine Your position. . . In conducting a policy analysis, you first must realize is your position as a policy analyst.

Therefore, it is important for you to proclaim your position as a policy analyst. To declare an analyst position will maintain the position konsistesi and analytical tools we will use in conducting policy analysis. As an analyst you must ask yourself, to whom and what the agenda of your analysis needs, either on behalf of the institution, group or personal, in answering the needs of policy analysis. Each position will explain keperpihakan and certain mindset, so that awareness of the position will maintain consistency of analysis. Like you are a government bureaucrat who should be aware of the position as an analyst technocratic. Of course this will differ with you as an activist who is doing the advocacy of policies for a particular community group. So do you, as an analyst reporters has sparked interest for a policy discussion as well as a political analyst who require policy analysis as a political agumentasi. Or another option, if you instead choose the depth of analysis is more important than policy changes in consciousness as an academic analyst who claim to be neutral.

dentification Problem your analysis. Obtaining complete information about the policies that we want the analysis is the main capital of our analysis begins. It is therefore important for an analyst to create the crawl information as accurately as possible, because the power of our analysis is also determined by how accurately we understand the problem. The first thing that we can begin the policy analysis is to gather as much information as an initial step to identify the problem. Identify issues that we can start with a variety of ways, let’s start coding the media can do, focus group discussions, community group meetings, as well as a variety of materials collected data on previous policy. In essence, an analyst should have an accurate and complete information about a policy that will be the basis of analytical material. After that there is need for segregation of the various information and data already collected. In managing this much information, also among kesimpang siuran and piles of data, then we have to do some screening process information. There are various ways that can be used, among which we can do is; • Conduct identification; process of identification can be developed by finding nodes that determine a policy that will or already made. Among the finding actors and interests involved in these public policy. Identification can also be done to identify a variety of channels and interests that are dipertarungkan (identification of inputs), so the problem can be understood. • Finding relevance; from a variety of problems that then we find the right relevance to our purpose in conducting policy analysis. Between issues of relevance and other issues, will determine how deep our analysis. Relevance of this finding is also related to the data filtering what we will use and what is not. • Priority Setting; all the things that we have identified and we filter and then we choose into our first priority in determining the area of analysis. Importance to give priority associated with the emphasis and focus issues we discussed. Options will also be a priority entrance in determining the policy recommendations we made in the analysis. Determine Focus your problem. . . After the information collected we can accurately understand the problem in a public policy. The next thing you can do is to determine the focus of a problem that will be your analysis of attention.

Focus issue you would have better aim related to the final destination you want to accomplish. With the decrease of the goal then becomes the focus of the problem will lead shot analysis and maintain the consistency and depth of analysis that you make later. There are some basic procedures you can follow in determining the focus of a problem in your policy analysis. The following points are some of them; • Define the problem? What problems you want to search jawabann in your analysis and then defined into a question. The definition of this problem which will be the main focus of your job description in the framework of analysis. • Limit your problem? Restricted analysis of the problem is not so wide and trapped in a debate which was to distance your analysis of the original purpose. Guideline aims to focus on a particular shot in a public policy, whether it’s a process, cycle or also something that is not relevant and significant to our analysis. Choose Analysis of the Right Tools. . . When the focus issues of concern to the analysis we have already set, then it is time to perform analysis of the data we find ynag. From a strong argument to choose the tools that help you in doing the analysis to achieve your analysis. Calculated all the possibilities that will support your argument later into your analysis. The stronger and more accurate your analysis of the effectiveness and efficiency in achieving your objective analysis would more easily achieved. To get the data and assembling a strong argument, then use the appropriate analytical tools and be able to explain what you want. Each analysis tool has a logic of their own buildings, then choose the analysis tools that will support your logic building. Some of the analytical tools such as SWOT analysis (Strength weaknes oppoetunity theart), analysis of CBA (cost benefir analisys), and many other analytical tools. So also with you who is doing the analysis for advocacy purposes then you can do if the data as a counter argument. Rise You are a strong argument. . . The results of your analysis will be the basic argument in achieving our goal of public policy under consideration. The next process is also important to communicate the results of our policy analysis so easily understood by the people we want. Therefore intrepretasi analysis should be made as easy as possible for the public to read (Legible). With a convincing intrepretasi then we can provide a strong influence to the policy analysis which we are. Thus building a stronger argument that will determine whether our analysis can influence the way we want. In building a post-analysis of communication effective ways and can be used are; • describe the data and findings. Describe your data findings in the form most easily read by the public. Exposure data and the findings made with simple and easy to understand, you can do so by using graphs and columns or the like. • Use Model Best Time. Another thing you can do in building an argument is to make the most relevant models and ideals in accordance with the logic that you want to wake up. Make a model that implies important arguments and details that you emphasize, so that your idea of a policy easy to understand. Make recommendations. . .

The process of public policy analysis and in improved by providing some policy recommendations to influence policy makers, and even then if you are a advokator. Recommendations as a means or concrete evidence of the results of the analysis we have done. Policy recommendations to be important because it is the purpose of an analyst-oriented policy changes earlier. If you were to advocate for a policy then you can match the design of public policy. But if you are an analyst hired by the government then you are very necessary recommendations to make improvements for the next policy. It is also different if you are a scholar (technician) oriented pursuit of accuracy and prediction accuracy, then your recommendation is important as a reference for forecasting (trajectory). Remember, your reputation as an analyst of public policy will be determined by how you analyze a public policy.