Johnston International Consulting
FINDING POLICY DECISIONS DO NOT GET IMPLEMENTED?
NEEDING HELP TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY?
Based in Australia, Johnston International Consulting Pty Ltd provides capacity building support for governments, organisations and individuals on policy development, governance and communication. This site provides an overview of the company's consulting and capacity building work and links to the key organisations we have helped establish.
Our support:
Strategic public policy development and decision-making:
- Evidence-informed policy processes
- Statistical analysis and behavioural economics
- Effective Cabinet decision-making and implementation tracking
- Building institutional capacity at the centre of government
- Public analysis to support decisions that can be implemented effectively
- Political economy analysis to assess options and support implementation planning
- Specific expertise in selected areas including civil service reform and health
Developing communication skills:
- English language writing and speaking skills for senior officials
- Communicating policy decisions and effecitve stakeholder engagement
- Communicating effectively in workplace and academic contexts
- Intercultural communication
- Preparation for IELTS tests (for example through IET)
We have worked with:
Senior government leaders
- Presidents and Prime Ministers' Offices, individual Ministers and other senior officials from more than 25 countries and regions across Asia, Africa and the Middle East
- Cabinet Secretaries across Africa through the Africa Cabinet Government Network, which we helped to establish
- In fragile and confllict-affected countries as well as more stable contexts
Donors and Governments
- World Bank (6 projects); UK Government (13); Australian Government (10)
- As well as projects for the Asian Development Bank, EU, UNDP, OSI and others
Individuals, including civil servants and international scholarship recipients
- Funded by the Australian Government to support more than 200 mature-aged Mongolian students to prepare for Masters degrees at Australian universities (through IET)
- Training programs for students in Thailand, Vietnam, Libya, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan and elsewhere
What we offer:
- Tailored capacity building programs and workshops
- Individual coaching and mentoring
- Technical advice on policy development and implementation tracking processes
- Procedures manuals and handbooks, as well as checklists and templates
- International training programs (face-to-face and on-line)
- Functional reviews and needs assessments
- Teachers training
- Curriculum development and training materials
- Literacy programs
- Drafting and editing support for policy briefs, reports, proposals, applications and CVs.
Our qualifcations and experience:
Mark Johnston details here
Sarah Johnston details here
Our values and methologies:
- Supporting YOU to develop your own solutions in your context – NOT preconceived answers based on someone else’s view of ‘World’s Best Practice’
- Tailored programs based on institutional and individual needs assessment
- Evidence-informed decision-making
- Practical solutions, with case studies, checklists, toolkits, templates and step-by-step guides
- Individual performance assessment to fine-tune support programs
- Discretion and strict compliance with confidentiality agreements
- A learning organization, responsive to regular, structured feedback sought from clients.
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