Services for Government
The Ignitia team has a long history of working with the public sector. Many of us have worked for government earlier in our careers and continue to do projects for government clients at a variety of levels in a number of jurisdictions. The majority of our public sector work is at the Ministry or Crown Corporation level and we tend to work directly with departments within these ministries.
What we bring to our government clients is a good understanding of policy issues, the operational realities of working in the public sector and a belief that government has an important role to play in society – one that we want to support. We leverage best practices that we have learned from the private sector and non-profits to help our public sector clients start new things or take what they’re currently doing in a new direction. We offer services in the following areas:
Policy and Program Development
Our team has significant experience in public policy development – some of the areas we have worked in include labour markets, high tech, post-secondary education, cultural services and economic development. We follow the Bardach Eightfold Path methodology of policy development which focuses on clear issue definition before embarking on research and review.
We have translated our experience conducting assessments and planning exercises for non-profit organizations, private sector companies and universities into program development for government. We can help you carry out pre-requisite background analyses such as environmental scans or assessments of organizational strengths and weaknesses. We will work with you to articulate the purpose of your programs, the desired outcomes and activities that will help you achieve them, and to develop the suitable monitoring metrics.