Wales Centre for Public Policy

Description	As of March 2023, the Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) has produced 194 publications and more than 180 engagement events including written and oral policy briefings for Ministers and senior officials. Our work for both the Welsh Government and public services has had a direct and tangible impact across a wide range of current societal challenges. In the last 12 months much of our work has focused on key government and ESRC priorities including: • Decarbonisation; • Recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic; • Tackling poverty and the cost of living crisis; • Adapting to Brexit; and • Promoting connected communities. In addition in previous years of the award, we produced in-depth evidence and actionable recommendations for senior policy makers on a wide range of other issues spanning all areas of devolved responsibility in Wales including: the economy and skills; health; housing and homelessness; education; equalities; sustainability; land use and fisheries policy; and social care for both children and adults. Our innovative, demand-led model of evidence generation and mobilisation provides policy makers in Welsh Government and public services with the means to make evidence-based policy decisions in a timely fashion. We work closely with policy makers to identify their evidence needs and then respond directly to these. Over the award period to date, we have held around 800 meetings with Ministers, special advisors, and Welsh Government officials and more than 400 meetings with public service leaders. We analyse existing research and identify leading experts with whom we collaborate to provide evidence. In this way we play a vital convening role which enables Ministers and public service leaders to access high quality independent evidence and expertise. To date, the Centre has worked with more than 1,500 experts to enable them to apply their research to key challenges facing policy makers in Wales. This collaborative approach enables us to respond in a timely way to policy makers' evidence needs which means that our work feeds directly into policy making processes. We play a key role in the UK's What Works Network, providing Wales with a strong voice and supporting other Centres to work with devolved administrations. Principal Investigator, Professor Stephen Martin, has been a member of the What Works Council since 2015. He also served as a member of the commissioning panels for two other Centres: What Works Scotland (in 2013, also acting as a member of their Advisory Group from 2015-2018) and the What Works Centre for Evidence Implementation in Adult Social Care (in 2020). In addition, we convened a joint event with Queen's University Belfast and the Campbell Collaboration (a social science research network) to explore the establishment of a What Works Centre for Northern Ireland and other members of staff at the WCPP are members of the Advisory Groups of two further What Works Centres. The Centre has also taken an active role in the What Works Impact Group which consists of the Impact leads of each What Works Centre, by sharing our approach to measuring impact. The Centre is a core and active member of the Universities Policy Engagement Network and one of our team was recently elected as a Vice-Chair of the network. In the last year the WCPP became core members of the International Public Policy Observatory phase 2 project funded by the ESRC and founder members of and contributors to the PolicyWise initiative led by the Open University. It has led two projects funded by the ESRC's What Works Strategic Fund. The first significantly increased the Network's impact across the UK through a series of summits that enabled other What Works Centres to engage with policy makers in devolved administrations. We facilitated five summits attracting a total of 300 attendees in 2018-19 in Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast and a roundtable in London with What Works Centres, the ESRC's Chief Executive, National What Works Adviser, Cabinet Office officials, and representatives from devolved administrations and local government. 82% of participants rated the summits as 'extremely useful' or 'very useful' and 86% said that they planned to use what they had learnt at the summit to inform their practice. Based on the learning from the events, we published a series of recommendations to increase the impact of What Works Centres across the UK. Our second strategic fund project has analysed the applicability of insights from Implementation Science to the ways in which What Works Centres operate. A final report including key recommendations was presented to the What Works Council in April 2022. In the last 12 months (2022-2023) we have also secured new funding for a What Works Innovation Fellowship and a new research project to study the ways in which What Works Centres create and capture impact. Our work for Ministers has directly informed a wide range of Welsh Government policy decisions, delivering impacts which would not have occurred without the unique model of knowledge brokering we have developed. The former First Minister stated that "we are using this (Wales Centre for Public Policy) advice to inform our decisions, to focus our interventions, to target our policies" and described the Centre as having "established itself as an important part of the policy 'landscape' here in Wales". The current First Minister has echoed this saying: "The work of the Wales Centre for Public Policy greatly strengthens our policy-making in Wales. It gives us high-quality independent evidence to challenge current assumptions and improve our decisions". We also have numerous testimonials of impact from other Ministers as well as senior officials who we have worked with. Some examples of the Centre's economic and societal impact include: • Recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic - The WCCP played what the Head of the Welsh Government's Cabinet Office describes as "an integral role" in the development of its response to the Covid-19 pandemic by "providing relevant and timely evidence to identify challenges and priorities as it focuses on recovery from Covid-19". In April-May 2020, the Counsel General and Minister for European Transition asked the WCPP to write briefing papers for participants in expert roundtables (including Gordon Brown and a range of international experts) that he established to advise the Welsh Government on recovery from the pandemic. WCPP staff attended roundtables, wrote reports on each session, and published an overarching report. In July-August 2020, the Minister asked the WCPP to synthesise the research evidence on Covid-19 to guide the work of an External Advisory Group which met six times to identify strategies for recovery. We attended the meetings and produced a report on the experts' recommendations. The Centre was also commissioned to analyse responses to the Welsh Government's public consultation on recovery. Its reports were discussed by the Cabinet in September 2020 and cited in the Welsh Government's policy on 'COVID-19 reconstruction: challenges and priorities', published in October 2020. Senior officials report that the WCPP's work "informed the Welsh Government's approach to recovery and will shape its priorities for the remainder of the Senedd term". • The impact of Brexit - The Centre's work on immigration policy and the labour market helped Wales to prepare for Brexit. The Welsh Government and NHS Confederation asked us for evidence to inform their responses, so we worked with experts at King's College London to analyse the impacts of a range of possible post-Brexit immigration policies on the Welsh economy and labour market. Our 2020 report on the implications of the European transition for key Welsh economic sectors reflected how new trade barriers and an anticipated reduction in structural funding would affect key sectors of the Welsh economy. Our evidence and recommendations had a significant impact on the Welsh Government's thinking and informed its approach to post-Brexit planning, including its negotiations with the UK Government. • Race Equality - In 2020, we undertook a series of seven evidence reviews of approaches to tackling race and ethnic inequality in key policy areas including health, education, criminal justice, and housing. These have directly informed the Welsh Government's Anti-racist Wales Action Plan published in June 2022. The Minister who is responsible for the Plan reported: "All seven of the reports provided by the Wales Centre for Public Policy have been crucial to the development of the Anti-racist Wales Action Plan. Policy leads across the Welsh Government have used them to inform the initial development of each chapter of the Plan and the work of the Centre has provided the foundation for the co-construction discussions which have taken place at the development deep dive and roundtable sessions". • Innovation - Analysis of the Government's 'Invest to Save' programme led to practical improvements in the way it is administered. As a result of our recommendations, £6.5m of interest-free repayable grants have been awarded to fifteen innovative projects that will improve public service delivery. • Homelessness - Two reports on the causes and prevention of youth homelessness had a direct and significant impact on Welsh Government policy. The Minister for Housing and Regeneration explained: "The WCPP report tells me that there is a clear need to promote and encourage new and innovative options to both house and support young people. I am therefore pleased to announce £4.8m of funding to establish a brand-new innovation fund to develop suitable housing and support options for young people". Four years after the publication of the reports, the Welsh Government highlighted that the Centre's work: "led the Welsh Government to work on strengthening these existing tools and service models to include additional indicators in order to provide a stronger homelessness prevention focus". The introduction of a Youth Engagement and Progression Framework means that "early identification processes are ongoing, rather than an annual 'snapshot' of what is happening in young people's lives, this enables services to intervene as soon as possible, before a crisis point is reached". • Migration - A report showing that there would be a fall of 1%-1.5% in GDP in Wales over ten years as a result of the UK immigration White Paper informed the Welsh Government's negotiations with the UK government. The research was cited in and published as an annex to a White Paper 'Securing Wales' Future: Transition from the EU to a new relationship with Europe'. • Recycling - The design and implementation of a waste recycling trial in South-East Wales was directly informed by our report which recommended ways to increase recycling rates including the distribution of an information pack to people who have just moved home. Reflecting on this work, the First Minister of Wales said "In 2018 the Wales Centre for Public Policy did some work for us on the next steps in recycling here in Wales. As a result, we are still the third best recycling nation on the face of the globe and part of that is the help that we've had from the Centre". • Decarbonisation - Our work on a just transition was notable in its influence on Welsh Government's thinking on achieving an equable pathway to decarbonisation. A senior official commented that the Welsh Government's "approach to testing the use of existing governance provided by the Well-being for Future Generations Act for just transition was influenced by WCPP's previous work in this area (2019-2021)". In addition, the Welsh Government requested the Centre to support a planned call for evidence (December 2022) by developing an evidence synthesis on international approaches to a just transition. • Net Zero - Our research and recommendations on net zero skills informed the Welsh Government's Stronger, Fairer, Greener Wales: Net Zero Skill Action Plan (published in February 2023), which provides practical steps towards understanding where and how skills needs will change over time and indicates how the Welsh Government will support this transition. Building on our previous research, we were asked to undertake a rapid evidence review on future skills needs for the emissions sectors presented in Net Zero Wales. This drew on existing evidence and semi-structured interviews with sector representatives. Our recommendations directly informed the action plan. · Poverty and social exclusion - The Centre published a suite of eighteen reports to inform the Welsh Government's approach to tackling poverty and social exclusion. These covered quantitative, qualitative and lived experience evidence on the nature and scale of poverty and social exclusion in Wales, and two international reviews about 'what works' to tackle poverty from a strategic and policy/programme perspective. We presented this work at several Cost of Living summits, including one organised by the Minister for Social Justice attended by over 100 people. This work has already shaped the Welsh Government's approach to engaging external audiences as part of the development of their refreshed Child Poverty Strategy, and is helping to shape the forthcoming strategy itself. We have also achieved similarly important impacts on Welsh public services particularly through our work to inform statutory Wellbeing Assessments prepared by Public Service Boards (PSBs) and our programmes on improving outcomes for children looked after by local authorities and ways to reduce loneliness and social isolation. PSBs are required by the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 to produce well-being assessments which capture the state of well-being in local authority areas, in terms of economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being; and lead to objectives to improve well-being. The Centre was asked to assist PSBs by providing a series of workshops and briefings covering core trends and topics to support the well-being assessment process. The three briefings covered equalities, cultural well-being: and the impact of Covid-19 and Brexit on well-being. Feedback on the briefings and workshops have been positive. For example, one local authority senior officer suggested that: "The poverty session that was delivered on June 30th 2022 was truly excellent and remains in the fore of my mind, particularly as our PSB is now prioritising poverty as its area of focus for their new Well-being Plan. The presentation that you shared with us has in no small way formed the basis of our Well-being Plan as a consequence". Our work on children looked after includes: an in-depth analysis of the factors that are driving increases in the numbers of children in care and disparities between local authority areas; a review of international approaches to managing placement provision; an assessment of children and young peoples' experiences of care; a survey of the values and practices of children's social workers; and an evidence review on multi-agency working. This work has highlighted the urgency of improving the management of placements and produced practical recommendations to improve outcomes for children and young people. The research has been used in various ways. For example, the Justice Commission used our findings in its analysis of the family courts, and our work also informed the decisions of the Ministerial Advisory Group on Improving Outcomes for Looked After Children and the framework that was developed for effective escalation/de-escalation. The research has been cited by academics (e.g. Bezecky and Wilkins, 2022), politicians from across the political spectrum, including the First Minister in plenary (22 June 2022), and the national media. Most recently, two of our projects have been cited by the Welsh Parliament in informing the Senedd's Children Young People and Education Committee inquiry into the Welsh Government's progress in delivering radical reform for care experienced children (Welsh Parliament, 2023). Our research on reducing loneliness and social isolation has significantly improved understanding of who is lonely in Wales, the risk factors, and effective approaches to reducing it through community initiatives and the use of technology to enable and support social connection. We have received very positive feedback from the Welsh Government and public services about the impact which this work has had in informing their strategies and activities. Our work contributed directly to the design and delivery of the Welsh Government's Loneliness and Social Isolation Fund. It also informed the work of the Third Sector Partnership Council's Covid recovery sub-group, and the Wales Council for Voluntary Action has used our findings extensively in its responses to Welsh and UK governments and in presentations on the future of volunteering to four nation and international conferences. In July 2021 we held a major two-day conference on tackling loneliness in Wales, attended by approximately 100 participants representing national and local government, public, voluntary and community sector organisations. . 100% of surveyed respondents said they found the event relevant and useful and would use what they learnt in the future. This conference helped shape the next phase of our research on social disparities in the experience of loneliness, the benefits and challenges of blended approaches to community service delivery, and the role of relationships and collaboration in supporting community action to improve wellbeing. We have presented our work on social disparities in the experience of loneliness and the implications of the cost-of-living crisis to the Northern Ireland All Party Group on Loneliness and been asked to present our research on blended approaches to community service delivery to the Health and Social Care Regional Integration Fund (RIF) Community of Practice on Community-based Care. A full day conference in January 2023 which we convened to disseminate and discuss ours and others' work on Decarbonising Wales attracted almost 300 researchers and policy makers. We shared findings from our research, heard policy perspectives from senior Welsh Government officials, and discussed strategies for decarbonisation. The Centre's work is also having a significant impact on academic theory. We have published more than 30 peer-reviewed journal papers on topics such as the implementation of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act, how local government has responded to austerity, the role of Knowledge Brokering Organisations, the expansion of policy engagement initiatives across UK universities, the use of different policy tools in a context of multi-level governance, and on policy issues such as addressing homelessness. We have produced a series a blogs on these papers to widen the reach of our work and in 2023 were invited to talk about our work on knowledge brokers on the Science for Policy (SAPEA) podcast. Our unique demand-led approach to creating research impact has attracted national international interest and recognition. The WCPP was awarded Cardiff University's Innovation and Impact prize in 2018. It was a finalist in the ESRC's Celebrating Impact Prize in 2019 for its Outstanding Public Policy Impact. Our work has been featured the OCED as an exemplar in its 2017 report on evidence-informed policy and as a case study in the Academy of Social Sciences' 2022 publication 'The Place to Be: How social sciences are helping to improve places in the UK' and a chapter in 'What Works Centres: Lessons and insights from an evidence movement', published by Policy Press in 2023.
First Year Of Impact	2017
Sector	Agriculture, Food and Drink,Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Environment,Financial Services, and Management Consultancy,Healthcare,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Government, Democracy and Justice,Transport,Other
Impact Types	Societal,Economic,Policy & public services

Description	Impacts on Welsh Government policy across a wide range of devolved responsibilities - see impact narrative for examples
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Citation in other policy documents
Impact	Numerous impacts on a wide range of Welsh Government policies - see impact narrative for examples

Description	Application to the SSL Major Initiatives Strategic Research Fund (FMI) and Policy Support Fund (PSF) 2021/22 - Connecting through Culture as we Age: Co-producing policy
Amount	£15,000 (GBP)
Organisation	University of Bristol
Sector	Academic/University
Country	United Kingdom
Start	04/2022

Description	Evaluation of ESRC What Works Investments
Amount	£9,000 (GBP)
Organisation	Economic and Social Research Council
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	05/2019
End	04/2020

Description	How local institutional combinations influence productivity strategic choices - Local Institutions, Productivity, Sustainability and Inclusivity Trade-offs (LIPSIT)
Amount	£702,388 (GBP)
Organisation	Economic and Social Research Council
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	10/2019
End	04/2021

Description	How will post-Brexit immigration policies impact with Welsh NHS workforce
Amount	£18,546 (GBP)
Organisation	Welsh NHS Confederation
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	02/2020
End	06/2020

Description	Increasing the impact of the What Works Network across the UK, ESRC, What Works Strategic Fund
Amount	£75,000 (GBP)
Funding ID	ES/R00384X/1
Organisation	ESRC Impact Acceleration Account Cambridge
Sector	Academic/University
Country	United Kingdom
Start	08/2018
End	04/2020

Description	Local authority responses to austerity - Research commissioned by the Wales Local Government Association
Amount	£25,000 (GBP)
Organisation	Welsh Local Government Association
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	01/2018
End	08/2018

Description	Looked After Children in the Youth Justice System: A Feasibility Study Budget
Amount	£1,952 (GBP)
Organisation	Economic and Social Research Council
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	07/2019

Description	NIHR - Connecting Communities: Building Relationships (Cardiff Council)
Amount	£5,187 (GBP)
Funding ID	Cardiff Council / WCPP Cardiff University Connecting Communities: Building Relationships Project NIHR 132734
Organisation	National Institute for Health Research
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	09/2020
End	12/2021

Description	Optimising Outcomes from Procurement and Partnering for Covid-19 and Beyond: Lessons from the Crisis (led by University of Stirling)
Amount	£460,867 (GBP)
Organisation	United Kingdom Research and Innovation
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	08/2020
End	11/2021

Description	Public Health Wales / WCPP - Data analysis to improve multi-agency decision making to support children and families: data discovery
Amount	£9,380 (GBP)
Organisation	Public Health Wales NHS Trust
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	03/2022
End	07/2022

Description	Strategic Fund - Developing Implementation across the What Works Network
Amount	£79,860 (GBP)
Organisation	Economic and Social Research Council
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	03/2020
End	04/2021

Description	The Value of Trade Unions in Wales - An evidence review funded by TUC Wales
Amount	£24,000 (GBP)
Organisation	Trades Union Congress (TUC)
Department	TUC Wales
Sector	Charity/Non Profit
Country	United Kingdom
Start	03/2019
End	09/2019

Description	Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) Volunteering and Well-being
Amount	£30,248 (GBP)
Organisation	Wales Council for Voluntary Action
Sector	Charity/Non Profit
Country	United Kingdom
Start	02/2021
End	05/2021

Description	duplicate entry ~ ESRC - What Works Strategic Fund Implementation Science project - WCPP/Cardiff University, University College London and What Works for Wellbeing What Works Strat Fund (J Sharples)
Amount	£79,860 (GBP)
Organisation	Economic and Social Research Council
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	09/2020
End	09/2021

Description	Application to the SSL Major Initiatives Strategic Research Fund (FMI) and Policy Support Fund (PSF) 2021/22 - Connecting through Culture as we Age: Co-producing policy
Organisation	University of Bristol
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Collaborated in application to the SSL Major Initiatives Strategic Research Fund (FMI) and Policy Support Fund (PSF) 2021/22. Title of proposed initiative: Connecting through Culture as we Age: Co-producing policy
Collaborator Contribution	Collaborated in application to the SSL Major Initiatives Strategic Research Fund (FMI) and Policy Support Fund (PSF) 2021/22. Title of proposed initiative: Connecting through Culture as we Age: Co-producing policy
Impact	Research to commence in April 2022
Start Year	2022

Description	Collaborative working following successful bid for funding - Optimising Outcomes from Procurement and Partnering for Covid-19 and Beyond: Lessons from the Crisis (led by University of Stirling)
Organisation	Northumbria University
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Prof James Downe is workng on this research project led by the University of Stirling. Text from bid: JD: Public policy and management. Extensive funding record. Current Horizon2020 project: 'Transforming into Open, Innovative and Collaborative Governments'. Will lead on Central government webinar; interviews with Cabinet Office, Welsh Government, NI Assembly, and other stakeholders in Wales and NI; development and testing of 'procurement impact tool' (+0.5 PDRA, M7-15)
Collaborator Contribution	The WCPP is working on a research project led by the University of Stirling.
Impact	Research is on-going
Start Year	2020

Description	Collaborative working following successful bid for funding - Optimising Outcomes from Procurement and Partnering for Covid-19 and Beyond: Lessons from the Crisis (led by University of Stirling)
Organisation	University of Oxford
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Prof James Downe is workng on this research project led by the University of Stirling. Text from bid: JD: Public policy and management. Extensive funding record. Current Horizon2020 project: 'Transforming into Open, Innovative and Collaborative Governments'. Will lead on Central government webinar; interviews with Cabinet Office, Welsh Government, NI Assembly, and other stakeholders in Wales and NI; development and testing of 'procurement impact tool' (+0.5 PDRA, M7-15)
Collaborator Contribution	The WCPP is working on a research project led by the University of Stirling.
Impact	Research is on-going
Start Year	2020

Description	Collaborative working following successful bid for funding - Optimising Outcomes from Procurement and Partnering for Covid-19 and Beyond: Lessons from the Crisis (led by University of Stirling)
Organisation	University of Stirling
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Prof James Downe is workng on this research project led by the University of Stirling. Text from bid: JD: Public policy and management. Extensive funding record. Current Horizon2020 project: 'Transforming into Open, Innovative and Collaborative Governments'. Will lead on Central government webinar; interviews with Cabinet Office, Welsh Government, NI Assembly, and other stakeholders in Wales and NI; development and testing of 'procurement impact tool' (+0.5 PDRA, M7-15)
Collaborator Contribution	The WCPP is working on a research project led by the University of Stirling.
Impact	Research is on-going
Start Year	2020

Description	ESRC - How local institutional combinations influence productivity strategic choices - Local Institutions, Productivity, Sustainability and Inclusivity Trade-offs (LIPSIT)
Organisation	DEMOS
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Charity/Non Profit
PI Contribution	The LIPSIT project is led by Professor Nigel Gilbert from the University of Surrey with Co-Investigators Dr Helen Tilley (Cardiff University), Professor Simon Collinson and Dr Charlotte Hoole (University of Birmingham), Professor Nigel Driffield and Dr Guus Hendriks (University of Warwick), and Charles Seaford (Demos).
Collaborator Contribution	Collaborative research
Impact	Research on-going
Start Year	2019

Description	ESRC - How local institutional combinations influence productivity strategic choices - Local Institutions, Productivity, Sustainability and Inclusivity Trade-offs (LIPSIT)
Organisation	University of Birmingham
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	The LIPSIT project is led by Professor Nigel Gilbert from the University of Surrey with Co-Investigators Dr Helen Tilley (Cardiff University), Professor Simon Collinson and Dr Charlotte Hoole (University of Birmingham), Professor Nigel Driffield and Dr Guus Hendriks (University of Warwick), and Charles Seaford (Demos).
Collaborator Contribution	Collaborative research
Impact	Research on-going
Start Year	2019

Description	ESRC - How local institutional combinations influence productivity strategic choices - Local Institutions, Productivity, Sustainability and Inclusivity Trade-offs (LIPSIT)
Organisation	University of Surrey
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	The LIPSIT project is led by Professor Nigel Gilbert from the University of Surrey with Co-Investigators Dr Helen Tilley (Cardiff University), Professor Simon Collinson and Dr Charlotte Hoole (University of Birmingham), Professor Nigel Driffield and Dr Guus Hendriks (University of Warwick), and Charles Seaford (Demos).
Collaborator Contribution	Collaborative research
Impact	Research on-going
Start Year	2019

Description	ESRC - How local institutional combinations influence productivity strategic choices - Local Institutions, Productivity, Sustainability and Inclusivity Trade-offs (LIPSIT)
Organisation	University of Warwick
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	The LIPSIT project is led by Professor Nigel Gilbert from the University of Surrey with Co-Investigators Dr Helen Tilley (Cardiff University), Professor Simon Collinson and Dr Charlotte Hoole (University of Birmingham), Professor Nigel Driffield and Dr Guus Hendriks (University of Warwick), and Charles Seaford (Demos).
Collaborator Contribution	Collaborative research
Impact	Research on-going
Start Year	2019

Description	ESRC - What Works Strategic Fund Implementation Science Project - WCPP/Cardiff University, University College of London and What Works for Wellbeing - What Works Strat Fund (J Sharples)
Organisation	University College London
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Joint research proejct
Collaborator Contribution	Joint research project
Impact	Research on-going
Start Year	2020

Description	ESRC - What Works Strategic Fund Implementation Science Project - WCPP/Cardiff University, University College of London and What Works for Wellbeing - What Works Strat Fund (J Sharples)
Organisation	What Works Centre for Wellbeing
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Public
PI Contribution	Joint research proejct
Collaborator Contribution	Joint research project
Impact	Research on-going
Start Year	2020

Description	ESRC funded project - UCL, Queens University Belfast, the University of Auckland and the University of Oxford, the International Network for Government Science and The Conversation, International Public Policy Observatory
Organisation	International Network for Government Science Advice
Country	New Zealand
Sector	Learned Society
PI Contribution	UCL is leading a £2m collaboration, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), to better exploit the power of policy and research to help mitigate the biggest social impacts of COVID-19 and accelerate the UK's recovery. The International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) is a collaboration between UCL, Cardiff University, Queens University Belfast, the University of Auckland and the University of Oxford, with leading think tanks including the International Network for Government Science (INGSA), and academic news publisher The Conversation.
Collaborator Contribution	Collaborative research
Impact	See IPPO website and Researchfish entry
Start Year	2020

Description	ESRC funded project - UCL, Queens University Belfast, the University of Auckland and the University of Oxford, the International Network for Government Science and The Conversation, International Public Policy Observatory
Organisation	Queen's University Belfast
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	UCL is leading a £2m collaboration, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), to better exploit the power of policy and research to help mitigate the biggest social impacts of COVID-19 and accelerate the UK's recovery. The International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) is a collaboration between UCL, Cardiff University, Queens University Belfast, the University of Auckland and the University of Oxford, with leading think tanks including the International Network for Government Science (INGSA), and academic news publisher The Conversation.
Collaborator Contribution	Collaborative research
Impact	See IPPO website and Researchfish entry
Start Year	2020

Description	ESRC funded project - UCL, Queens University Belfast, the University of Auckland and the University of Oxford, the International Network for Government Science and The Conversation, International Public Policy Observatory
Organisation	The Conversation
Department	Conversation US Inc
Country	United States
Sector	Charity/Non Profit
PI Contribution	UCL is leading a £2m collaboration, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), to better exploit the power of policy and research to help mitigate the biggest social impacts of COVID-19 and accelerate the UK's recovery. The International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) is a collaboration between UCL, Cardiff University, Queens University Belfast, the University of Auckland and the University of Oxford, with leading think tanks including the International Network for Government Science (INGSA), and academic news publisher The Conversation.
Collaborator Contribution	Collaborative research
Impact	See IPPO website and Researchfish entry
Start Year	2020

Description	ESRC funded project - UCL, Queens University Belfast, the University of Auckland and the University of Oxford, the International Network for Government Science and The Conversation, International Public Policy Observatory
Organisation	University College London
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	UCL is leading a £2m collaboration, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), to better exploit the power of policy and research to help mitigate the biggest social impacts of COVID-19 and accelerate the UK's recovery. The International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) is a collaboration between UCL, Cardiff University, Queens University Belfast, the University of Auckland and the University of Oxford, with leading think tanks including the International Network for Government Science (INGSA), and academic news publisher The Conversation.
Collaborator Contribution	Collaborative research
Impact	See IPPO website and Researchfish entry
Start Year	2020

Description	ESRC funded project - UCL, Queens University Belfast, the University of Auckland and the University of Oxford, the International Network for Government Science and The Conversation, International Public Policy Observatory
Organisation	University of Auckland
Country	New Zealand
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	UCL is leading a £2m collaboration, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), to better exploit the power of policy and research to help mitigate the biggest social impacts of COVID-19 and accelerate the UK's recovery. The International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) is a collaboration between UCL, Cardiff University, Queens University Belfast, the University of Auckland and the University of Oxford, with leading think tanks including the International Network for Government Science (INGSA), and academic news publisher The Conversation.
Collaborator Contribution	Collaborative research
Impact	See IPPO website and Researchfish entry
Start Year	2020

Description	ESRC funded project - UCL, Queens University Belfast, the University of Auckland and the University of Oxford, the International Network for Government Science and The Conversation, International Public Policy Observatory
Organisation	University of Oxford
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	UCL is leading a £2m collaboration, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), to better exploit the power of policy and research to help mitigate the biggest social impacts of COVID-19 and accelerate the UK's recovery. The International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) is a collaboration between UCL, Cardiff University, Queens University Belfast, the University of Auckland and the University of Oxford, with leading think tanks including the International Network for Government Science (INGSA), and academic news publisher The Conversation.
Collaborator Contribution	Collaborative research
Impact	See IPPO website and Researchfish entry
Start Year	2020

Description	Health Determinants Research Collaboration
Organisation	Cwm Taf University Health Board
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Public
PI Contribution	Collaborating to develop a joint funding application to NIHR. There is a lack of research capacity and capability within local authorities, who hold many of the levers for working on health inequalities and wider determinants of health. Therefore keen to invest in 'research infrastructure' Call for proposals for Health Determinants Research Collaborations: ~£5m over five years led by a Local Authority The funding is not for research, nor for interventions or services
Collaborator Contribution	WCPP to provide evidence based research
Impact	The application is being developed
Start Year	2021

Description	Health Determinants Research Collaboration
Organisation	Public Health Wales NHS Trust
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Public
PI Contribution	Collaborating to develop a joint funding application to NIHR. There is a lack of research capacity and capability within local authorities, who hold many of the levers for working on health inequalities and wider determinants of health. Therefore keen to invest in 'research infrastructure' Call for proposals for Health Determinants Research Collaborations: ~£5m over five years led by a Local Authority The funding is not for research, nor for interventions or services
Collaborator Contribution	WCPP to provide evidence based research
Impact	The application is being developed
Start Year	2021

Description	International Public Policy Observatory Phase 2
Organisation	University College London
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	The Wales Centre for Public Policy is a core member of the IPPO consortium. We are making key contributions to all four workstreams and have lead responsibility for facilitation engagement with policy makers in Wales.
Collaborator Contribution	Substantive contributions to evidence generation, synthesis and mobilisation on Covid recovery, cities and levelling up, inequalities and decarbonisation plus lead responsibility for engagement with Welsh policy makers.
Impact	Currently developing the work packages in consultation with senior policy makers in all four countries of the UK.
Start Year	2023

Description	Joint appointment with the Alliance for Useful Evidence
Organisation	Alliance for Useful Evidence
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Multiple
PI Contribution	Joint funded and supervised post
Collaborator Contribution	Funding for 0.5 FTE of a Grade Research Officer post
Impact	Too early
Start Year	2018

Description	PolicyWise
Organisation	Open University
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Advice to Open University senior staff on establishing the PolicyWise initiative. Advice on foci for initial six policy learning workshops. Help sourcing experts to participate in learning events. Brokering contacts within the Welsh Government. Keynote presentation to a learning workshop.
Collaborator Contribution	Funding and organisation of the first six workshops.
Impact	Six learning workshops to facilitate knowledge exchange between researchers and policy makers and cross-jurisdictional learning among the four nations of the UK plus Ireland.
Start Year	2022

Description	Public Health Wales - Data analysis to improve multi-agency decision making to support children and families: data discovery
Organisation	Public Health Wales NHS Trust
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Public
PI Contribution	This work will be jointly commissioned by the WCPP and the Research and Evaluation Division within the Knowledge Directorate of Public Health Wales.
Collaborator Contribution	This work will be jointly commissioned by the WCPP and the Research and Evaluation Division within the Knowledge Directorate of Public Health Wales.
Impact	The research project is ongoing.
Start Year	2022

Description	Using Evidence to Govern Risk in a Post-Pandemic World: Applying scientific advice in multi-level governance systems in Brazil, Germany and the United Kingdom
Organisation	Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
Country	Germany
Sector	Public
PI Contribution	Collaboration to develop application for funding bid - Using Evidence to Govern Risk in a Post-Pandemic World: Applying scientific advice in multi-level governance systems in Brazil, Germany and the United Kingdom. Project short name: GovEvidentia. The bid was unsuccessful.
Collaborator Contribution	This research project addresses Challenge 5.3 of the TAP Call by providing an in-depth, comparative, multi-disciplinary analysis of the use of scientific evidence in Brazil, Germany and the UK by local, regional and national governments. Drawing on theories of evidence based policymaking, risk governance, and multi-level governance, the study will examine structures, systems and processes for generating and using science advice and evidence by mapping and explaining similarities and differences in the: • Scientific advice systems in the three countries; • Nature and robustness of the evidence they generated for policymakers in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic; • Ways in which the evidence has been used and not used; and • Impacts this has had on public health, economies and societies. The results of the research will contribute to theory and provide practical lessons for policymakers and evidence producers which will enable them to respond to other major disruptive events such as the on-going climate change emergency. Our research will address three key questions: • What factors have influenced the generation/use of evidence in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic? • What are the most effective practices for generating, mobilising and using evidence to respond to systemic risks like the Covid-19 pandemic? • How can we structure collaborative risk governance processes and evidence use to respond to future crises? We will answer these questions using a multi-method approach which combines primary and secondary analysis of documentary evidence and quantitative and qualitative data. The national teams will develop an agreed framework and shared research instruments including a topic guide for interviews with key stakeholders and a System Dynamics approach to model responses to risk. Our team brings together leading experts with close contacts with policymakers and successful track records of applied policy research. This will ensure that the research findings are mobilised and have impact both during and beyond the two years of the project. The bid was unsuccessful.
Impact	The bid was unsuccessful.
Start Year	2021

Description	Using Evidence to Govern Risk in a Post-Pandemic World: Applying scientific advice in multi-level governance systems in Brazil, Germany and the United Kingdom
Organisation	Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Potsdam
Country	Germany
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Collaboration to develop application for funding bid - Using Evidence to Govern Risk in a Post-Pandemic World: Applying scientific advice in multi-level governance systems in Brazil, Germany and the United Kingdom. Project short name: GovEvidentia. The bid was unsuccessful.
Collaborator Contribution	This research project addresses Challenge 5.3 of the TAP Call by providing an in-depth, comparative, multi-disciplinary analysis of the use of scientific evidence in Brazil, Germany and the UK by local, regional and national governments. Drawing on theories of evidence based policymaking, risk governance, and multi-level governance, the study will examine structures, systems and processes for generating and using science advice and evidence by mapping and explaining similarities and differences in the: • Scientific advice systems in the three countries; • Nature and robustness of the evidence they generated for policymakers in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic; • Ways in which the evidence has been used and not used; and • Impacts this has had on public health, economies and societies. The results of the research will contribute to theory and provide practical lessons for policymakers and evidence producers which will enable them to respond to other major disruptive events such as the on-going climate change emergency. Our research will address three key questions: • What factors have influenced the generation/use of evidence in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic? • What are the most effective practices for generating, mobilising and using evidence to respond to systemic risks like the Covid-19 pandemic? • How can we structure collaborative risk governance processes and evidence use to respond to future crises? We will answer these questions using a multi-method approach which combines primary and secondary analysis of documentary evidence and quantitative and qualitative data. The national teams will develop an agreed framework and shared research instruments including a topic guide for interviews with key stakeholders and a System Dynamics approach to model responses to risk. Our team brings together leading experts with close contacts with policymakers and successful track records of applied policy research. This will ensure that the research findings are mobilised and have impact both during and beyond the two years of the project. The bid was unsuccessful.
Impact	The bid was unsuccessful.
Start Year	2021

Description	Using Evidence to Govern Risk in a Post-Pandemic World: Applying scientific advice in multi-level governance systems in Brazil, Germany and the United Kingdom
Organisation	Institute of Education and Research
Country	Brazil
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Collaboration to develop application for funding bid - Using Evidence to Govern Risk in a Post-Pandemic World: Applying scientific advice in multi-level governance systems in Brazil, Germany and the United Kingdom. Project short name: GovEvidentia. The bid was unsuccessful.
Collaborator Contribution	This research project addresses Challenge 5.3 of the TAP Call by providing an in-depth, comparative, multi-disciplinary analysis of the use of scientific evidence in Brazil, Germany and the UK by local, regional and national governments. Drawing on theories of evidence based policymaking, risk governance, and multi-level governance, the study will examine structures, systems and processes for generating and using science advice and evidence by mapping and explaining similarities and differences in the: • Scientific advice systems in the three countries; • Nature and robustness of the evidence they generated for policymakers in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic; • Ways in which the evidence has been used and not used; and • Impacts this has had on public health, economies and societies. The results of the research will contribute to theory and provide practical lessons for policymakers and evidence producers which will enable them to respond to other major disruptive events such as the on-going climate change emergency. Our research will address three key questions: • What factors have influenced the generation/use of evidence in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic? • What are the most effective practices for generating, mobilising and using evidence to respond to systemic risks like the Covid-19 pandemic? • How can we structure collaborative risk governance processes and evidence use to respond to future crises? We will answer these questions using a multi-method approach which combines primary and secondary analysis of documentary evidence and quantitative and qualitative data. The national teams will develop an agreed framework and shared research instruments including a topic guide for interviews with key stakeholders and a System Dynamics approach to model responses to risk. Our team brings together leading experts with close contacts with policymakers and successful track records of applied policy research. This will ensure that the research findings are mobilised and have impact both during and beyond the two years of the project. The bid was unsuccessful.
Impact	The bid was unsuccessful.
Start Year	2021

Description	WCPP / CASCADE - Cardiff University collaboration - Children Looked After: Understanding how practice is driving divergence in rates
Organisation	Cardiff University
Department	School of Social Sciences
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Collaboration to undertake research project on children in care and understanding how practice is driving divergence in rates
Collaborator Contribution	Collaboration to undertake research project on children in care and understanding how practice is driving divergence in rates
Impact	Research ongoing
Start Year	2020

Description	WCPP collaboration with Cardiff Council - NIHR - Connecting Communities: Building Relationships
Organisation	Cardiff Council
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Public
PI Contribution	Research undertaken in relation to Connecting Communities: Building Relationships project
Collaborator Contribution	Research undertaken in relation to Connecting Communities: Building Relationships project
Impact	Research is on-going
Start Year	2020

Description	Welsh NHS Confederation
Organisation	Welsh NHS Confederation
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Public
PI Contribution	As part of the EU Transition Support Fund Grant received from the Welsh Government, the Welsh NHS Confederation commissioned the Wales Centre for Public Policy to analyse the likely effects on the health and social care workforce, which staff groups might be most affected, and the implications for the long-term workforce strategy for health and social care, including future retention and recruitment.
Collaborator Contribution	The Welsh NHS Confederation commissioned the Wales Centre for Public Policy to undertake this research.
Impact	Report and policy briefing published - UK migration policy and the Welsh NHS and social care workforce
Start Year	2020

Description	#NCBCymruWalesCelebratingCare@HomeOutcomes (Wednesday 24th March 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Delivered a presentation on the WCPP's research work in relation to alternative models of care at the National Commissioning Board event held on 24th March 201. The NCB programme was focused on outcome focussed care at home. The event was designed to share good practice and celebrate the work and achievements of the partner organisations' collective efforts over the last year. The NCB will share a summary event report and has circulated our presentation to participants.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	2019 EGPA Conference - Public Administration across Borders
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Study participants or study members
Results and Impact	Presentation of a paper on an e-government practice. This will feed into an edited book aimed at practitioners. Another output will be a peer-reviewed paper in an academic journal
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	20MPH Virtual Roundtable - Thursday 2nd April 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The Welsh Government is proposing to introduce a default speed limit of 20mph on all residential roads in Wales. WCPP has completed a Welsh Government commissioned research study exploring these issues: 20's the limit: how to get driver compliance. A Welsh Government Task & Finish subgroup has commissioned a separate study to focus on the communications side of implementing a 20mph limit (i.e., how to build public support for 20mph). The roundtable brings together individuals working in or for policing and community safety, behavioural insights and local government, together with academics and researchers. To roundtable provided an opportunity to share knowledge and experience, discuss the current evidence base, understand what needs to happen to successfully implement a default speed limit of 20mph, and to consider where there might be gaps in knowledge. Participants were provided with the report in advance and given the opportunity to provide feedback to be incorporated into the final draft. The session first focussed on WCPP's research study, and how the report findings tie in with attendees' own experience and knowledge, exploring different approaches to behaviour change. Based on these initial discussions, the session then focussed on enforcement, how the research findings should be applied in practice, and next steps for taking forward a default speed limit of 20mph on all residential roads in Wales.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	27th NISPAcee Annual Conference The Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Presentation on WCPP study, which provides new empirical data from the perspective of senior officers and politicians in Welsh local government - investigating three main research questions: • What strategies have councils in Wales used to respond to austerity? • What has been the impact of austerity on local government in Wales? • What could local government and the Welsh government do to improve how they respond to reduced finances? The aim of delivering this paper was to showcase WCPP's work to an international audience, and to receive critical feedback from academics in public administration to inform an academic journal paper we will be writing on this project. I received two questions from attendees: one asked what forms of income generation we found among councils in Wales, and one asked about whether there were any patterns in terms of Welsh councils learning from others (i.e. geographical, political).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	A public panel discussion on learning from Nordic countries to advance gender equality (21st February 2019)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	The Nordic countries consistently show most progress in reducing gender inequalities. Cardiff Business School and the Wales Centre for Public Policy extended an open event invitation to ask them how they do it. Government officials and academics working to put gender equality at the heart of policymaking in Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland discussed the NORDIC model of gender equality and took questions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Ageing Better knowledge exchange roundtable
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	This was an expert roundtable engaging with key stakeholders such as Older People's Commissioner; Wales Committee, National Lottery Community Fund Welsh Government; Age Cymru/Age Alliance Wales; Swansea University; Social Care Wales; Care & Repair Cymru; National Lottery Community Fund; WLGA The agenda included a discussion on: - what evidence is currently used to inform policy and practice on ageing? - What are the evidence gaps and research priorities on ageing? - How might those priorities be addressed?
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	An expert seminar on improving cross-cutting government (September 2018)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The event brought together 20 senior civil servants including the Permanent Secretary and four leading researchers from London and Cambridge Universities and the Institute for Government to explore effective approaches to cross-cutting government.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018

Description	Behavioural Change and Waste Management, Expert workshop, Cardiff (May 2018)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	This workshop brought together international experts on behaviour change with some core programme partners. The aims of the workshop were (i) to generate informed, creative ideas for behavioural change interventions to improve household recycling, and (ii) to help prioritise which combination of interventions might together contribute to the 2020 target in the first instance. The workshop and the write-up report of the workshop have directly influenced the design and implementation of a pilot in South East Wales. This pilot scheme involved distributing an information pack to people who have just moved home - a key moment of change covered in the workshop. In addition, the workshop and report have informed the evidence of the potential impact of a behaviour change programme and campaign. It encouraged policy officials to better understand how conceptual frameworks, such as the COM-B Model, can be used to help design and deliver future behaviour change programmes.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018

Description	Blending delivery in community wellbeing services: Roundtable (November 8th 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Interactive roundtable to present findings from research on the experience of developing and providing blended approaches to community service delivery in Wales and to engage on the benefits, challenges, and next steps for blended community service provision. There was considerable interest and engagement in this event. The discussion generated a series of recommendations for community service providers, funders and policymakers, which are being drafted into a report.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	Blog - Supporting young families in Wales: lessons from EIF's report on system maturity (28th February 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Invited to produce blog to accompany the publication of the EIF's latest report - which provides new data on the 'maturity' of early childhood services systems across 20 local areas in England and Wales. The blog looks at whether Wales's distinct policy landscape is reflected in the findings, and what this means as Welsh local partnerships craft their long-term strategies
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://www.eif.org.uk/blog/supporting-young-families-in-wales-lessons-from-eifs-report-on-system-ma...

Description	Brexit & Wales: Land and Sea - The Implications of Brexit for Rural Land Management and Fisheries in Wales
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presenting the findings from the Wales Centre for Public Policy outputs on the future of fisheries and agriculture post-Brexit, and facilitating discussion of their implications.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018

Description	Briefing Session for WCVA and Welsh Government - Volunteering & Wellbeing during the Coronavirus Pandemic Research Project (Thursday 16th September 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presentation on the Volunteering & Wellbeing during the pandemic research project, focusing on the innovative method and findings - and an opportunity for colleagues from WCVA, voluntary sector organisations across Wales and Welsh Government to ask questions. Purpose was to enable the research to inform stakeholder decisions on the systems, infrastructures and governance relationships needed to support volunteering in Wales in the coming years; specifically, the implications for the cross-sector Volunteering Partnership group that WG has committed to establishing, the Volunteering Network, the Third Sector Partnership Council and the WCVA.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	CAST Roundtable on Transport Decarbonisation (5th August 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	A roundtable held by CAST, the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations, looking at options for decarbonisation of transport. WCPP were asked to attend to share our expertise in this area and views on the topics discussed based on our prior research in related areas.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	COVID-19 Roundtable: Economy - Expert roundtable facilitated by the Welsh Government - WCPP provided rapid and rigorous evidence review to support the Welsh Government's engagement with experts. - Thursday 21st May 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	WCPP invited to provide briefing and observe roundtable convened by the Counsel General, to write a note following the meeting The roundtable involved - a free flowing discussion around the broad topic, and then the Minister asked for closing reflections.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	COVID-19 Roundtable: Public Services - Expert roundtable facilitated by the Welsh Government - WCPP provided evidence-informed briefing papers to support the Welsh Government's engagement with experts - Friday 22nd May 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	WCPP invited to provide briefing and observe roundtable convened by the Counsel General, to write a note following the meeting. The roundtable involved - introductions, a free flowing discussion around the broad topics, and then the Minister asked for closing reflections.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	CU Public Affairs webinar on poverty and social exclusion (19th January 2023)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	WCPP presented our findings on poverty and social exclusion at a CU public affairs webinar on the 19th January, with a partner presentation by Ellie Harwood from the Child Poverty Action Group. Discussion with attendees followed.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Centre for Homelessness Impact (CHI) Research Network (5th July 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	WCPP was invited to present its research to the CHI Research Network. This is a learning network for people doing, using, and funding research or affected by homelessness. Brought together by the Centre in partnership with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the Office For National Statistics, and Public Health England, the research network offers a space where people creating, using, or funding research can share their findings to improve responses to homelessness. WCPP presented an overview of its work on youth homelessness including an overview of our evidence review; engagement and impact activities; and a journal article co-authored by WCPP researchers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://www.homelessnessimpact.org/homelessness-research-network

Description	Centre for Science, Knowledge and Policy at Edinburgh University (SKAPE) seminar (29th September 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Presentation to SKAPE on What kind of policy actors are Knowledge Brokering Organisations? Improving our understanding through the combination of Boundary Organisations and Multiple Streams Analysis
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	Child Poverty Action Group coalition meeting (24th November 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	WCPP presentation on our poverty and social exclusion work and discussion with attendees.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2015,2022

Description	Collaborative Evidence Network/EWC joint education event (6th December 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	As part of the activity of the Collaborative Evidence Network, the Welsh Government facilitated a joint event with the Education Workforce Council, to focus on the impact of the pandemic on the Welsh education system. The WCPP was invited to present its research on the impact of the pandemic on Welsh education - Responding to the Coronavirus pandemic: Effective approaches to professional development, blended learning and catch-up interventions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	Commission on economic devolution
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Bringing together experts, and Welsh Government officials to explore whether and how further devolution of powers might improve economic policy / policy making.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018

Description	Constitution Group Analysis (CGA) Away Day (30th June 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Invited to provide a presentation at the CGA Away Day. CGA is a multidisciplinary team of about 20 analysts and their work covers two main areas: elections analysis; and union and devolution analysis, including UK wide data. The team has recently moved to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities from the Cabinet Office. The CGA invited the WCPP to provide: · an overview of the role of the WCPP and the work it undertakes · an overview of recent project - eg electoral reform; levelling up · and discuss the benefits to Government for linking up with academia - and also the benefits academia gains from this
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	Criminal Justice in Wales (CJIW) Race Equality Delivery Group meeting - 2nd March 2021
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	The Race Equality delivery group is established to bring criminal justice partners in Wales together to collaboratively promote, influence and deliver race equality throughout the criminal justice system and work proactively to address race inequality and disproportionality. This was an opportunity: To present WCPP's evidence review on improving race equality in crime and justice. To link current work to improve race equality within the crime and justice system in Wales with the Welsh Government's development of their Race Equality Action Plan. To raise the profile of the WCPP as a centre providing evidence based research to policy makers
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	Criminal Justice in Wales Board - Thursday 10th December 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presentation on WCPP's report 'Improving race equality in crime and justice'. Purpose was to present research findings, update the Board on the Welsh Government's Race Equality Action Plan development, and identify areas of synergy with ongoing plans in the crime and justice agencies' work.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Cymorth Cymru Navigating Complex Systems Event
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presentation on the WCPP's work on public engagement To promote awareness of the WCPP
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Decarbonisation and the Welsh Economy event (18th January 2023)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	A large-scale one day conference sharing and disseminating findings relating to WCPP's projects on Decarbonising the Welsh Economy; Net Zero Skills; and Carbon Modelling in housing, with a keynote address from Dr Rowan Williams. The event aimed to raise awareness of WCPP and share the importance of longer-term, strategic thinking in tackling climate change. Participants reported feeling better informed about the issues discussed and changing their attitudes/approaches to the topics.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Denbighshire Cost of Living Summit: Meeting with local policy makers and local stakeholders (3rd October 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	A meeting to discuss how to address the cost of living crisis in Denbighshire with local stakeholders. We shared our work on poverty and social exclusion - drawing on several of our reports. The purpose was to inform the local response to the cost of living crisis while disseminating our work.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	Diversity in public appointments roundtable - Better support for 'near-miss' and potential candidates in under-represented groups to apply successfully for public appointments - Wednesday 9th September
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	This virtual roundtable brought Welsh Government officials together with experts working in the field of diversity and inclusion in employment and public appointments. The roundtable provided an opportunity for experts to share their knowledge and experience and to inform the Welsh Government's implementation of the strategy.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	ECPR Joint Sessions, Online, Virtual Event 17-28 May 2021 (sessions held 26th, 27th and 28th May 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	WCPP acted as panel chair and presented research findings at the session - Evidence and Policy-Making: Understanding the Politics and Practices of the Use of Evidence in Policy https://ecpr.eu/Events/AcademicProgramme/Timetable/150 These sessions were held on: Wednesday 26 May 2021, Thursday 27 May 2021, and Friday 28 May 2021 Evidence-Based Policy-Making (EBPM), its successor Evidence-Informed Policy-Making (EIPM), and Knowledge Transfer (KT) are major concerns for academics and policy-makers. Although we have witnessed over the last few years a push back against the role of experts in policy-making - e.g. the United States under Trump and UK Member of Parliament Michael Gove's statement that people had 'had enough of experts' - policy-makers across the world are 'thirsty' for more evidence, knowledge and research to inform or be mobilised to support their policies. Considerable amounts of resources - financial and others - are being dedicated to improving the role and use of evidence and knowledge in policy-making and practice, from international, to national and sub-national levels. New evidence intermediaries such as UK What Works Centres, the Canadian Institute for Knowledge Mobilisation, the Australian Sax Institute and US California Policy Lab have emerged, playing different functions than traditional think tanks, brokering evidence into policy (McGann and Shull, 2018; Rich, 2004; Stone, 1996). This push for the increased use of evidence in policy-making raises important questions for researchers about the politics of evidence and knowledge use, methodological matters and whether these ideas are beneficial for policy-making and society Aims of the workshop: Questions of how knowledge, evidence or research are transferred, translated and exchanged into policy or how they are mobilised into policy are crucial and are the subject of numerous projects and publications in government and academia (Cabinet Office, 2018; White, 2018). The general belief is that more use of evidence will deliver better policy, but this goal remains elusive. With regards to research, the enthusiasm for EBPM and EIPM has meant a plethora of studies seeking to outline and distil 'what works', with scholarship often falling into 'how to' guides and tips for successful EIPM and KT. Despite numerous EIPM studies, there is still too little research into the most crucial question: What role(s) do evidence, knowledge, research and other types of expertise play in policy-making and how can we make sense of these? This question raises several interlinked issues: • What counts as evidence, knowledge and expertise, and how does this vary across time and space? • What are the structures and practices for evidence use across different countries and organisations? • Who are the key actors in EIPM, and which strategies do they deploy in the policy-making process in relation to evidence, knowledge and expertise? • Which political, societal, organizational and intellectual factors determine the use of evidence in policy? • What are the consequences of the politics of evidence use for democracy, good governance and the distribution of costs and benefits in society? The aim of the proposed workshop is therefore to offer an opportunity to discuss research that systematically and critically investigates the politics and practices of EIPM.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	Education Attainment: Responding to Coronavirus workshop (22nd June 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	The online workshop was designed to explore how the Welsh education system can best respond to some of the key challenges posed by the Coronavirus pandemic. The workshop aimed to explore practice-based experiences and expertise on the topics of blended teaching and learning; catch-up interventions; and professional development. Contributions were to inform tools that will help educators effectively manage the challenges posed by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	Education Attainment: Responding to Coronavirus workshop (6th July 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	This was the second online workshop held to explore how the Welsh education system can best respond to some of the key challenges posed by the Coronavirus pandemic. The first was held on 22nd June 2021. The workshop aimed to explore practice-based experiences and expertise on the topics of blended teaching and learning; catch-up interventions; and professional development. Contributions were to inform tools that will help educators effectively manage the challenges posed by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	End Youth Homelessness Cymru / WLGA event
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	Opportunity to deliver a presentation on the WCCP's work on - Preventing Youth Homelessness (2018)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	End Youth Homelessness Cymru / WLGA event in Wrexham
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	Opportunity to deliver a presentation on the WCCP's work on - Preventing Youth Homelessness (2018)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Engage Britain - Social Care Change Group (9th June 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	WCPP was invited to present its research in relation to developing policies to support the recruitment, retention, and progression of the social care workforce. The presentation, Adult Social Care Workforce in Wales: Presentation to Engage Britain's social care change group, focused on • Context for thinking about social care workforce in Wales • Structure of adult social care and challenges • Policy in Wales - Welsh Government policy and legislation, recent commitments and policy developments,
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	Evidence-informed policy-making and the role of knowledge broker organisations
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Study participants or study members
Results and Impact	Presentation of research findings of the review into Knowledge Broker Organisations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Expert roundtable on intervening in underperforming health organisations with special advisers, senior officials from the health department and leading external experts (31st October 2018)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	To offer a reflective space for Welsh Government and experts to discuss interventions in underperforming health organisations: what works, what doesn't work, and the extent to which interventions should target individual performance or structural context. Speakers: Dr Richard Murray (The King's Fund), Jo Miller (Doncaster City Council), Sir David Henshaw, Mick Giannasi, and Professor Naomi Chambers (University of Manchester) Participants: Andrew Goodall, Simon Dean, Alan Brace, Andrew Sallows, Samia Saeed-Edmonds, Chris Jones, Sioned Rees, Hywel Jones, Jeremy Griffiths, and Professor Steve Martin
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018

Description	Expert seminar on policy options to support universities' civic mission, with keynote speaker the Education Minister (13th November 2018)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	This event showcased the report Civic Mission and Tertiary Education in Wales - envisaging a future direction, written by Professor John Goddard and Ellen Hazelkorn for the Wales Centre for Public Policy. The report explores the policy options available to Welsh Government to define and encourage civic mission across the tertiary sector, what actions have been taken by governments of other countries, and what a civic tertiary education system could look like in Wales. The Cabinet Secretary for Education Kirsty Williams opened the event, followed by a presentation from Ellen Hazelkorn. There will then be a panel of speakers, chaired by the Centre's Dan Bristow, before Professor John Goddard provides the closing remarks.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018

Description	FCO outreach Working with Government event, (Cardiff)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	An afternoon event for academics who are interested in working with government, exploring opportunities and sharing experiences.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Focus group for the poverty review research project - Betws RFC (Heol Y Felin, Ammanford, Wales) (Tuesday 21st September 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	The WCPP worked with Centre for Building Social Action (CBSA) to facilitate a workshop to support the WCPP poverty review research project, undertaken for the Welsh Government. Participants at this workshop provided their views on lived experience of poverty and social exclusion, and the ways in which things could be improved. 10 people attended, with 2 co-facilitators
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	Focus group for the poverty review research project - Burry Port Memorial Hall (Parc Y Minos St, Burry Port, Carmarthenshire County) (Wednesday 22nd September 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	The WCPP worked with Centre for Building Social Action (CBSA) to facilitate a workshop to support the WCPP poverty review research project, undertaken for the Welsh Government. Participants at this workshop provided their views on lived experience of poverty and social exclusion, and the ways in which things could be improved. 12 people attended, with 2 co-facilitators
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	Focus group for the poverty review research project - Llanerch Community Centre (Heol Nant Y Felin, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire County) (Tuesday 21st September 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	The WCPP worked with Centre for Building Social Action (CBSA) to facilitate a workshop to support the WCPP poverty review research project, undertaken for the Welsh Government. Participants at this workshop provided their views on lived experience of poverty and social exclusion, and the ways in which things could be improved. 10 people attended, with 2 co-facilitators
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	Focus group for the poverty review research project - co-facilitated by Action in Caerau & Ely (ACE) (8th September 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	The WCPP worked with Action in Caerau & Ely (ACE) to facilitate a workshop to support the WCPP poverty review research project, undertaken for the Welsh Government. Participants at this workshop provided their views on lived experience of poverty and social exclusion, and the ways in which things could be improved. 10 people attended, with 4 co-facilitators (x2 ACE, x2 WCPP).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://www.wcpp.org.uk/project/poverty-review/

Description	Foundational economy discussion - Institute for Welsh Affairs - Monday 30th March
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	The Institute for Welsh Affairs is conducting a two year investigation in to the foundational economy, how its agenda can be advanced in Wales and how it can best be discussed and implemented. I was invited as part of WCPP to discuss our work on research linked to the foundational economy, including job progression, procurement, and economic growth.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Good Practice Exchange - Mental Health & Wellbeing webinar - Tuesday 1st December 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	Online event: The Coronavirus pandemic has inevitably had an effect on many people's mental wellbeing to varying degrees. From key health and social care workers on the frontline treating COVID hands on, to those shielding, living alone, or those volunteering in the community - everyone has been impacted by the virus. During this online event we will hear how public services have adapted the services they provide during the pandemic as well as their successes and challenges. In particular we'll be focusing on: • Community based services working together to provide mental health support • Supporting staff health and wellbeing • How technology can be harnessed to overcome loneliness and social isolation • What it's like to lead organisations through a pandemic • Different approaches to providing mental health support As well as this we will also hear from Platfform, who will share key messages from their 'Lessons from Lockdown' and provide a picture of mental health and wellbeing in Wales. How technology can be harnessed to overcome loneliness and social isolation: Hannah Durrant & Laura Bennett, Wales Centre for Public Policy Loneliness and social isolation are key challenges to wellbeing. As improving wellbeing continues to be a priority for Welsh policy and public services, tackling loneliness and social isolation will continue to be on the agenda at both the national and local level. The ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and current UK lockdown means that issues of loneliness and social isolation are more pressing and likely to become more widespread than ever before in the coming months. In this workshop Laura and Hannah will share the findings of their recent work in this area.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Guest lecturer for Masters in Public Leadership session "Welsh Government and Resolving Challenges" (Cardiff Business School)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Postgraduate students
Results and Impact	Lecture to Masters in Public Leadership students
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Health Inequalities - informing well-being plans (4th July 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	135 people attended a workshop on health inequalities delivered by Public Health Wales. The sessions covered theory, practice and future tools. It was attended by PSB and LA representatives from across Wales.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	Health and Care Research Wales Annual Conference (13th October 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Panel discussion one of two researchers who are experts in field of evidence based policy
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	Health and Care Research Wales Conference (13th October 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Morning sessions focused on research: how to build research capacity and develop researchers and how to deliver clinical research. Key area of interest: Wales Covid-19 Centre starting to do policy briefings in areas beyond COVID and interested in working with WCPP. Afternoon sessions around research mobilisation and dissemination: 'making a difference'. Really interesting session led by Lisa Trigg on 5 domains of activity: 1. Dissemination 2. Exchange 3. Brokering 4. Co-creation 5. Capacity Building With contributions from NIHR (who now use Wikipedia as a platform for sharing information), Deep-Cymru (who shared an artistic approach to co-creation), WCEC and Social Care Wales (who have developed communities of practice).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	Health and Care Research Wales conference 2020 ~ Making a difference: the impact of health and care research" ~ Steve Martin: plenary speaker - Wednesday 7th October 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	The plenary sessions were designed to give inspiring speakers the opportunity to discuss the impact of health and care research right across Wales, and beyond. Opportunity to pass on advice on how to increase the impact of research. Described the demand-led model developed by the WCPP and our experience of what works in engaging with policy makers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Health and Social Care Leadership Group event: A Healthier Wales - one year on
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presentation and discussion at two breakout sessions during the conference; sharing emerging themes from our work on public engagement and seeking participant views on the engagement issues around A Healthier Wales
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Housing Studies induction - Presentation of 'Race Equality in Housing' report findings - Cardiff Metropolitan University (24th September 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Undergraduate students
Results and Impact	Presentation on WCPP research project on Race Equality in Housing- at Induction session for students on the Housing Programme, Cardiff Metropolitan University. The report is being integrated into the undergraduate curriculum and there is possibility of follow-up work with students.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	ICPP4 MONTREAL 2019 International Conference on Public Policy
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Purpose was to share findings from research conducted at the WCPP on evidence use. The attendance led to meeting with key individuals in EBPM research sphere such as Paul Cairney and Justin Parkhurst, leading to subsequent WCPP events.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	IWPP3 Workshop, in Budapest. (28th - 30th June 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	WCPP authored a paper accepted for the IWPP3 Workshop, in Budapest. Attended conference - presenting and discussing WCPP's research findings; as well as contributing to the panel discussion on Evidence based policies: a realistic perspective on knowledge utilisation in public policy
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://www.ippapublicpolicy.org/conference/iwpp3-budapest/15

Description	Ideas and impact: understanding Welsh think tanks
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Seminar hosted by the Bevan Foundation on 'think tanks in Wales', Thursday 26th September at Cardiff City Hall. The aim of the panel was to present the role of think tanks - in our case the role of WCPP and our approach to working with policymakers (our Theory of Change). The event raised awareness of WCPP among the audience and established a relationship with Jane Williams at the Morgan Academy, Swansea University.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Improving Evidence Use in Government, Plenary Session, Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Wales Centre for Public Policy and PSA 26th (28th March 2018)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The event generated a lot of discussion, both in the room and on social media, and forms part of an ongoing discussion in and out of the academic community about how to best improve the input of evidence into the policy making process.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018

Description	Institute for Welsh Affairs Ideas Generating Workshop (23/11)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	key policy actors and researchers met to discuss the focus of the IWA's work over the next three years. This directly informed the IWA's research strategy.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	International Public Policy Observatory Workshop Belfast (25th January 2023)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Meetings to discuss priorities and evidence needs in Northern Ireland Government
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Introductory meeting between WCPP and the Centre for Science, Knowledge and Policy at Edinburgh University (Thursday 24th June 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Introductory meeting between the WCPP and SKAPE - to introduce the WCPP, provide a presentation on the role of the WCPP; to receive an overview of the work of SKAPE; discuss opportunities to collaborate on future research projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	Job Progression Symposium, in partnership with Welsh Government, Cardiff (July 2018)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Symposium discussed the emerging evidence, and invites participants to contribute their expertise as employers, training providers, policy-makers and academics to think about a model that works for Wales.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018

Description	Justice Commission Roundtable - How to maximise the impact of Commissions
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Supporting the newly-formed Justice Commission to learn the lessons from previous Government-sponsored Commissions, to inform their programme of work.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018

Description	Lecture for Leighton Andrews Ministerial Module
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Postgraduate students
Results and Impact	To deliver a presentation on evidence and policymaking
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Lecture for Leighton Andrews Ministerial Module - Thursday 3rd December 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Postgraduate students
Results and Impact	Lecture for Leighton Andrews Ministerial Module - Thursday 3rd December 2020 To deliver a presentation on evidence and policymaking; and discussion of evidence in the context of coronavirus
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Lifelong Learning Podcast
Form Of Engagement Activity	A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	A podcast with , with lead author Sue Pember, Jack Price from WCPP, and Kathryn Robson from Adult Learning Wales. Guests discussed the findings of WCPP's report Supporting the Welsh Lifelong Learning System as well as wider issues around adult education and lifelong learning, and the Welsh Government's CTER Bill.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	Lunch and learn to Welsh Government - Health Boards
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presentation on the WCPP assignment on Health Boards and the WCPP report - Supporting Improvements in Health Boards. The session explored the issues that health boards are facing and how Welsh Government might foster improvement, at an individual board level and across the system.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Lunch and learn seminar on how the Welsh Government and public services can support vulnerable people in debt better to avoid imprisonment (5th March 2019)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	A lunch and learn seminar to engage Welsh Government and raise awareness of the evidence based research of the Centre
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Lunch and learn seminar on our recently published analysis of the Welsh tax base (1st November 2018)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	A 'lunch and learn' seminar arranged with Welsh Government to engage policy makers and raise awareness of the work of the Centre. This leads to greater collaborative working and dissemination of evidence based research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018

Description	Lunch and learn' event for Welsh Government officials who wish to hear about and discuss our recent report the role of sub-national governments in trade negotiations (8th October 2018)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	A lunch and learn event with Welsh Government to engage and disseminate to officials, the work of the Centre and evidence based research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018

Description	Ministerial Advisory Board lesson learning presentation
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	• To present findings of a forthcoming report, and to encourage discussion on key economic issues for Wales. • To promote awareness of the WCPP as a research centre within Cardiff University • To raise awareness of the WCPP assignments • To highlight findings, recommendations - identify any areas of work that members of the Ministerial Advisory Board are interested in.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Mobilising meaningful connections between evidence and practice: SPARK/WCPP event on knowledge mobilisation
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Knowledge mobilisation is about connecting the work of researchers to decision makers to help inform public policy and professional practice. It's more than just disseminating research in a one-way flow of information. It's about engagement, end-user involvement and a focus on impact. This event brought together experts in knowledge mobilisation to discuss what they've learnt, and examples of best practice. Our keynote address was delivered by Professor Jonathan Sharples on his work on knowledge mobilisation at the Education Endowment Foundation. He discuss what the EEF has learnt to date about how to mobilise evidence at scale, including how to embed evidence use in the wider education system and the role of practitioners in bringing evidence to life. He outlined the EEF's recent work on implementation, which draws on a recent guidance report, Putting Evidence to Work - A School's Guide to Implementation. This event led to a joint research project with Prof Sharples on implementation funded by the ESRC's What Works Strategic Fund. Jonathan participated in a panel discussion with Cardiff University Social Science Research Park (SPARK) academics including: Dr Rhiannon Evans - Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer) Dr Eleanor MacKillop - Wales Centre for Public Policy
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Money Action Trust Partnership Board
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	To raise awareness of the WCPP report - Responding to Citizens in Debt to Public Services To highlight the report's findings, recommendations To promote awareness of the WCPP as a research centre within Cardiff University
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Networking evening held jointly with the Alliance for Useful Evidence (June 2018)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Bringing together policymakers and academics connected to WCPP, as well as Alliance for Useful Evidence members based in and around Wales, this event highlighted the value of evidence-informed decision-making and connect like-minded audiences interested in evidence.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018

Description	Nordic Exchange - roundtable on Mainstreaming Gender Equality with the Deputy Minister, senior officials and experts from Scandinavia (21st February 2019)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The exchange was a half-day closed roundtable bringing together experts from Nordic nations with up to 12 participants from Wales. To enable discussion on Nordic countries experience of gender mainstreaming, gender budgeting and to help develop Welsh Government policy decision making.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	PHIRST seminar (27th July 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Team at DECIPHer presented on their experience of delivering Cardiff-led PHIRst projects. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Public Health Research (PHR) Programme has appointed six fully-funded academic teams ready to work in partnership with local authorities. The aim of these partnerships is to co-design and undertake robust research on prioritised initiatives. A total of 32 initiatives are currently being evaluated across the United Kingdom (UK), and there is currently a call for further expressions of interest from local authorities. One academic team, PHIRST Insight involves colleagues across Cardiff University, the University of Bristol and Public Involvement collaborators. During this seminar, the team highlighted PHIRST Insight's approach to co-designing evaluation plans, shared an overview of projects currently underway and highlighted key learnings to date. This seminar focused on two Cardiff-led PHIRST projects; i) an evaluation of a Mindset Teams intervention delivered in primary schools throughout Scotland and ii) an evaluation of the impact of and strategic roll out of the Patient Association Nutrition Checklist.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	PSB Basic Income Pilot Workshop (15th December 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	WCPP convened a conference intended to inform the academic community about the Welsh Basic Income Pilot Scheme, which was delivered online and attended by around 90 academics and others interested in basic income. The conference informed academics of the pilot and offered an opportunity for them to discuss how the pilot and evaluation could make the best use of existing research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	PSB Live Data Workshop ( 9th November 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	WCPP facilitated a workshop with inputs from Data Cymru and Ceredigion PSB, highlighting two data dashboards to help identify people in, or at risk of, poverty. Several PSBs took interest in the dashboards and discussed how they might adapt or integrate these tools in their decision making.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	PSB Wellbeing Plan Workshop: Improving Well-being from a community perspective (7th July 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	We presented evidence from various research projects on community wellbeing, to inform the development of PSB wellbeing plans in Wales.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	Pandemic recovery and volunteering in Wales: Challenges, opportunities, and a research agenda - Presentation at 'Times like these': Researching civil society responses to and recovery from COVID-19, Voluntary Sector & Volunteering Research e-Conference, 7-8 September 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	Hannah Durrant and IEmma Taylor-Collins worked with Fiona Liddell at WCVA to prepare and deliver a paper for this conference. Abstract: As in the rest of the UK, volunteers and the third sector in Wales have responded nimbly and innovatively to the pandemic. This paper will set out the context to this response in Wales. Drawing on data on volunteering as well as experiences of the third sector in engaging volunteers, it will focus on the opportunities as well as the challenges of engaging volunteers during the pandemic. It will then seek to outline what we might learn from this response and how benefits could be sustained for the future. In doing so, it sets out a research agenda for volunteering in Wales in the recovery period and beyond.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Panel discussion on public procurement and public service stewardship (5th February 2019)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	An event on public procurement, the stewardship of public services and outsourcing in Wales. It intended to inform and stimulate civic debate about the future of public procurement in Wales and to contribute some ideas to the development of a national strategy. The event was informed by an expert panel as well as our report and was aimed at senior and strategic leaders within public bodies and authorities in Wales. It was chaired by Professor Steve Martin, Director of the Wales Centre for Public Policy.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018

Description	Policy & Politics 50th Anniversary lecture (5th October 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Lecture and discussion with Jess Philips MP on state of UK politics
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	Policy and Evidence Insight Event: The future of remote working! (Tuesday 27th July 2021
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	To present the WCPP's research on remote working to Welsh Government civil servants and officials.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	Policy interventions to support participation in post-compulsory education (5th May 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	This event was arranged to bring together and build on the findings of WCPP's various reports - exploring the issue of how the Welsh Government can increase participation, retention, and achievement rates in post-compulsory education and training, focusing on the 16-19 age group; and how the legislative changes brought about by the Tertiary Education and Research (TER) Bill can be used to support this. Experts and policymakers working on a range of issues related to post-16 education and training in Wales and England were invited to share their knowledge and experience. To discuss the current evidence base. And to consider what an appropriate policy mix would be, to encourage continued engagement in learning and reduce early leaving, - particularly for groups least engaged in learning or training.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://www.wcpp.org.uk/event/policy-interventions-to-support-participation-in-post-compulsory-educa...

Description	PolicyWise Strategy (2023)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Reflect on PolicyWise events in 2022 and discuss future strategy
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	PolicyWise seminar on children's mental health (2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Exchanging learning re. policies to improve mental health
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	Post Compulsory Education and Training (PCET) Strategy & Implementation Board - Lifelong Learning (7th February 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	To assist the Welsh Government in balancing the productivity-related objectives with the societal objectives of lifelong learning, WCPP was asked to conduct an evidence review into lifelong learning. WCPP was invited to present an overview of the research and key findings from the research project, supporting the Welsh Lifelong Learning system. The aim of the session is to draw out ideas, suggestions and views on what short-to-medium term policy interventions can make a real difference to lifelong learning opportunities in Wales, in order to provide a basis of options for the new Commission to consider enacting upon establishment, with a focus on cross-sector, cross-provider collaboration and coordination.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	Powers and Policy Levers in Wales: practical lessons from studies of policymaking and delivery, Seminar for Welsh Civil Servants (14th February 2019).
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	A seminar for Welsh Civil Servants to disseminate the practical lessons from studies of policy making and delivery. This also facilitated further engagement and raised awareness of the evidence based research from the Centre
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Presentation - 'How can your research impact policy?' - Knowledge Exchange and Impact Development Programme - Connection session (10th March 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Cardiff University event run as part of the Knowledge Exchange and Impact Development Programme. This session focused on 'Influencing the right connections: How can your research impact policy?' and was attended by academics from across the University. The aim of the session was to outline how the WCPP's work has influenced policy and best practice on how to make connections. MentiMeter was used to determine that the audience reported change in views, opinions or behaviours (their understanding of impact and how to facilitate it improved).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/influencing-the-right-connections-how-can-your-research-impact-policy...

Description	Presentation to MSc Contemporary Challenges In Public Leadership
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Postgraduate students
Results and Impact	Lecture to Masters in Public Leadership students
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Presentation to Newcastle Policy Academy at Newcastle University (25th May 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	This was an opportunity to provide an overview of the role of the WCPP - to provide ministers, the civil service and public services with high quality evidence and independent advice that helps them to improve policy decisions and outcomes. To advance understanding of the role which evidence can play in supporting better policy making and public service delivery. And contribute to the Academy's discussion on the Devolution of Powers - understanding the roles of the Scottish Parliament, Northern Ireland and Welsh Assemblies; their corporate governance; history of their devolution and their daily business and how to engage with them.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	Presentation to WLGA SOCIAL SERVICES POLICY GROUP: Improving care for our children and young people
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Presentation on the WCPP's work - Evidence on better services for children and young people. The full agenda included: Welcome and Opening Remarks from the Chairperson - Cllr Huw David, WLGA Spokesperson for Health and Social Care Hearing the voice of care experienced children and young people - Voices from Care Cymru Setting the Scene: • Phil Hodgson, Chair of the Looked After Children Engagement Team • Dan Bristow, Emma Taylor-Collins, Megan Park, Dr Helen Hodges, Wales Centre for Public Policy, Evidence on better services for children and young people Question and answer session Developing edge of care services in Gwent - Newport and Caerphilly council Rising to the challenge, experiences from: Isle of Anglesey - Cartrefi Clyd Môn Gwynedd - Positive risk management and effective child protection National Adoption Service - Supporting exits from care Question and answer session Presentation - The experiences and outcomes of children and young people from Wales receiving Secure Accommodation Orders CASCADE, Cardiff University Reflection and review Summary and Close Cllr Huw David, WLGA Spokesperson for Health and Social Care
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Presentation to Welsh Government Treasury Directorate
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presentation on the WCPP's work on austerity - At the Tipping Point: Welsh Local Government and Austerity
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Presentation to Welsh Government housing adaptations steering group in relation to disabled facilities grants - Wednesday 9th December 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	We attended the housing adaptations steering group to present findings from our project on DFGs. The purpose of the presentation was to share findings with the group and gather feedback to feed into the report we are writing. We had positive feedback from the group and our report will be used to give advice to the Minister on removing the means test for small and medium DFGs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Preventing Youth Homelessness in 2020 - Monday 9th March 2020 - Cardiff City Hall
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	This was a joint event between the WCPP and End Youth Homelessness Cymru. It commenced with a Ministerial Statement from Julie James AM (Minister for Housing and Local Government). There were presentations and discussions on youth homelessness from organisations in Wales - including Llamau, Cymorth Cymru, Local Authorities, Welsh Government, Welsh Health Association - as well as experts by experience. Colleagues from Canada (A Way Home; Working together to End Youth Homelessness and Finland (The Finnish Youth Housing Association), provided an international perspective on the issue and how the risk of youth homelessness is assessed abroad. This was an opportunity to reflect on how work undertaken and insights into the workings in other countries might influence current practice and inform future direction on how we identify risk of youth homelessness and intervene.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Public Service Boards (PSB) Well-Being Plan Development Workshops - Improving Wellbeing from a Community Perspective (Thursday 7th July)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) was asked by Welsh Government to support PSBs with access to evidence to help develop their local well-being plans. Specifically, this support aims to help PSBs develop evidence-based objectives and actions on two topics - poverty and improving well-being from a community perspective - which in local well-being assessments are emerging as priority issues across Wales. WCPP liaised with PSBs across Wales to determine how we can best support them in developing well-being plans. The WCPP facilitated two workshops designed with PSB feedback in mind, one focused on poverty and one on improving well-being from a community perspective.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	Public Service Boards (PSB) Well-Being Plan Development Workshops - Poverty (Thursday 30th June, 10am -12pm)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) was asked by Welsh Government to support PSBs with access to evidence to help develop their local well-being plans. Specifically, this support aims to help PSBs develop evidence-based objectives and actions on two topics - poverty and improving well-being from a community perspective - which in local well-being assessments are emerging as priority issues across Wales. WCPP liaised with PSBs across Wales to determine how we can best support them in developing well-being plans. The WCPP facilitated two workshops designed with PSB feedback in mind, one focused on poverty and one on improving well-being from a community perspective.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	Public Services Leadership Development Roundtable
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The First Minister asked the Wales Centre for Public Policy to analyse the provision of training and development across the Welsh public service, with a particular focus on current and future senior leaders. This event presented our work so far and aimed to get reflections from key stakeholders to discuss how best our work can add value, what decisions it will inform, and what might happen next. The roundtable was joined by two experts who discussed their experiences from working in Westminster, Edinburgh and elsewhere.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	RPB Health &Social Care public engagement event
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	• Presentation of initial WCPP findings and evidence base relating to public engagement in health and social care • Engagement and discussion with participants on their views around strength and weaknesses of current engagement structures/processes and the engagement challenges linked to A Healthier Wales.(to inform the final WCPP report on engagement)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Race Equality Action Plan Policy Deep Dive Session on Crime and Justice - Wednesday 2nd December 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presentation on the WCPP's research findings on improving race equality in crime and justice in Wales, and further discussion on the research area to inform the Welsh Government's development of their Race Equality Action Plan The agenda was developed to include - background and aim of the session; presentation on rapid evidence review; community engagement input; input from a practice base perspective; discussion; identification of priority areas and goals; confirmation of next steps The event allowed the WCPP: • To present findings from WCPP's research project to assist with the development of the Welsh Government's Race Equality Action Plan • To raise awareness of the role of the WCPP in providing evidence-based research to support the work of policy makers
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Race Equality Action Plan Policy Deep Dive Session on Leadership and Representation - Tuesday 8th December 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presentation on the WCPP's research findings on improving race equality in leadership and representation in Wales, and further discussion on the research area to inform the Welsh Government's development of their Race Equality Action Plan The agenda was developed to include - background and aim of the session; presentation on rapid evidence review; community engagement input; input from a practice base perspective; discussion; identification of priority areas and goals; confirmation of next steps This event allowed the WCPP: • To present findings from WCPP's research project to assist with the development of the Welsh Government's Race Equality Action Plan • To raise awareness of the role of the WCPP in providing evidence-based research to support the work of policy makers
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Race Equality Action Plan Policy Deep Dive Sessions on Education - Friday 18th December
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presentation on the WCPP's research findings on improving race equality in education in Wales, and further discussion on the research area to inform the Welsh Government's development of their Race Equality Action Plan The agenda was developed to include - background and aim of the session; presentation on rapid evidence review; community engagement input; input from a practice base perspective; discussion; identification of priority areas and goals; confirmation of next steps This allowed the WCPP: • To present findings from WCPP's research project to assist with the development of the Welsh Government's Race Equality Action Plan • To raise awareness of the role of the WCPP in providing evidence-based research to support the work of policy makers
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Race Equality Action Plan Policy Deep Dive Sessions on Employment and Income - Thursday 10th December 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presentation on the WCPP's research findings on improving race equality in employment and income in Wales, and further discussion on the research area to inform the Welsh Government's development of their Race Equality Action Plan The agenda was developed to include - background and aim of the session; presentation on rapid evidence review; community engagement input; input from a practice base perspective; discussion; identification of priority areas and goals; confirmation of next steps The event allowed the WCPP: • To present findings from WCPP's research project to assist with the development of the Welsh Government's Race Equality Action Plan • To raise awareness of the role of the WCPP in providing evidence-based research to support the work of policy makers
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Race Equality Action Plan Policy Deep Dive Sessions on Health and Social Care - Thursday 10th December 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presentation on the WCPP's research findings on improving race equality in the health and social care sectors in Wales, and further discussion on the research area to inform the Welsh Government's development of their Race Equality Action Plan The agenda was developed to include - background and aim of the session; presentation on rapid evidence review; community engagement input; input from a practice base perspective; discussion; identification of priority areas and goals; confirmation of next steps The event enabled the WCPP: • To present findings from WCPP's research project to assist with the development of the Welsh Government's Race Equality Action Plan • To raise awareness of the role of the WCPP in providing evidence-based research to support the work of policy makers
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Race Equality Action Plan Policy Deep Dive Sessions on Homelessness, Housing and Accommodation - Thursday 3rd December 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presentation on the WCPP's research findings on improving race equality in housing, homelessness and accommodation in Wales, and further discussion on the research area to inform the Welsh Government's development of their Race Equality Action Plan The agenda was developed to include - background and aim of the session; presentation on rapid evidence review; community engagement input; input from a practice base perspective; discussion; identification of priority areas and goals; confirmation of next steps The event allowed the WCPP: • To present findings from WCPP's research project to assist with the development of the Welsh Government's Race Equality Action Plan • To raise awareness of the role of the WCPP in providing evidence-based research to support the work of policy makers
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Reigniting the debate around rural poverty: Evidence, practice and policy implications, Bangor University. (July 2018)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Following on from a series of reports commissioned by the WCPP on behalf of the Welsh Government, covering a wide range of issues facing rural communities, leading researchers and practitioners discussed new research on rural poverty in Wales, and reflected on implications for research, policy and practice
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018

Description	Research and public policy in the devolved nations of the UK
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	To deliver a presentation on the role of the WCPP and evidence informed policy making - importance of values and beliefs, and professional and personal experience as well as research and evaluation in policymaking.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Roundtable - Examining the sustainability of the Welsh tax base
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presenting the analysis of the sustainability of the Welsh Government tax base, and facilitating a discussion of the implications of the analysis for Welsh Government tax policy.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018

Description	Roundtable meeting hosted by the Alliance for Useful Evidence and the authors of What Works Now
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The aim of the event was to bring book contributors together with other leaders in the field to build on the conclusions of the book and consider 'what next' for those interested in promoting the use of evidence in policy and practice. Discussion was focused on: • What are the coalescing points in current thinking? • Where might things have crystallised too soon? • Where are the missed opportunities? • What do we need looking forward (including actions at agency levels, systems architecture and themes for further enquiry)?
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Roundtable on public services' management of vulnerable debtors, with keynote speaker Mark Drakeford AM, Cabinet Secretary for Finance (1st November 2018)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	On 1st November, together with Professor Collard, Wales Centre for Public Policy (a) presented our draft report and (b) gathered responses to the report, and (c) openned up a wider discussion about effective interventions and support in Wales for those owing council tax and rent debts to local authorities and RSLs. • Setting the scene: Mark Drakeford AM, Cabinet Secretary for Finance • Presentation of the draft report: Professor Sharon Collard, Bristol University, and Dr. Paul Worthington, WCPP. • Round table discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018

Description	Roundtable with WCVA and Alliance for Useful Evidence to launch Evidence for Good report, Cardiff (June 2018)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	A collaborative launch event
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018

Description	Seminar on Procurement and the Lessons from the Collapse of Carillion (4th July 2018)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Chaired by Professor Steve Martin, Director of the Wales Centre for Public Policy, our panel included: •Milica Kitson OBE, CEO, Constructing Excellence Wales •Matthew Mortlock, Director of Performance Audit, Wales Audit Office, and lead on the WAO's recent review of public procurement in Wales •Cllr. Phil Murphy, Cabinet Member for Resources, Monmouthshire County Council, and former Chair of the Wales Purchasing Consortium •John Tizard, Independent Strategic Advisor and expert on public service markets While Wales is considerably less exposed to large scale private provision of public services compared to England, the Carillion case affords a moment for all those concerned with commissioning and delivering public services in Wales to reflect on procurement and outsourcing as innately political and strategic decisions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018

Description	Seminar on gender equality, intersectionality and Feminist Government (15th November 2018)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Food for thought event - Seminar on gender equality, intersectionality and Feminist Government. Relating to a Gender Equality Review Phase 2 being undertaken.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018

Description	Seminar: Local Governance and Public Policy in Wales - Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre (Wednesday 30th June 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	This was an academic seminar on Local Governance and Public Policy in Wales, focusing on the impact of Brexit and Covid-19 across different layers of territorial government. The seminar brought together leading experts - Dr Christala Sophecleous (WISERD), Professor Steve Martin (WCPP) and Professor James Downe (WCPP) - to discuss local governance in Wales. Although the event was open to the public, it was noted that the seminar was of particular use to researchers, civil servants, policymakers and post-graduate students. The seminar held on 30th June is the first in a series of ongoing discussion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	Social Market Foundation - Roundtable on decarbonisation and buses in Wales (18th July 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	A roundtable held by the Social Market Foundation to discuss research they were undertaking on moving car journeys to journeys by bus and coach to help decarbonisation. WCPP were asked to attend to share our knowledge of the Welsh context and views on the research being undertaken.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	TAG: Research and Development Subgroup (11th May 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Representative from the Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) and International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) were invited to present and discuss their ways of working and work programmes, alongside an update from the Wales Covid-19 Evidence Centre. This was an opportunity to provide an overview of the role of the WCPP, research projects and ways of working.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	TROPICO Online Event 2021 - session 4 (16th November 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Session 4: Assessing the efficiency and legitimacy of collaborations - what we know and what comes next Abstract: Collaboration continues to be a popular way of designing policies and delivering public services. By working together, organisations aim to maximise public value and capture economies of scale, but there is a lack of evidence about the impact of collaborations on efficiency and legitimacy. Through survey studies and comparative-case studies, Cardiff and Roskilde Universities have examined the efficiency and legitimacy of collaborative service delivery. Together with Potsdam University, a Collaboration Monitor has been designed providing insights on the effects of collaborations on efficiency and legitimacy. In this session, the presenters discussed the main TROPICO research findings on this topic. This was followed by a group discussion on the aim and results of the Collaboration Monitor. The session concluded with a discussion around the future of assessing collaborations. Delivered a presentation of the main results ('the what') of the TROPICO research project on the state of the art of assessing collaborations with regard to efficiency and legitimacy. This was followed by a question and discussion session.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://tropico-project.eu/summit-2021/

Description	TUC Wales - Lifelong learning (10th May 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	To provide an overview of the WCPP's research on Supporting the Welsh Lifelong Learning system, a project undertaken for the Welsh Government, and Skills Institutions for a Just Transition, an ESRC-funded project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	TUC Wales and WCPP - Supporting the Welsh Lifelong Learning system (25th January 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Presented and discussed with TUC Wales the WCPP's research and key findings on supporting the Welsh Lifelong Learning system, a research project undertaken for the Welsh Government.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://www.wcpp.org.uk/publication/supporting-the-welsh-lifelong-learning-system/

Description	Tackling loneliness in Wales through the pandemic and beyond (Wednesday 14th July and Thursday 15th July)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	The WCPP convened a digital engagement programme to bring together key stakeholders working across the loneliness policy and public service landscape in Wales and beyond. It hosted, with support from strategic partners Kaleidoscope Health and Care, a digital conference on 14 and 15 July 2021, and will produce a series of blogs and videos by key stakeholders to enhance and broaden the conversation. The event was split across two sessions: 10:30-12:00 on 14 July 10:30-12:00 on 15 July The purpose of the event was to: • Showcase the work going on to tackle loneliness and social isolation in Wales, with inspiring practitioner and research-led presentations and sharing of learning between participants • Understand what local decision-makers need to tackle loneliness and how they can be supported Speakers included: Olivia Field - Head of Health and Resilience Policy at British Red Cross Naomi Lea - Founder of Project Hope & Youth Volunteering Support Officer at WCVA Dr Jamie Smith - Director of Research and Innovation at Hafod Dr Kalpa Kharicha - Head of Research, Policy and Practice at Campaign to End Loneliness Cllr Alyson Pugh - Councillor at Swansea Council Ruth Bamford - The National Lottery Community Fund
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://www.wcpp.org.uk/event/tackling-loneliness-in-wales-through-the-pandemic-and-beyond/

Description	The 13th Interpretive Policy Analysis (IPA) Conference (28th June - 2nd July 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	The conference took the theme - Interpreting Politics, Governance & Space. This was a virtual / online event attended by approx. 101-500 people, with approx. 11-50 people attending each panel. The WCPP took the opportunity to act as panel convenors and present WCPP research. Panel convenors for Panel 22 - Working between the worlds of politics and knowledge: critical approaches to knowledge mobilisation Presented WCPP research: • Relational localism: community action through the dis
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://ipa2021.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IPA-conference-2021-full-programme.pdf

Description	The Centre for Science, Knowledge and Policy at Edinburgh (SKAPE) workshop (6-8th June 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	The Centre for Science, Knowledge and Policy at Edinburgh (SKAPE) brings together academic researchers across a range of disciplines, as well as policy practitioners, to examine the relationships and intersections between different types of science and knowledges on policy. The WCPP was invited to present its research and key findings from the project Q study: What does evidence mean to different policy actors in Wales? The presentation was titled 'Evidence use in the Welsh policy community' and provided an overview of: • Q study research project - methodology, ranking of statements, use of post interview questionnaire • Research findings • View points of EBPM idealists, politicians, pragmatists, inclusive • Cross-comparisons
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	The Local Area Research & Intelligence Association (LARIA) Annual Conference
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	The focus of the conference was on collaboration. Two Centre researchers presented findings from their ongoing research on where they have engaged collaboratively with public services. We targeted this event to promote awareness of the WCPP as a research centre conducting research at the local level. It led to interviews of attendees as part of our work engaging public services.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	The future of work in Wales
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presenting the findings of Wales Centre for Public Policy work on the Future of Work, alongside UK Government sponsored report on 'Good Work' (led by Matthew Taylor, RSA) and OECD work on the same issue; and facilitating discussion of the implications among representative groups, policy makers, and experts.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017

Description	The role of communities and the use of technology in mitigating loneliness during the pandemic - Emerging findings (Thursday 25th March 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	The expert workshop was held to engage with a group of key experts and stakeholders to share and test emerging findings from WCPP research exploring how communities' response to the Coronavirus pandemic has impacted on loneliness, the role technology has played, and how this activity could be supported in the future. research included a combination of surveys and interviews with different community members to explore: 1. How have place and interest-based community groups functioned during the pandemic to mitigate the experience of loneliness? 2. How have online and offline technologies been used to support these efforts by facilitating group functions and reaching those most vulnerable to loneliness? 3. What do strong, technology-enhanced community initiatives to tackle loneliness and social isolation look like, and how could these be enabled, sustained and strengthened?
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	Transforming Evidence and the International Transforming Evidence Network (21st June 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	WCPP was invited to speak on a panel for the Transforming Evidence and the International Transforming Evidence Network series of seminars on Zoom - 'Biting the hand that feeds you? How should evidence intermediaries work with politicians & public servants' This was an opportunity to share advice and insights from the WCPP'S WORK - and indeed its work across the What Works Centres - on managing politicians, politics, and public servants. The need to proactively engage policymakers, including promoting the value of some types of evidence to aid decision-making. To consider the best ways for intermediaries to manage politics, politicians and government - whilst sustaining neutrality and non-partisanship. We do hope you might be able to join us for this session. We can discuss the content and approach closer to the time. This panel event is part of a wider series of sessions by Transforming Evidence and the international Transforming Evidence Network: Evidence intermediary organisations; how can they better connect research, policy and practice? The event was open to evidence intermediaries, academia, NGOs and public bodies - from across the UK and other countries. The format for the whole session was: AGENDA Welcome 17:00-17:05 BST. Jonathan Breckon (Senior Associate, Transforming Evidence) CHAIR Panel session: Biting the hand that feeds you? How should evidence intermediaries work with politicians & public servants. 17:05 - 18:10 BST (including Zoom Q&A at end) o Oliver Bennett, Director, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, UK (CHAIR) o Steve Martin, Director, Wales Centre for Public Policy, UK o Christine Weidenslaufer, Legislative Advisor, Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile o Amber Mace, Chief Executive, California Council on Science and Technology, US 4. Final words 18:10-18:15 BST. Jonathan Breckon (Senior Associate, Transforming Evidence) CHAIR
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) event
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Build our networks across the UK HE sector. Share and learn from good practice in research/policy knowledge exchange. Disseminate and promote the WCPP theory of change and ways of working. Share and discuss the experience of the WCPP in policy evidence brokerage, and policy engagement in the Welsh context. External speakers included - David Melding AM and Chris Hale, Head of Welsh Government Office for Science
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Urdd Eisteddfod - Cardiff University tent
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Presentation on the WCPP's work on youth homelessness. Focus of discussion - "Crucially, the evidence that we've published suggests that identifying young people who are at risk of becoming homeless at a very early stage, perhaps even before they themselves realise it, is possible and can make a real difference."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	WCPP / WISERD Welsh Policy and Politics in Unprecedented Times
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Conference in relation to: Knowledge and evidence in Wales and its role in policy-making Discussion on Devolution and Brexit Theories and methods in policy change: A Welsh and devolved perspective The future of policy and politics in Wales
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	WCPP / WISERD event - A Conversation on Wales' Future - Friday 18th September 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Wales faces a number of economic, political and societal challenges. From COVID-19, Brexit, the further devolution of powers, the growing conversation around independence, to sustainable development goals and the wellbeing of future generations, how Wales navigates these questions will be crucial for its future. This event was held to listen to Carwyn Jones MS (former First Minister of Wales), Auriol Miller (Director of the Institute of Welsh Affairs), and Rachel Minto (Wales Governance Centre, Cardiff University) - as they analyse the trajectories and priorities that will characterise Welsh politics and policy over the next decade, and for attendees to have the opportunity to add to the discussion with questions. The event enabled: • Collaboration - the event was jointly presented by WISERD (Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data) and Wales Centre for Public Policy • Opportunity to further discussion on a number of important issues • Opportunity to raise the profile of the WCPP
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	WCPP Domestic Abuse Intervention and Support in Wales Roundtable
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The Welsh Government commissioned the Wales Centre for Public Policy to undertake a review of provision for victims of domestic violence in Wales. The roundtable for Regional VAWDASV Advisers obtained perspectives on current domestic abuse provision and generated reflections that will be fed back to the wider group of domestic violence stakeholders in Wales. The roundtable also offered a platform for sharing insights and learning between the Regional Advisors.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	WCPP EVENT - The End of Austerity and Beginning of Brexit: What are the implications for Wales?
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	This event focused on the two most significant policy developments for Wales at the start of the 2020s - the end (for now at least) of a decade of austerity and the UK's departure from the European Union on 31st January 2020. This event considered: • Which public services will get more funding? • Will this address the long-term pressures on social care, health and other services? • What about infrastructure investment? • Will Wales be able to influence trade negotiations with the EU? • How can it strengthen economic links to other parts of the world? • What sort of 'Shared Prosperity Fund' would work best in Wales? Our speakers were Guto Ifan, from the Wales Governance Centre, who discussed the Welsh Government's budget, and Gareth Williams, Special Adviser to the Welsh Government, who reflected on the implications of Brexit for the economy and inter-governmental relations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	WCPP Event - Developing a Strategic Approach to Procurement
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Postgraduate students
Results and Impact	Welsh public procurement policy has come under significant critical scrutiny over the last year, with the Wales Audit Office highlighting strategic and practical shortcomings and the National Assembly's Public Accounts Committee finding mixed results for the effectiveness of procurement policy. The First Minister has emphasised the importance of smarter and more ethical procurement to support the Well-being policy goals, of raising the status of procurement and of harnessing its power to support regionally-based SMEs and the foundational economy. The Wales Centre for Public Policy has been exploring the case for a more strategic approach to public procurement, with a series of events and publications over the last eighteen months. We believe that there is value in bringing public procurement professionals together to discuss practical approaches to addressing the barriers they face. The aim will be to offer a 'safe space' with some commentary from experts and a facilitated open and honest round-table discussion of practical challenges and what would need to be done to address them. Speakers include: • Liz Lucas, Caerphilly County Borough Council • Jane Lynch, Cardiff Business School • Kevin Morgan, Cardiff School of Geography and Planning • Steve Robinson, City of Cardiff Council
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	WCPP Just Transitions workshop event
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The workshop was arranged to contribute to shaping a larger roundtable event planned for January 2020. It also forms a first step in helping WCPP to consider a potential future Work Programme in this area and assisting Welsh Government to develop their own programme of activities. The meeting was intended to answer four related questions: • What are the major opportunities for achieving a just transition in Wales? • How might just transitions be implemented in Wales? • What evidence is currently available, and what evidence needs are met? • How might an organisation like WCPP contribute to meeting any identified evidence needs?
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	WCPP Lifelong Learning Expert Panel (9th July 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	This expert roundtable was held to develop the WCPP research project undertaken on behalf of the Welsh Government, focusing on lifelong learning. The project considers a number of questions: 1. How should lifelong learning be understood and defined, what are the appropriate rights and entitlements? 2. Which groups would most benefit from lifelong learning, what are the barriers to reaching them? How do you balance a universal offer or entitlement with targeting key groups? 3. How can a lifelong learning system best balance different economic and social objectives? 4. What is the role of the government in agenda setting and incentivising good practice? How can institutions and stakeholders best be supported to extend provision? 5. How does the Welsh offer intersect with other parts of the UK, including the ongoing reform programme in England?
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	WCPP Lifelong Learning Report - Colegau Cymru (18th January 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Schools
Results and Impact	Presented the WCPP's research and key findings on lifelong learning, a research project undertaken for the Welsh Government.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://www.wcpp.org.uk/publication/supporting-the-welsh-lifelong-learning-system/

Description	WCPP Lunch and learn session to Welsh Government - Local government austerity
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	To provide an overview of the WCPP report - At the Tipping Point: Welsh Local Government and Austerity. The report was commissioned by the WLGA.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	WCPP Public Services Board roundtable
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Roundtable discussion with the WCPP, colleagues from Public Services, the Welsh Government, etc. First meeting convened May 2018, to to talk about how the respective organisations were supporting / working with Public Service Boards. The roundtable was convened to continue this discussion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	WCPP Steering group on children looked after survey - Friday 24th July 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The steering group was established to help develop the WCPP's work in relation to a project jointly undertaken with CASCADE - to understand more about the variance in rates of children looked after across Wales through a survey with social workers and managers. To understand more about what social workers think are the factors influencing different care rates and how the values, decision making and views of social workers vary across Wales; as well as the impact the pandemic will have had and continues to have on this. The steering group is expected to help guide this project and ensure that the work is useful and relevant.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	WCPP Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence roundtable
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	This event presented the WCPP's work to date and aimed to get reflections from key stakeholders, to discuss what might change to improve how need is identified, funding is agreed, services are commissioned and provided, and ultimately how the transformative vision of the Act can be made a reality. The programme for the roundtable included: • Presentation - WCPP • Discussion o How can interventions best meet the needs of survivors? o How can funding mechanisms and commissioning frameworks be improved? o How can governance structures be made to work better for service providers? • Reflections and close
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	WCPP Workshop - Education attainment: Responding to Coronavirus (Friday 19th March 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Schools
Results and Impact	The WCPP remote participatory workshop was held to explore how the Welsh education system can best respond to some of the key challenges posed by Coronavirus pandemic. Evidence suggests that the Coronavirus pandemic and associated school closures have increased the educational attainment gap. The Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) and partners worked with the Welsh Government to ensure that its efforts to support the education system to respond to the challenges posed by the Coronavirus pandemic are informed by the best available evidence and expertise. This first phase of this work involved producing three policy briefings related to: • Blended teaching and learning (including asynchronous provision); • Catch up interventions; and • Professional learning and development. For the second phase of this research, the WCPP convened a series of participatory workshops with school leaders and a range of middle tier leaders e.g. regional consortia and local authority education leads. The purpose of the workshops was to: • share the findings of the policy briefings; • elicit practice-based insights, experiences and examples that can bring the evidence 'to life'; • develop insights on implementation; and • explore how our recommendations could be tailored for particular audiences and might interact with current and planned policy and practice. The workshops served as a midway point in the project, and enabled the WCPP to create a follow-up output drawing on the practice-based insights from the workshop, along with the findings outlined in the policy briefings. This particular workshop was a pilot - the format will be revised based on participant feedback before organising subsequent sessions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	WCPP event - Supporting Evidence Use In Children's Social Care - Virtual Roundtable - Monday 20th July 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Several organisations in Wales are involved in supporting local authorities to use evidence in decision making around children looked after. This roundtable, convened by the Wales Centre for Public Policy, marks the start of an ongoing conversation between these organisations to develop an understanding of activities to mobilise relevant evidence among local authorities. While understanding what kinds of evidence are mobilised and how will be relevant to this discussion, the main focus of this roundtable will be on what organisations are already doing and plan to do in the coming months to support local authorities to use evidence, and how best this can be coordinated.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	WCPP event - The Politics of Evidence: in conversation with Dr Justin Parkhurst
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Postgraduate students
Results and Impact	Dr Justin Parkhurst discusses his book - The Politics of Evidence - to University staff & students.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	WCPP expert roundtable - Local Institutions, Productivity, Sustainability and Inclusivity Trade-offs (LIPSIT): Lessons from the research (19th October 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The WCPP facilitated a virtual roundtable - Local Institutions, Productivity, Sustainability and Inclusivity Trade-offs (LIPSIT): Lessons from the research. The team presented findings from a two year, ESRC funded research project on regional institutional arrangements for managing trade-offs associated with increasing productivity, conducted in England and Wales. It brought together findings from the project with reflections from prominent academics working on the South East Wales region. Following the presentation of the findings, discussion and Q&A sessions were facilitated by Professor Gill Bristow, with contributions from Professor Kevin Morgan and Professor Rob Huggins. The discussion allowed for an exploration of key issues emerging from the work and the implications for the economy and institutions in Wales.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	WCPP internal seminar - with Dr Anna Dixon, Chief Executive at the Centre for Ageing Better
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Presentation and question and answer session with an expert in the policy area
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	WCPP looked after children steering group meeting
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Meeting of the WCPP The agenda included: • Key updates from steering group • WCPP project findings o RQ1: What is the current picture of care placement provision and commissioning for children and young people looked after in Wales? o RQ2: How is care commissioning experienced by children and their families? o RQ3: What can we learn from how placement provision is managed internationally? • Where next? Reflections from group on implications of findings and what next steps could be from WCPP and others
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	WCPP meeting on children looked after survey (Tuesday 16th March 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The Steering Group meeting was held to present research findings to the Steering Group and confirm a shared understanding in relation to • The approach to the analysis that has been done so far • Multivariate analysis: what has been tried and what the limitations are given the data. • The approach to accounting for deprivation. The WIMD were used, but I think there is interest in talking about this approach. To discuss next steps - including a discussion around peer review.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	WCPP meeting with the Education Endowment Foundation ~ implementation work - Friday 19th June 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The roundtable was held in order to enable discussion about the work the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has been doing in relation to the Coronavirus pandemic (such as the resources to support home learning and the rapid evidence assessment on remote learning). To discuss the potential relevance for the EEF's work on education in Wales and ways the WCPP might mobilise their findings here.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	WCPP roundtable - Race Equality Action Plan project - Friday 27th November 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The Welsh Government has committed to developing a Race Equality Action Plan to tackle structural racial inequalities in Wales. The WCPP has been supporting the Welsh Government's development of this action plan through the development of an evidence review into 'what works' to tackle racial inequalities. This roundtable event formed part of that work. The roundtable aimed to, explore the issue of how the Welsh Government can aim to encourage systemic and cultural change in Wales in relation to race equality. To bring together experts working on a range of issues related to race equality in Wales and beyond. To provide an opportunity to share knowledge and experience, discuss the current evidence base, and understand what needs to happen to successfully implement long lasting and systemic change, to tackle structural racial inequalities in Wales The first part of the session focused on what is meant by systemic and cultural change, and what the vision for systemic and cultural change in Wales looks like in relation to race equality. Based on these initial discussions, the session then focused on implementation - that is, what needs to be done to achieve systemic and cultural change, and the barriers and enablers to implementation. The first part of the session focused on what is meant by systemic and cultural change, and what the vision for systemic and cultural change in Wales looks like in relation to race equality. Based on these initial discussions, the session then focused on implementation - that is, what needs to be done to achieve systemic and cultural change, and the barriers and enablers to implementation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	WCPP roundtable - Risks and Opportunities for a Just Transition in Wales - Friday 12th June 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The roundtable was facilitated to address risks and opportunities for a Just Transition in Wales; to consider who are the relevant stakeholders that should be engaged in the decision making process and what might be the nature of their engagement; what actions could be taken by stakeholders in Wales to promote a just transition
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	WCPP roundtable - The European transition and key trade sectors - online event - Thursday 15th October
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The Counsel General and Minister for European Transition is keen to understand how the Welsh economy's key sectors are likely to be affected by the UK Government's trade negotiations with the European Union and other countries, such as the United States, Australia, Japan and New Zealand. This virtual expert roundtable brought together Welsh Government representatives, including the Minister's Special Adviser and senior officials, together with experts working on trade and devolution. The roundtable included a presentation by WCPP researchers, followed by engaging discussion between experts and the Welsh Government. The event will inform a report to be published by WCPP later in 2020.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	WCPP roundtable: to discuss implementation and the delivery gap (2nd February 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Concern about policy delivery is not new. All governments, whether national or local, struggle to implement policies as intended, and successive administrations, both UK and devolved, have emphasised 'delivery' as a key priority. To progress the research project, Closing the delivery gap in public policy: lessons from implementation science, the WCPP project team circulated a note summarising what the project team knows about the problem of policy implementation and what could be learnt from Implementation Science to help ensure better delivery. The roundtable / workshop was designed to explore with whether participants think IS frameworks would be of any use in the policy areas and organisations that they are involved in. And to explore the following questions: • What strategies do you currently use to address the policy delivery gap? • Could the approach of attending to the three key themes - the 'thing', context and people provide an additional set of tools? • Would a set of key questions around these themes, applicable to different types and stages of policy development, be helpful? • What else might help?
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	WCPP steering group to support multi-agency working and children looked after research (7th June 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Steering group meeting held to support and provide direction to the WCPP research projects focussing on children looked after and multi-agency working. To update the group on the two strands to this work: • Supporting stakeholders at the regional level to identify strengths / barriers and define an approach to improving multiagency working; and • Conducting data analysis to support MA working at the regional level, and / or inform decisions at the national level. To test initial decisions made in terms of questions to answer and approach to take. The project team will refine the scoping briefing following discussion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	WCPP/Welsh Government expert roundtable on infrastructure and long-term wellbeing (12th October 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The Welsh Government asked the Wales Centre for Public Policy to conduct an overview of the evidence relating to the relationship between infrastructure investment and long-term wellbeing, with a particular focus on the ten wellbeing objectives which Ministers have specified in the 2021-2026 Programme for Government. The two expert roundtables formed part of the work we are undertaking to respond to this evidence need. Each session brought together special advisers, senior officials and leading researchers who provided brief overviews of the evidence in their area of expertise. 12th October - Session one: Understanding the relationship between infrastructure and long-term wellbeing 18th October - Session two: Perspectives from housing and transport
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	WCPP/Welsh Government expert roundtable on infrastructure and long-term wellbeing (18th October 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The Welsh Government asked the Wales Centre for Public Policy to conduct an overview of the evidence relating to the relationship between infrastructure investment and long-term wellbeing, with a particular focus on the ten wellbeing objectives which Ministers have specified in the 2021-2026 Programme for Government. The two expert roundtables formed part of the work we are undertaking to respond to this evidence need. Each session brought together special advisers, senior officials and leading researchers who provided brief overviews of the evidence in their area of expertise. 12th October - Session one: Understanding the relationship between infrastructure and long-term wellbeing 18th October - Session two: Perspectives from housing and transport
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	WCPProundtable follow-up meeting - implementation - Wednesday 29th July 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	This was a roundtable discussion - following on from the event held Friday 19th June 2020. The meetings focuses on implementation - with the aim of discussing the ways in which the EEF are looking to support schools and families to use the evidence they have collated, and the applicability of this to the Welsh Government's work.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	WLGA National Commissioning Board - Presentation on Alternative domiciliary care models - Monday 14th December 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presentation to the National Commissioning Board Wales on the WCPP's research work - alternative models of care. The event allowed the WCPP: • To raise awareness of the role of the WCPP in providing evidence-based research to support the work of policy makers • To present findings from WCPP's research project on alternative models of care
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Wales Advisory Group for Covid -19 Recovery - Meeting 2 - Thursday 16th July 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Advisory Group roundtable facilitated by the Welsh Government - WCPP provided evidence-informed briefing papers to support the Welsh Government's engagement with the Advisory Group experts. The Counsel General and Minister for European Transition chaired an expert group, convened to consider two propositions relating to renewable energy, housing and town centres, and explore the government's support package at the meeting.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Wales Advisory Group on Covid-19 Recovery - Meeting 1 - Recovery from the Coronavirus pandemic: Human capital, skills, Further and Higher Education - Tuesday 30th June 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Advisory Group roundtable facilitated by the Welsh Government - WCPP provided evidence-informed briefing papers to support the Welsh Government's engagement with the Advisory Group experts. The Counsel General and Minister for European Transition chaired an expert group on the 30th June, convened to consider two propositions from the twelve agreed by the Cabinet. The first covered human capital, skills and employability, and the second the practical support provided to further education. The Minister broke the discussion into three areas - the emphasis on human capital; the nature of business support; the distinction between FE and HE support. The structure of the roundtable was heavily informed by the WCPP's briefing paper for the discussion, and subsequent discussions across the Welsh Government will be informed by the summary of the discussion prepared by the WCPP after the event, which brought together the challenges and opportunities for human capital, skills and employment in Wales.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Wales Advisory Panel for Covid-19 Recovery Meeting 3 - Tuesday 21st July 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Advisory Group roundtable facilitated by the Welsh Government - WCPP provided evidence-informed briefing papers to support the Welsh Government's engagement with the Advisory Group experts and took a note of the meeting to be shared afterwards with Welsh Government and experts. The Counsel General and Minister for European Transition chaired an expert group, convened to consider two propositions relating to public services (digital) delivery; intergenerational fairness. To explore the Welsh Government's future policy / actions to take forward.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Wales Advisory Panel for Covid-19 Recovery Meeting 4 - Land management, travel and transport - Thursday 13th August 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Advisory Group roundtable facilitated by the Welsh Government - WCPP provided evidence-informed briefing papers to support the Welsh Government's engagement with the Advisory Group experts and took a note of the meeting to be shared afterwards with Welsh Government and experts. The Counsel General and Minister for European Transition chaired an expert group, convened to consider two propositions relating to land management, travel and transport. To explore the Welsh Government's future policy / actions to take forward.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Wales Advisory Panel for Covid-19 Recovery Meeting 5 - Tuesday 8th September 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Advisory Group roundtable facilitated by the Welsh Government - WCPP provided evidence-informed briefing papers to support the Welsh Government's engagement with the Advisory Group experts and took a note of the meeting to be shared afterwards with Welsh Government and experts. The Counsel General and Minister for European Transition chaired an expert group meeting on 8th September, convened to consider two propositions covering a number of issues including the resilience of public services and financing options, as well as co-production and partnership working. The discussion covered - social care provision and workforce; social care financing options; supporting economic recovery; developing a procurement model for Wales; effective partnership working
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Wales Advisory Panel for Covid-19 Recovery Meeting 6 - Thursday 17th September 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Advisory Group roundtable facilitated by the Welsh Government - WCPP provided evidence-informed briefing papers to support the Welsh Government's engagement with the Advisory Group experts and took a note of the meeting to be shared afterwards with Welsh Government and experts. The Counsel General and Minister for European Transition chaired an expert group, convened to consider two propositions relating to foundational economy and low-carbon production. To explore the Welsh Government's future policy / actions to take forward.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Wales Centre for Public Policy ~ Workshop: Understanding health & care policy in Wales (23rd September 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	The Wales Centre for Public Policy worked with Kaleidoscope Health and Care to understand the key areas of development and major challenges facing the health and care sector in Wales today. With the Welsh government at the beginning of a new term, and the health and care system facing significant challenges (and opportunities) as we emerge from the COVID crisis, the Centre is keen to explore how it can best contribute to the development and implementation of health and care policy at this critical time. To help shape this, the Centre held a cross-Wales health and care workshop on 23rd September (1000-1200) to explore the most important issues for health and care. Stakeholders were invited to share their views on the relative priority of key policy issues and where the greatest need and opportunity is for the Centre to make a meaningful contribution. It was noted that this is the beginning of a process of co-production of useful evidence which we would hope to continue working with key stakeholders in the sector. The interactive workshop was designed to consider: • Existing conversations on the future of health and care in Wales to which the Centre might usefully contribute - such as embedding learning from the innovations that took place during Covid, and the post-Covid recovery of the health and care system given challenges such as a backlog of elective care and the pressures faced by the workforce. • New areas of policy that the Centre could help to inform - such as the role of healthcare providers as Anchor institutions. • Important policy issues that have become dormant or 'hit a wall' - such as how to effectively engage the public in the transformation agenda.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	Wales Principal Youth Officers' Group - two day residential event
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	To raise awareness of WCPP research on the Youth Homelessness Prevention Pathways project and the WCPP report Preventing Youth Homelessness (published 25th October 2018)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Wales Productivity Forum (18th November 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presented the WCPP's research findings in relation to Local Institutions, Productivity, Sustainability and Inclusivity Trade-offs (LIPSIT). LIPSIT is an ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) funded collaborative project. Recommendations cover: • Changes to the way national and regional policy makers operate within the current system of institutions and organisations • Modest changes to that system that policy makers responsible for the design of the system are likely to accept, and • More radical changes to that system that could be adopted in the future.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021
URL	https://lipsit.ac.uk/

Description	Wales' Fiscal Future - Dyfodol Cyllid Cymru - WFA Conference 2019
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	During 2nd session: Austerity and Beyond, presentations were delivered by: • Luke Sibieta, Institute for Fiscal Studies and Education Policy Institute • Emma Taylor-Collins, Wales Centre for Public Policy • Michael Trickey, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Wales Fiscal Analysis • Alison Ward, Chief Executive, Torfaen County Borough Council Emma Taylor-Collins discussed the WCPP report - At the tipping point? Welsh councils' perceptions of austerity.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Welsh Government - roundtable - The differential impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on vulnerable or disadvantaged groups in Wales and how to mitigate this both by economic interventions (e.g. job-creation etc.); welfare interventions (e.g. universal basic income etc.) and the development of public services, within the powers of the Welsh Government - Monday 4 May 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	WCPP were invited by the First Minister and Counsel General to provide a briefing note to help facilitate a roundtable chaired by the Counsel General. The roundtable featured the former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and invited experts.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Welsh Government - roundtable - The impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on public services, including the health service and post-16 education, and an examination of necessary remediation measures and opportunities for change, consistent with the Welsh Government's commitment to environmental justice - Tuesday 5 May 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	WCPP invited to provide briefing and observe roundtable convened by the Counsel General, to write a note following the meeting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Welsh Government Cost of Living Summit (10th November 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	A Cost of Living Summit organised by the Welsh Government with policy maker, academic expert, practitioner and third sector attendees. To disseminate our work on poverty and social exclusion in order to inform attendees about the best available evidence on tackling poverty and social exclusion from a strategic, policy and programme perspective.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	Welsh Government Evidence Board (2023)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Organised by the Welsh Government's Head of Policy Profession
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Welsh Government Lunch and Learn - Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presentation and question / answer session on research undertaken by the WCPP on the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act - given to Welsh Government officials.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Welsh Government Roundtable: Green Recovery - Wednesday 20th May
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	WCPP invited to provide briefing and observe roundtable convened by the Counsel General, to write a note following the meeting The roundtable involved - introductions, a free flowing discussion around two broad key topic key topics, outlined below, closing reflections. • How do we capitalise on any behavioural change / public reaction, as a consequence of COVID 19, to take forward a green recovery. • What policy interventions are needed to secure a green recovery from COVID 19.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	Welsh Government lunch and learn on Gender Budgeting
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	To provide a presentation on the WCPP research and findings in relation to the assignment on gender budgeting - as outlined in the WCPP report, Tackling Inequality through Gender Budgeting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	Welsh Government roundtable - How to ensure a green recovery so that Wales meets its commitments to sustainability and continues to address the demands of climate change without exacerbating economic inequality - Friday 1st May 2020
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	WCPP invited to provide briefing and participate at roundtable convened by the Counsel General on ensuring a green recovery post-COVID-19
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	What Works Council (13th February 2023)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	30 What Works Centre directors and civil servants participated in a discussion of existing research outcomes and future collaborations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	What Works Council (27th September 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	30 What Works Centre directors and civil servants participated in a discussion of existing research outcomes and future collaborations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	What Works Network (28th September 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	An informal meeting to discuss what the centre's mean by impact, how they measure it etc. It aims to share best practice across the Network.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	What Works Strategy Consultation (2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Three UK government officials attended to discuss the content of the new What Works strategy that they are developing in order to draw on our experience and insights about the role of the What Works network.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022

Description	What Works Summit on Early Years attended by officials and local authorities with Queen's University Belfast (13th February 2019)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	What Works Summit on Early Years - to learn what the best evidence can tell us about what works for children and families from pregnancy to pre-school. Speakers from the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF), the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), The Centre for Evidence & Social Innovation at Queen's University Belfast, speakers from Ulster University and Stranmillis and more. What Works Summit on Early Years - The project aims to: •Share knowledge and learning across What Works Centres •Encourage cross-jurisdictional learning and test out ways in which What Works Centres can engage effectively with devolved administrations •Improve access to What Works outputs by policymakers and practitioners in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	What Works in Ageing Better?
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	There are over 650,000 over-65s in Wales, representing 21% of the Welsh population. Making Wales a good place to grow old is a priority for government, public services and communities. The Older People's Commissioner's programme 'Ageing well in Wales' and the Welsh Government's Strategy for Older People in Wales (2013-2023) 'Living longer, ageing well' show that there is appetite for improving the lives of older people in Wales now and in future. Hosted by the Wales Centre for Public Policy and SPARK, Dr Anna Dixon, Chief Executive at the Centre for Ageing Better looked at what changes are needed in policy and practice to create a society where everyone enjoys later life. She talked about the evidence and insights from Ageing Better's work in areas including employment, health, housing and communities as well as wider work on ageism. She discussed Ageing Better's role as a What Works Centre and how they use evidence to bring about change, as well as supporting innovation and implementation. Anna's talk was followed by a panel discussion involving Heléna Herklots, Older People's Commissioner for Wales, and Dr Martin Hyde, Associate Professor of Gerontology at the Centre for Innovative Ageing, Swansea University, and Q&A with an opportunity to explore the relevance of Ageing Better's work to priorities in Wales.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2020

Description	What Works roundtable: devolved nations and collaboration (London)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	This invitation-only roundtable marked the culmination of an ESRC Strategic Fund project involving the Wales Centre for Public Policy, Queen's University Belfast, What Works Scotland, and the Alliance for Useful Evidence. As part of this project, the WCPP delivered a series of summits in devolved nations featuring What Works Centres' evidence on various policy issues, from youth mental health to local economic performance. This project aimed to: • Improve the reach of the What Works network in devolved nations • Increase collaboration between the What Works network Hosted by Wales Centre for Public Policy in partnership with the Alliance for Useful Evidence, and chaired by Professor Jennifer Rubin at ESRC, this roundtable aimed to share learning from this project and facilitate discussions about how the What Works network can increase its reach in devolved nations, and how further collaboration between What Works Centres might be encouraged and supported. The agenda discussion focussed on: o Sharing learning from summits in devolved nations o Roundtable discussion: Improving the reach of the What Works Network in o devolved nations o Roundtable discussion: Fostering collaboration between What Works Centres
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	What Works summit on Youth Homelessness attended by local decision makers and service providers, with the Alliance for Useful Evidence and other What Works Centres (22nd November 2018)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	On Thursday 22nd November, the Wales Centre for Public Policy hosted the first What Works Summit around the issue of youth homelessness. In the morning, the event introduced the What Works Network to policy makers and practitioners, outlined the recent work the Wales Centre for Public Policy has commissioned on youth homelessness and provided presentations from What Works Wellbeing and the Centre for Homelessness Impact on evidence use. The event will featured contributions from: • Kaitlin Schwan, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness and David French, Director of Policy and Planning, A Way Home Canada. • Deborah Hardoon, Head of Evidence and Analysis, What Works Wellbeing. • Ligia Teixeira, Director, Centre for Homelessness Impact. In the afternoon, group table discussions reflected on the morning session and its implications for attendees' work, and evidence needs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018

Description	What works in Wales? How the Welsh Government can produce policies that make a difference
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Presentation from Dr Andrew Connell - What works in Wales? How the Welsh Government can produce policies that make a difference
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019

Description	gofod3 - Wales' space for the voluntary sector (28th June - 2nd July 2021)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	gofod3 is the biggest voluntary sector event of its kind in Wales. gofod3 was first established in spring 2017 as an annual, one-day event in Cardiff. The event in 2020 was cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The WCPP supported the development of an online event in 2021 - providing a unique space to reflect, learn and plan for the future. There were over 60 FREE events on offer, including an exciting and busy schedule of speakers, masterclasses, panel debates and workshops. This session drew on learning from our recent project on volunteering and wellbeing in Wales, where we analysed 50 case studies of volunteering during the pandemic. We shared advice on what makes a good case study and how best to interpret learning from multiple case studies. There was also an opportunity for participants to share their experiences and seek advice.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2021

Description	on-line Open Day for Gwent Housing Support (17th February 2022)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	WCPP output (interview with minister) shown during on-line Open Day for Gwent Housing Support (17th February 2022)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022
URL	https://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/events/event-details/news/gwent-housing-support-virtual-open-day-17...