Training Course in Government Relations, Public Policy, and Public Affairs

Course Description

Government relations refers to the process of influencing public policy at all levels of governancelocal, regional, national, or even global. Government relations aim to direct government officials to create or maintain government policy to address issues of a particular type or group. Public affairs is the term used to define the relationship between an organization and its stakeholders. These stakeholders could be individuals or groups with an interest in the organizations affairs. Together, government relations and public affairs refer to interaction between organizations and the government and stakeholders. They are often found to overlap, and though used synonymously sometimes, there is a thin line of difference between the two.

This Training Course in Government Relations, Public Policy, and Public Affairs will empower participants with a detailed understanding and information about government relations, public policy, and public affairs. By undertaking this course, participants will receive the necessary exposure, experience and skills to undertake any kind of role and responsibility for any function within these three areas, thus making them dynamic professionals of choice for challenging roles and opportunities that require multiple skills and multi-tasking abilities, in turn supporting faster growth and career development.

Course Objectives

The key objective of this Masterclass in Government Relations, Public Policy and Public Affairs training course is to empower professionals to:

• Learn and acquire the necessary skills to successfully carry out duties in areas of government relations, public policy and/or public affairs.
• Assume complicated and challenging roles within ones organization that require knowledge and information in government relations, public policy, and public affairs.
• Effectively scrutinize existing information and data to check for major challenges and issues that could hamper relationships between the organization, its stakeholders and the government and devise next steps to mitigate these from occurring.
• Train other professionals and share best practices of successfully working in profiles of government relations, public policy and/or public affairs.
• Direct ones organization in healthy practices and guidelines to be followed for effective government relations and public affairs.
• Play an important role in creating and establishing public policy for ones organization to ensure that activities and functions align with the objective of public interests.
• Review organizational processes and operations to ensure adherence to required standards and benchmarks of operation as per public policy, contributing to organizational growth and development.
  

Training Methodology

Training courses at Phoenix Center for Policy, Research and Training are highly customizable as per the professional backgrounds and experience of the training audience. Therefore, each course is thoroughly reviewed to confirm that the content best suits the intended audience. The course is designed to be highly interactive, challenging and stimulating. It will be instructor-led training and will be delivered using a blended learning approach. Training is delivered by experienced and seasoned industry professionals from the relevant domain. Trainee participation is encouraged through activities and projects assigned to them in groups, presentations, guided sessions of practical exercise, web-based tutorials, and exploration of relevant issues fostering interaction among the trainees as well. Role-plays and case study review discussions form an integral part of the training program. All facilitation and course materials will be offered in English.

Who Should Attend?

This Masterclass in Government Relations, Public Policy and Public Affairs course would be suitable for, but not limited to:

• Senior management of organizations who need to thoroughly understand government relations, public policy, and public affairs to make appropriate strategic decisions.
• Executives and managers performing or overseeing functions related to government relations, public affairs, or public policy.
• Policy makers responsible for creating and implementing policies within the organization, in adherence with external standards.
• Internal and external auditors responsible for checking and ensuring adherence to internationally accepted benchmarks and standards.
• Government officials in charge of functions requiring coordination and communication with organizations and its stakeholders.
• Any other professional interested in building ones knowledge and skill in government relations, public affairs, and public policy.