Participate in municipal policy making and analysis processes US

This unit standard is for learners working within a local government structure, who participate in municipal governance and have been elected as municipal councillors, where the acquisition of competence against this standard will add value to one's job and managerial capabilities. The completion of this standard will provide the learner with an understanding of the principles underpinning policy making in general or specific fields of the local government sector. The learner will also be equipped to complete policy formulation within own work context.

The qualifying learner is capable of:
Demonstrating a basic understanding of and apply theories and concepts relating to policy design, implementation and evaluation.
Demonstrating a basic understanding of policy design or improvement success factors.
Demonstrating an understanding of the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of local government policy interventions.
Evaluating the requirements of a valid by-law.