Appendices
Appendix A: Policy Creation Worksheet
Developing Policy Framework
Getting Started: Answer the following questions. These questions create the framework for ensuring that the policy development process is a tool to achieve community objectives and strategies.
- Write down the policy challenge – remembering to be clear, simple and outcome focused. What issue or objective needs to be addressed?
- Why is this issue important to the community?
- How can this issue best be addressed?
- Who needs to be engaged to create the most effective and sustainable policy?
- When should this policy be developed and implemented?
Download Appendix A (Microsoft Word)
Appendix B: Policy Template
The following sections are commonly found in policy:
- Policy: A clear statement that indicates the rule affecting the specific area
- Purpose: The reason or rationale underlying the policy
- Scope: The areas, functions, individuals or departments affected by the policy
- Definitions: Any specialized terms that are not otherwise defined
- Responsibilities: Describes who, using generic titles or positions, is responsible for implementing or maintaining the policy
- References (optional): List of applicable documents, policies, laws and regulations
- Attachments (optional): Forms, reports, or records that are generated from the policy
Activity
Review each section of the policy template and write down under the headings what information is needed to complete each section.
- Policy: A clear statement that indicates the protocol or rule affecting the specific area
- Purpose: The reason or rationale underlying the policy and protocol
- Scope: The areas, functions, individuals, or departments affected by the policy
- Definitions: Any specialized terms that are not otherwise defined
- Responsibilities: Describes who, using generic titles or positions, is responsible for implementing or maintaining the policy
- References (optional): List of applicable documents, policies, laws and regulations
- Attachments (optional): Forms, reports, or records that are generated from the policy
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Appendix C: Additional Resources
- First Nations Financial Management Board template policies: Governance, Finance, Human Resources, Information Management
- First Nations in BC Knowledge Network Resource Library
- Upper Nicola Band
- First Nations Tax Commission, Upper Nicola Band Property Taxation Law 2016
- Government of Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, 10-Year Grant
- Government of Canada, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, First Nations Fiscal Management
- Government of Canada Justice Laws Website, First Nations Financial Management Act
- Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster