Access to Information & Open Government Strategy
Open the government without burning it down.
The executive challenge
The problem this program solves
Every layer of access to information has an owner, and no layer has accountability: units report outputs, the ministry reports progress, and citizens report nothing changing. Reforms that ignore incentives do not fail loudly; they fade into familiar underperformance and a new strategy document. This is where access to information stops being a policy document and becomes a delivery system with an author, a cadence and consequences.
Context
Why this matters now
Capability
What you will be able to do
- Sequence access to information reform so it survives resistance, turnover and the next budget cycle.
- Trace access to information money to outcomes and defend the trace under scrutiny.
- Design access to information policy that survives implementation: evidence, incentives and delivery capability.
- Present access to information evidence at the cabinet table with brevity, honesty and stakes.
The IPAT Course Standard
The five-day journey
Each day is a deliberate progression in managerial capability — from strategic context, to analytical frameworks, to applied practice, to executive judgement under pressure, to a capstone that produces something your organisation keeps.
IPAT Signature Case™
The Dam at Two-Thirds
A flagship project at a water services regulator is two-thirds complete when independent review finds the hydrology assumptions optimistic and a cheaper alternative existed. Cancelling embarrasses the government; completing it strains the debt ceiling.
Your decision: Complete, redesign, or pause — and design the public accountability for whichever you choose, access to information evidence included.
IPAT Data Lab™
A a devolved county government cannot trace its spending to outcomes citizens feel.
Dataset: Synthetic expenditure and outcome panel for a devolved county government, with leakage and coverage gaps.
Your task: Trace money to outcomes, find the value-for-money gaps, and design the dashboard that changes decisions.
An expenditure-to-outcome dashboard and findings memo.
Data → Analysis → Decision, not Data → Code → Certificate
Day 5 · The Capstone
What will you change when you return to work?
Build the design and evaluation framework for your institution's flagship programme: evidence base, causal chain, measurement, and delivery governance.
Methodology
Frameworks you will master
- • IPAT Data-to-Decision Framework™
- • IPAT Transformation Architecture™
- • Cost-benefit analysis and regulatory impact assessment
- • Results-based management
- • Randomized and quasi-experimental evaluation methods
Cohorts
Upcoming cohorts
New dates are being scheduled
Register with your preferred start date and our admissions team will match you to the next available cohort — or contact us to arrange an in-house delivery for your organisation.
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