Intergovernmental Relations & Fiscal Federalism
Manage the money and power between levels of government.
The executive challenge
The problem this program solves
The intergovernmental relations reform has survived three permanent secretaries and zero implementations — and each transition resets an agenda the institution cannot afford to restart. Citizens do not read the implementation matrix; they experience the clinic, the road, the intergovernmental relations service — or its absence. In five days you learn why well-funded intergovernmental relations underperforms, and you rehearse the cabinet conversation that changes it.
Context
Why this matters now
Capability
What you will be able to do
- Design intergovernmental relations policy that survives implementation: evidence, incentives and delivery capability.
- Present intergovernmental relations evidence at the cabinet table with brevity, honesty and stakes.
- Build intergovernmental relations delivery and measurement systems that move outcomes, not activity.
- Commission intergovernmental relations evaluation and read it critically — attribution, gaming and all.
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 Initiative That Worked in Three Districts
One district doubles immunisation coverage using data, supervision and modest incentives; neighbouring districts with the same intergovernmental relations budget stagnate. The ministry wants to scale it before the next audit cycle.
Your decision: Decide what to scale, what to formalise, and what scaling will destroy if done clumsily.
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
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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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