Critical Friend Service
The critical friend service provides policy development support and a friendly challenge function to Departments, which are in the lead in policy-making. The critical friend may engage with the policy team during one particular stage of the policy-making process or throughout the policy cycle. More information is provided in this section to enable policy teams to make use of the critical friend service should they wish to.
- Background Information on the Critical Friend Service (PDF 23.6KB)
- Critical Friend Framework (PDF 116KB)
- Guidance on Drafting a Critical Friend Written Agreement (PDF 33KB)
- Critical Friend Case Studies (PDF 146KB)
- Critical Friend Evaluation Form Templates:
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