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Case: Using PDIA to Transform Waste Management in Amman

  • Publication date April 7, 2025
Containers from a height with different types of metal, Sorting for remelting metal products

In early 2022, the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) faced a growing waste crisis. Given its population of 4.5 million people generating approximately 3,000 tons of solid municipal waste daily, half of Jordan’s total, the city’s rapid growth had significantly outpaced its waste management infrastructure. In response to this challenge, a remarkable two-year transformation using Problem-Driven…Continue Reading Case: Using PDIA to Transform Waste Management in Amman

Unpacking Complexity in Tunisia’s Waste Management: A Journey through PDIA

  • Publication date March 31, 2025
Aerial view of landfill

Guest blog by Lobna Jeribi, IPP ’24 Discovering the Power of Small Steps  Reflecting on my journey through the IPP program, I feel like I’ve been on a quest – not just for policy solutions but for clarity on how change actually happens. I’m no stranger to the messy realities of public policy. What the…Continue Reading Unpacking Complexity in Tunisia’s Waste Management: A Journey through PDIA

Building Momentum Among PDIA Practitioners in the MENA Region

  • Publication date March 3, 2025
IPP participants and BSC staff in Bahrain

written by Mannat Singh Over the past six years BSC has trained 382 practitioners in 81 countries through its flagship 6-month Implementing Public Policy (IPP) executive program. The program was created to equip policymakers around the world with multiple tools to solve today’s complex public problems. A key component of the program is the IPP…Continue Reading Building Momentum Among PDIA Practitioners in the MENA Region

Tackling the Institutionalization of Fostering Services

  • Publication date February 5, 2025
Paper cut-out of family

Guest blog by Hiba Qutub, IPP ’24  Reflecting on my journey to enhance and institutionalize fostering services through the PDIA (Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation) framework fills me with a deep sense of discovery, growth, and above all, possibility. I think back to the initial online sessions, the emotions they stirred, and the knowledge—and friendships—that blossomed…Continue Reading Tackling the Institutionalization of Fostering Services

Addressing the Increasing Spread of Chronic and Infectious Diseases in North Africa

  • Publication date January 8, 2025
Healthcare worker injecting vaccine in Africa

Guest blog by Benjamin Musungu, IPP ’24 My IPP implementation challenge was far from typical! When I first landed in Sahrawi Republic on April 2023, I was not sure of what to expect. I was half-excited and half-anxious to lead a high-stakes health diplomacy visit in a distant country fraught with geopolitical uncertainties and unknowns….Continue Reading Addressing the Increasing Spread of Chronic and Infectious Diseases in North Africa

Improving Saudi Arabia’s role in International Space Legislation

  • Publication date April 10, 2024
The al Khobar water tower photographed after dusk. Saudi Arabia

Guest blog by Khaled Emam, Tim Freeman, Sergii Telenyk, Anupama Thekkinkat Vadukkoot When we started our PDIA journey in the first week of the spring term, we knew little about the rollercoaster of learning that we were about to board. Although we come from different parts of the world, study distinct fields, and work in…Continue Reading Improving Saudi Arabia’s role in International Space Legislation

Developing an All-Encompassing Regulatory Approach to Space Laws, Saudi Arabia

  • Publication date April 8, 2024
The King Abdullah Financial District "KAFD" located in the city of Riyadh

Guest blog by Abdullah Altaleb, IPP’23 Prior to joining IPP, I knew that having some unknown unknowns in public policy work is inevitable. Knowing what you know is for sure beneficial but knowing what you do not know and turning that into something you know is invaluable. During the program, I was able to identify…Continue Reading Developing an All-Encompassing Regulatory Approach to Space Laws, Saudi Arabia

Developing a Holistic Approach in Education to Improve Students’ Wellbeing and Academic Achievement in Lebanon

  • Publication date March 20, 2024
Faces of children, including a beautiful smiling girl, sitting in their neighborhood in the old city of Sidon, Lebanon.

Guest blog by Hilda El Khoury, IPP’23 The main key learnings from this course were many; among them I can name “taking risks on things we care about, and disappointing people in a way they can absorb”. This message became a continuous alarm for me, I keep assessing what could be the threshold of people…Continue Reading Developing a Holistic Approach in Education to Improve Students’ Wellbeing and Academic Achievement in Lebanon