New Online Course: Owning Your Time
Are your days packed with meetings and obligations, yet the things that matter most keep getting pushed to “later”? We’re excited to introduce Owning Your Time: Practical Tools to Reshape […]
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Apply to Implementing Public Policy!
If you work in public policy, you’ve likely experienced a familiar frustration: promising ideas that never quite translate into real-world impact. Policies are drafted with ambition and optimism, yet many […]
Strengthening Engagement in the BSC Community of Practice
written by Marietou Diallo The Building State Capability (BSC) Community of Practice (CoP) has grown into a vibrant, global network of practitioners committed to learning, experimenting, and supporting one another […]
BSC 2025: Year in Review
written by Salimah Samji At Building State Capability (BSC) we resolve public problems with purpose. We equip teams of practitioners around the world with the tools and resources to improve […]
Low Student Participation in STEM Careers in the Dominican Republic
Guest blog by Abel Capellan Almonte, IPP ’25 I entered IPP with a simple story in my head: students “don’t like” STEM. After months of PDIA, I think that story […]
Building Momentum Among PDIA Practitioners in the MENA Region
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 […]
BSC 2024: Year in Review
written by Salimah Samji At Building State Capability (BSC) we resolve public problems with purpose. The increasingly complex, interdependent, and uncertain world we live in requires more flexible and adaptive […]
Redefining Development Policy and Management
written by Matt Andrews I teach international development policy and management courses – to degree program and executive students. Twenty years ago, my classrooms were dominated by people from what […]
BSC 2023: The Year in Review
written by Salimah Samji Building State Capability (BSC) resolves public problems with purpose. We have developed a step-by-step approach called Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA), a dynamic process with tight […]
BSC 2022: The Year in Review
written by Salimah Samji Building State Capability (BSC) empowers public organizations to find local solutions to local problems and to improve the implementation of their policies and programs. BSC has […]