Systems Transformation and

Portfolio Approach Training

Phase Report - Curriculum Design and Planning

Date Prepared for Prepared by

19 August 2022 Parima Suwannakarn, Policy Exploration Expert Michael McAllum, Lead Systems Transformation Expert
Diastika Rahwidiati, Strategic Innovation Specialist

Thailand Policy Lab CHÔRA Foundation

Systems Transformation and Portfolio Approach Training
Context and Intent
The Thailand Policy Lab intends to introduce and build the
capabilities of a group of Thai policymakers on systems
transformation and portfolio approach and to adapt such a
methodology to the policymaking context in Thailand through an
intensive training programme, by testing the process on an
emerging issue that Thailand is facing.
To this end, the Thailand Policy Lab aims to support the NESDC
and other government partners in Thailand in building their
capacities to design and visualise a thematic system, to develop
and dynamically manage a portfolio of initiatives or prototypes
aimed at facilitating system transformation, and to adapt and
codify such an approach for policymaking in Thailand.
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The Thailand Policy Lab, through UNDP, has engaged CHÔRA
Foundation to conduct a training program that covers the
following:
● Conceptual and theoretical foundations for systems
transformation and portfolio design through content that
is accessible to policymakers
● Portfolio Design, including the articulation of portfolio
logic, articulating positions within the portfolio, and
designing context-appropriate interventions.
Insights and materials from the training sessions will be compiled
into a separate report, to be submitted by CHÔRA Foundation to
the Thailand Policy Lab.
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1 Project Overview
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Project Phases
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Project Team

● Lead Systems Transformation Expert: Mike

● Strategic Innovation Designer: Dias
● Project Coordination: Anita
● Visual Designer: Jakub
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Ways of Working

The project will be structured around ‘hands-on’

training, applied learning and a coaching model
that will equip teams with the theory and skills to
put the portfolio and system transformation
approach into practice.
This will be done mainly through weekly
generative sessions supported by independent
work carried out between sessions by the
participants (“between work”).
The majority of the generative sessions will be
delivered online, with the exception of two
in-person workshops scheduled in August and
October.
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2 Curriculum Design
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Phase 1 | Understanding the Context

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Phase 2 | Creating a Portfolio: mapping positions & options

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Phase 3 | From Options to Interventions: Prototyping and

Testing
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Phase 3 | From Options to Interventions: Prototyping and

Testing (continued)
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Phase 4 | Enactment