Risk guidance
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- PDF file of Managing Risks to the Public: Appraisal Guidance
Managing risks to the public: Appraisal Guidance is a supplement to Treasury guidance the Green Book, Appraisal and Evaluation in Central Government - PDF file of Early Management of Risks to Successful Delivery - a tool for policy-makers
HM Treasury's Risk Programme and the NAO have highlighted how early risk assessment and management can help to ensure policies can be successfully delivered. A tool for policy makers identifies ten main areas where departments need to pay particular attention from the outset of policy development, if they are to deliver successfully - PDF file of Orange Book: Management of risk - Principles and Concepts
A new edition of the Orange Book was published at the beginning of November 2004 - PDF file of Managing Risk with Delivery Partners
The Government is increasingly delivering services through partnership with other public and private sector organisations. This is a priority area for improvement. The Risk Programme, with OGC, have developed a guide that gets to the heart of the risk management challenges of working in partnerships and offerspractical advice on the way forward. - PDF file of Principles for Managing Risk to the Public
The principles for managing risk to the public were issued for public consultation when the Strategy Unit report was published in November 2002. The final version has now been published. - PDF file of The Risk Management Assessment framework
This is offered to Departments as an optional tool to help evaluate the standard of risk management in an organisation. It may also be of assistance in benchmarking and peer review. This is a revised version. - OGC Successful Delivery Toolkit page (OGC website)
The Office of Government Commerce's Successful Delivery Toolkit is an electronic reference tool of best practice and guidance for use by OGC Gateway™ review teams, consultants, programme and project teams in departments, professional advisers, and those responsible for organisational standards. The toolkit has several workbooks one of which is on the Management of Risk.