An organisation, person, object or event that makes it possible to formulate or implement the a public policy. Based on Hill, M. and Hupe, P, Implementing Public Policy: Governance in Theory and in Practice, SAGE Publications Ltd 2002 An [Operational Enabler] is influenced by a [Public Policy Implementation Approach] and a [Public Policy Implementation Mandate] which determine the role of the organisation, person, object or event. This role is determined by the following quadrant: | Public Policy Implementation Approach | |___________________________________________| | Top / Centralised | Down / Delegated | ______________________________________________________|______________________|____________________| | | | | Public | Strongly / Low Level Regulated | A | B | Policy | ___________________________________| _____________________| ____________________| Implementation | | | | Mandate | Softly / High Level Regulated | C | D | __________________| ___________________________________|______________________|____________________| Option A: Public Policy Implementation Mandate: Strongly / Low Level Regulated, Public Policy Implementation Approach: Top / Centralised SETTING THE PUBLIC POLICY KEY IMPLEMENTATION IOP INSTRUMENTS (i.e. focus on data architecture like a base registry solution) Option B: Public Policy Implementation Mandate: Strongly / Low Level Regulated, Public Policy Implementation Approach: Down / Delegated SETTING PUBLIC POLICY IMPLEMENTATION STANDARDS AND RULES (i.e. focus on technology architecture like eID tech specifications) Option C: Public Policy Implementation Mandate: Softly / High Level Regulated, Public Policy Implementation Approach: Top / Centralised SETTING PUBLIC POLICY IMPLEMENTATION OBJECTIVES (i.e. focus on business architecture like a national interoperability strategy) Option D: Public Policy Implementation Mandate: Softly / High Level Regulated, Public Policy Implementation Approach: Down / Delegated SETTING PUBLIC POLICY IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORKS AND COLLABORATION PROTOCOLS CROSS THE DIFFERENT DELEGATION LEVELS (i.e. focus on application architecture like a national reference architecture) The following implementation is an example on how this specific Architecture Building Block (ABB) can be instantiated as a Solution Building Block (SBB): The Customs 2020 Programme Customs 2020 is an EU cooperation programme providing national customs administrations with the possibility to create and exchange information and expertise. It allows developing and operating major trans-European IT systems in partnership and establishing various human networks by bringing together national officials from across Europe. The programme has a budget of € 547.3 million and will run for 7 years from January 1 2014. https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/customs-cooperation-programmes/customs-2020-programme_en