The phrase "shape a policy" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to express the concept of developing an official procedure or plan that guides decisions or actions within an organization. For example, "The mayor convened a meeting with department heads to shape a policy for the city's public transportation system."
"He campaigned on it, and now he has worked very successfully in his first year as mayor in bringing different people together to shape a policy".
The Russian government has scheduled a discussion on its national energy strategy for later this month, which may shape a policy toward OPEC.
These will help shape a policy paper that will go to ministers in October as the Treasury considers whether to continue with the fund.
Three aspects of collective action representation, the ability to shape a policy agenda, and methods of engagement were contested in the public participation process.
At a time when City Hall is only just beginning to shape a policy on the night-time economy and the cultural value of dance music and its venues barely starting to be acknowledged, Fabric's closure would set an unnerving precedent for the capital.
Despite his anomalous position, his had been the guiding hand in shaping a policy that had held the Yorktown line with trifling losses until Magruder's 11,000 were in a fair way of being raised to 53,00041 without any advance by the enemy south of the Rapidan River.
Yet the new forecast from the US-based Population Reference Bureau attracted no comment from our government, which has barely begun to shape a population policy, as distinct from an immigration policy, which it says sets "no upper limits".
At the core of the solution will be leadership -- people who will pursue bold change as teachers, principals, and district leaders, and who will work to shape a supportive policy and community environment as political leaders, policy makers, and advocates.
One theme that Mr. Perry often emphasizes, and that Mr. Miner suggested would help shape a nationwide policy, has been energy diversification.
That has paralyzed the process, because if we don't know what we're going to do it is hard to shape a defense policy.
America's oil dependence, he added, "makes it more difficult for us to shape a foreign policy that is intelligent and is creating security for the long term".
