Yn dilyn proses gystadlu agored a lansiwyd yn yr Hydref, cafwyd ceisiadau gan ystod o gyrff, a gafodd eu hasesu gan banel dan gadeiryddiaeth annibynnol yr Athro Frances Ruane o Sefydliad Ymchwil Economaidd a Chymdeithasol Dulyn. Mae'r broses werthuso wedi dod i ben ac rydw i wedi penodi Prifysgol Caerdydd i gynnal y Sefydliad Polisi Cyhoeddus, a fydd yn cynnwys rhwydwaith o arbenigwyr o brifysgolion, melinau trafod a sefydliadau ymchwil eraill ledled Cymru, y DU a thu hwnt. Mae sefydliadau a recriwtiwyd eisoes i'r rhwydwaith yn cynnwys grwpiau sydd wedi eu lleoli ym Mhrifysgolion Aberystwyth, Bangor, Caerdydd, Morgannwg, Lerpwl ac Abertawe. Mae hyn yn ddechrau ar rwydwaith ehangach o arbenigwyr ym maes economaidd, cymdeithasol ac amgylcheddol, gan gynnwys y rheini y tu allan i Gymru.
Following an open, competitive process, initiated last autumn, applications were received from a range of parties and were assessed by a panel independently chaired by Professor Frances Ruane of the Dublin Economic and Social Research Institute. The evaluation has concluded and I have been able to appoint Cardiff University to run the Public Policy Institute which will include a network of experts drawn from Universities, think tanks and other research organisations from across Wales, the UK and beyond.  Organisations already recruited to the network include research groups based in Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Liverpool and Swansea Universities. This is the beginning of a wider network of economic, social and environmental experts, including those from outside of Wales.