tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576Mon, 02 Sep 2024 06:25:04 +0000Red TapeFrancesimplificationRIASmart regulationCommissionUKOECDUS/CNDEuropecompetitivenessregulatory costsDoing Businessmulti-level BRStakeholdersderegulationAsiaEU lawMENAconsultationAus/NZGeneralCouncilHealthenforcementLicensing/InspectionsAnnouncementsAsia (South)Best Practicesinternal marketSMEsevaluationWorld Bank GroupLatin AmericaParliamentRegionalRiskoversightAfricaIRCindicatorsRussia/UkrainereviewsNetherlandsSpainlegisticsregulatorsSwedenTrainingOne-stop-shopStoiberEU 2020NudgingTradeeconomic governancecomplianceegovChinaEurasian CommunityGermanyItalytransparencycompany lawinstitutionsstandardsEESCLebanonSelf-regulationsocialCoRREFITplain languageCaucasusCentral AsiaPARPPPjobsA blog about developments around the world in public policies seeking better use of regulationhttp://regplus.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger701125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-3156116550579428966Tue, 01 Nov 2016 08:43:00 +00002016-11-01T09:43:19.872+01:00The French government presented on 26 October&nbsp;a new batch of simplification measures, bringing the total over three years to 650, most of which are claimed to be already operational.Three measures are highlighted as particularly helpful and burden-reducing for the three target populations of the policy: businesses, citizens, local authorities:1/ Simplified procurement:&nbsp;Businesses can http://regplus.blogspot.com/2016/11/update-on-simplification-in-france.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-6509913797617505292Mon, 30 Nov 2015 09:45:00 +00002015-11-30T10:48:50.178+01:00Best PracticesGeneralOECDregulatory costs Earlier this month, OCDE published a new reference book for members of our community: the first edition of the OECD Regulatory Policy Outlook 2015. This magnum opus summarizes 10 years of experience in designing and applying better rules and regulations to achieve economic and societal policy objectives. A press release summarizes the approach and the main conclusions, but experts will need to http://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/11/new-textbook-on-regulatory-policy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-7734880825779750201Mon, 30 Nov 2015 09:31:00 +00002015-11-30T10:34:05.015+01:00Commissioncompetitivenessregulatory costsUK The Competitiveness Council is holding today 30 November a meeting where ways and means of speeding up reforms to the single market are expected to be discussed and perhaps agreed. A widely supported initiative from the UK, now uniting 19 of the Member States including France and Germany, is spelling out the reform agenda in a joint letter dated 26 November now published in final format, to http://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/11/joint-letter-pressing-ec-for-sectoral.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-5706260752800834763Thu, 10 Sep 2015 09:51:00 +00002015-09-10T11:55:19.475+02:00CommissionHealthRIASmart regulationStakeholders Health community representatives seem far from convinced by the EC's Better Regulation policy, if those who spoke at the EPHA conference last week are to be believed. Ms Christina Colclough, from UNI Europa (trade union for private employees) told how "disappointed" her organisation was with BR for not tackling the main challenges to Europe, including that of raising social standards. Mshttp://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/09/better-regulation-still-needs-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-8217244486805731436Tue, 04 Aug 2015 16:17:00 +00002015-08-04T18:22:53.179+02:00CommissionevaluationHealthRiskSmart regulation Better Regulation has always found in Health issues a rich terrain to test the effectiveness of the solutions it offers the economy and society. See the 23 posts of this blog under the Health category. Our community will have a new opportunity to identify current trends and update our principles and tools, at the Annual conference of the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), "Europe's leadinghttp://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/08/better-regulation-to-support-better.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-5477059915842847721Sat, 04 Jul 2015 17:38:00 +00002015-08-04T18:19:09.647+02:00CommissionRIA The Regulatory Scrutiny Board provides a central quality control and support function for Commission impact assessment and evaluation work. It was set up on 1 July 2015 and replaced the Impact Assessment Board. The Board examines and issues opinions on all the Commission's draft impact assessments and of major evaluations and "fitness checks" of existing legislation. In principle, a positivehttp://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/07/new-regulatory-scrutiny-board-ec.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-4455322407770775004Wed, 01 Jul 2015 09:45:00 +00002015-07-01T11:46:25.387+02:00EuropeRIA Tom Ferris, a Consultant Economist, recaps current practice and implementation of RIA over the pas ten years on his blog (also on tinyurl.com/pai-ria ) . He suggests that there is room for improvement, as we enter a second decade "In 2010, the OECD published a report on Better Regulation in Ireland. One of its conclusions was that the RIA process in Ireland continued to operate within a weak http://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/07/ria-in-ireland-ten-years-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-790767918678056989Wed, 01 Jul 2015 09:27:00 +00002015-07-01T11:28:47.126+02:00CommissionCouncilEU lawParliament Message from Erick Akse, a regulatory reform expert close to our network who is co-author of the 2nd edition of this best-seller: "Dear fellow-networkers,&nbsp; I am very proud that I can announce that my second book on EU Decision-Making is now available. You will find it in many bookshops in Brussels with a clear EU-orientation. Of course, it is also available in online bookstores.&nbsp; http://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/07/new-book-on-how-to-work-with-eu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-8871613902634276229Wed, 01 Jul 2015 09:11:00 +00002015-07-01T11:14:23.181+02:00jobsLebanonWorld Bank Group 1/Washington (World Bank) Network friend and top RR expert Peter Ladegaard has points us to an advertised position of Senior Regulatory Governance Specialist, a Washington DC based job anchored in the World Bank's new Governance Global Practice's Regulatory Policy and Management Team.&nbsp; "The selected candidate's work program is expected to focus on a combination of knowledge management andhttp://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/07/job-opportunities-for-regulatory-experts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-8574941763141291863Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:46:00 +00002015-06-03T19:49:31.188+02:00competitivenessFranceNetherlandsOECDsocial (Photo above: Pres. Hollande from France addresses Forum).&nbsp; The second day of the 2015 OECD Forum (3 June) had been organised back-to-back with the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting, which saves travel costs and allows delegates to engage high ranking decision makers. As on the first day, the event also offered rich opportunities to explore current trends and network in a variety of http://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-way-forward-viewed-from-top-oecd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-3787400450015983338Tue, 02 Jun 2015 16:56:00 +00002015-06-03T19:50:40.487+02:00OECDsocialTrade Your blogger attended the first day of the 2015 OECD Forum, where "leaders and influencers ... &nbsp;gather to debate the most pressing social and economic challenges confronting society." This year's instalment was not directly connected to regulation, but this was not a reason to stay away: we smart regulators do not work in a vacuum, we try to apply or skills to assist governments and http://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/06/new-challenges-for-better-regulation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-8592515668239396914Mon, 01 Jun 2015 09:44:00 +00002015-06-03T19:51:17.329+02:00Francesimplification <!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 12pt; font-family:Calibri } --&gt; In France, regulatory policy nearly equates with administrative simplification, which itself heavily relies on e-government. Pursuing its 30-year tradition of announcing large batches of S-decisions, the Government announces today 1 June a new set of 92 red-tape reduction measures. Allhttp://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/06/new-batch-of-simplification-measures.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-6025043799632766197Mon, 01 Jun 2015 09:44:00 +00002015-06-03T19:52:02.167+02:00Eurasian CommunityRIA <!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 12pt; font-family:Calibri } --&gt; The Eurasian Economic Community now has a RIA page with resources in English for guidance or comparative purposes. Up to now, this blog was the only place where this information had been published, thanks to our friend D. Tsygankov (see post dated 10 March 2015&nbsp;for a summary). http://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/06/eurasian-ria-guidelines-now-online.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-6424874679446094831Mon, 01 Jun 2015 09:43:00 +00002015-06-03T19:56:01.348+02:00CommissionSmart regulation <!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 12pt; font-family:Calibri } --&gt; Top BR expert Tom Ferris (Ireland) has just published a perceptive analysis of the recent evolution of smart regulation at the EU level on the occasion of the new package announced on 19 May (reported in our 20 May post). Thank you Tom ! http://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/06/whats-new-in-ec-better-regulation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-5028516532474093968Wed, 20 May 2015 13:00:00 +00002015-05-20T15:02:57.468+02:00CaucasusRIA &nbsp; On 18-19 May, 17 officials from mainly economic ministries and one from Parliament participated in a capacity building workshop for the development of regulatory impact assement (RIA) in Azerbaijan ministries.&nbsp; The main purpose of the workshop (which was moderated by your blogger CH Montin) was to take stock of existing RIA in Azerbaijan and to lay the ground forhttp://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/05/azerbaijan-officials-study-ria.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-4460070130751653131Wed, 20 May 2015 12:44:00 +00002015-05-20T15:11:54.095+02:00CommissionoversightRIASmart regulation (from yesterday's press release labelled: "Better Regulation Agenda: enhancing transparency and scrutiny for better EU law-making")&nbsp; "Today, 19 May, The European Commission adopts its Better Regulation Agenda. This comprehensive package of reforms covering the entire policy cycle will boost openness and transparency in the EU decision-making process, improve the quality of new laws throughhttp://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/05/new-eu-better-regulation-package.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-3261461440485219183Tue, 31 Mar 2015 07:00:00 +00002015-03-31T09:00:17.982+02:00Another good practice from the UK, showing how smart regulators can enlist and subsidize responsible stakeholder support to identify regulation in need of streamlining or deletion.On 23 March, the British business minister (note the specific title) reported on the outcome of the Government's&nbsp;March 2014 invitation to industry groups such as trade associations to bid to lead one of 3 'http://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/03/business-groups-review-administrative.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-6002116921485733417Tue, 31 Mar 2015 06:39:00 +00002015-03-31T08:39:48.866+02:00This blog has regularly reported on the current discussion worldwide on what regulatory costs should be measured when considering new legislation (see regulatory costs category containing 46 posts). The best summary is available on the OECD "Measuring Regulatory Performance" page, which contains many useful resources including &nbsp;the 2014&nbsp;OECD Regulatory Compliance Cost Assessment http://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/03/cost-of-delays-included-in-regulatory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-4005027324042713966Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:59:00 +00002015-03-26T17:02:40.584+01:00Asia (South)Aus/NZRed TapeTrade(Yonhap press release) "The Australian Embassy in Seoul on Friday (13 March) hosted a forum on regulatory reform and deregulation with the South Korean government in a bid to explore ways for cooperation in these areas, officials said. The one-day forum titled the "Best Practice Regulation Workshop" came as Seoul and Canberra seek to boost cooperation in the field of regulatory reforms with a http://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/03/reg-ref-to-boost-bilateral-trade.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-4055024381978816433Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:54:00 +00002015-03-26T17:03:22.816+01:00ChinaRed Tape For experts engaged in simplifying procedures and cutting red tape across the world, this article from the NY Times will bring some solace: there are always places where the bureaucracy is more corrupt, where reform seems impossible. The article shows how Chinese bureaucracy ensnares and paralyses its honest citizens in a maze of red tape, with dramatic but also funny consequences such as: http://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/03/red-tape-worse-than-censorship-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-7070262830293363143Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:42:00 +00002015-03-12T13:53:20.305+01:00MENAoversightRIA After a two &nbsp;year interruption from June 2012, the &nbsp;Egyptian Regulatory Reform and Development Activity (ERRADA) has been posting news on a regular basis and sharing valuable resources in English. It portrays how a MENA country can put to use the principles of better regulation in support of economic initiative and growth. Of special interest are the news section, reports on the http://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/03/communicating-regulatory-reform-egypt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-3296256748676628734Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:12:00 +00002015-03-12T13:14:03.815+01:00oversightRIAUK The Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) published on 3 March a comprehensive report on its action since the beginning of this Parliamentary term. Since 2010 the regulatory watchdog has scrutinised over 1,200 regulatory proposals affecting business and civil society organisations, of which 951 became law. This resulted in the RPC issuing just over 2000 opinions on the quality of the evidence base http://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/03/british-regulatory-watchdog-publishes-5.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-8310385253938208230Thu, 12 Mar 2015 08:25:00 +00002015-03-14T08:12:15.497+01:00CommissionCouncilEU lawParliament One of the most original features of the EU smart regulation policy, not often present at national level, is the periodic removal of older, outdated or obsolete &nbsp;proposals from the legislative agenda, to be replaced by revised or more comprehensive initiatives more likely to be adopted by the legislators (Council and Parliament). This has been practiced regularly by the European Commission http://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/03/commission-unclutters-legislative-agenda.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-1039840222611077398Tue, 10 Mar 2015 12:56:00 +00002015-06-03T19:52:45.781+02:00Eurasian CommunityRIARussia/Ukraine Thanks to our friend D. Tsygankov (HSE, Moscow), we are kept informed about the progress of RIA in the Eurasian Economic Commission. We know that RIA became operational on 1 January 2015 in this "supranational regulatory body" formed between four ex-USSR countries, for a number of economic decisions&nbsp;(see post dated 31 December 2014). Chapter IX&nbsp;&nbsp;"Regulatory Impact Assessment of http://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/03/eurasian-commission-spells-out-ria.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574878262982017576.post-6886020185861475037Mon, 23 Feb 2015 06:42:00 +00002015-02-23T08:28:24.841+01:00competitivenessderegulationFrance In a post dated 1 February, this blog discussed the use of RIA in one of the most important pieces of new economic legislation, the "loi Macron" named after minister of economy Emmanuel Macron. After the vote last week in Parliament, which required the government to engage its full constitutional power to get it passed in spite of opposition from within its own ranks, Euractiv gives a clear http://regplus.blogspot.com/2015/02/free-market-law-creates-extra.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0