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In partnership with the European Commission, the OECD has embarked upon a project to assess regulatory management capacities in 15 member states of the EU. Drawing on Better Regulation initiatives that have been promoted by both organisations, the project will examine developmental trends and identify gaps in relation to OECD and EU Commission best practices. The project started at the beginning of 2008 and is expected to last two years.
Many EU countries are very innovative in a number of respects, such as risk-regulation, ex ante impact assessment, and reducing administrative burdens. The EU 15 project provides an opportunity to assess how these countries are addressing the challenges of moving forward their policies, institutions, and processes for the development of Better Regulation.
As the OECD has previously conducted multidisciplinary reviews on most of these countries, the EU 15 project also provides a unique opportunity to update previous work and to review progress made in implementing recommendations made at the time by the OECD, and to deepen and update understanding of the regulatory management framework in each of the reviewed countries. This will provide a picture not only of where these countries are now, but also how they are evolving.
Findings from the project will help each country to set their own agenda and vision for the future. In order to assist other OECD member countries, a synthesis report on the lessons of ten years of reform in OECD countries will also be produced at the end of this process.
The countries being assessed are:
Executive summaries and assessments are available for a first group of countries (Denmark, Netherlands, Portugal and United Kingdom).
For further information, please contact Caroline Varley (email: caroline.varley@oecd.org) or Sophie Bismut (email: sophie.bismut@oecd.org)
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