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APEC and OECD economies have embraced similar principles of regulatory quality as the foundation for further progress on regulatory reform. In the fall of 2000, an APEC-OECD Agreement on joint work on regulatory reform was developed and then endorsed at the APEC Ministerial Meeting on 12-13 November 2000 in Brunei Darussalam. Subsequently, a series of workshops took place in three phases and the proceedings, available below, were published after each meeting. This work has produced an Integrated Checklist on Regulatory Reform which has been used as a self-assessment tool by APEC economies.

• Phase 1 focused on the first results of regulatory reform and implementing regulatory reform in APEC and OECD economies.
• Phase 2 enabled the development of the APEC-OECD Integrated Checklist for Regulatory Reform.
• Phase 3 focused on how the Checklist on Regulatory Reform can be used by economies as a self-assessment policy tool, and more generally, how domestic and international co-operation on regulatory matters can be strengthened.

1st Phase of the Programme

• Beijing, China, 19-20 September 2001. This meeting addressed designing a broad regulatory reform programme, and competition policy
• Merida, Mexico, 24-25 April 2002. This meeting included a workshop on RIA and trade facilitation
• Island of Jeju, Korea, 16-17 October 2002. This workshop addressed issues on Regulatory transparency and competition, and regulation in the telecom, electricity and financial services sectors. A High Level Conference, concluded the first phase of the programme in Jeju Island on 18 October 2002.

2nd Phase of the Programme

• Vancouver, Canada, on 8-9 October 2003. The agenda focused on developing the APEC-OECD Integrated Checklist for Regulatory Reform and Reforming Existing Regulations in member economies
• Paris, France on 2-3 December 2003. This meeting addressed developing the APEC-OECD Integrated Checklist for Regulatory Reform, focusing on the competition policy aspect in member economies.
• Pucon, Chile on 24-25 May 2004. The OECD Integrated Checklist for Regulatory Reform was further developed, focusing on the market openness aspect in member economies.
• Bangkok, Thailand on 1 November 2004. This meeting concluded the second phase of the Joint APEC-OECD work on regulatory reform

3rd Phase of the Programme

• Gyeongju, Korea on 9 September 2005. This meeting launched the third phase of the APEC-OECD Co-operative Initiative on Regulatory Reform, focusing on carrying out self-assessments using the APEC-OECD Integrated Checklist for Regulatory Reform.
• Hoi An, Vietnam on 12 September 2006: Results of self-assessment in Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong China, and the United State, using the Integrated Checklist
• Cairns, Australia on 28 June 2007. The United States, Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong, China reported back on measures they took since they completed the self-assessment using the Checklist in 2006. Australia and Korea reported the results of their self-assessment. Policy roundtable and symposium focused on regulatory reform policy and competition policy.
• Lima, Peru on 25-26 February 2008. Policy roundtable addressed the design of regulatory reform policy, and integrating market-openness objectives.