Regulatory Reform: Events and Publications

Regulatory policy and Covid-19

Regulatory policy and COVID-19: Behavioural insights for fast-paced decision making (18 November 2020)
Regulatory Policy and the COVID-19 Crisis (November 2020)
Regulatory quality and COVID-19: The use of regulatory management tools in a time of crisis (30 September 2020)
Removing administrative barriers, improving regulatory delivery (18 September 2020)
When the going gets tough, the tough get going: How economic regulators bolster the resilience of network industries in response to the COVID-19 crisis (31 July 2020)
No Policy maker is an island: The international regulatory co-operation response to the COVID-19 crisis (11 June 2020); see also blog post (16 September 2020)
Regulatory Quality and COVID-19: Managing the risks and supporting the recovery (29 April 2020)

Latest updates

Good regulatory practices and co-operation in trade agreements: A historical perspective and stocktaking (20 January 2021)
Public consultation on the draft OECD Best Practice Principles on International Regulatory Co-operation (please send comments to regirc@oecd.org by 3 March 2021)
Thailand: Regulatory Management and Oversight Reforms - A Diagnostic Scan (December 2020)
The Governance of Regulators in Latin America (17 December 2020)
Best Practice Principles: Reviewing the Stock of Regulation (4 December 2020)
Shaping the Future of Regulators - The Impact of Emerging Technologies on Economic Regulators (16 November 2020)
Regulatory Policy in the Slovak Republic (13 July 2020)
Regulatory Impact Assessment and Regulatory Oversight in Austria (22 June 2020)
Implementing Technical Regulations in Mexico / Spanish (15 June 2020)
Driving Performance at Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency (6 May 2020)
Best Practice Principles for Regulatory Policy: One-Stop Shops for Citizens and Business / French (6 May 2020)
Review of International Regulatory Co-operation of the United Kingdom (4 May 2020)
Regulatory Enforcement and Inspections in the Environmental Sector of Peru / Spanish (29 April 2020)
Regulatory Impact Assessment in the Netherlands (21 April 2020)
Behavioural Insights and Organisations - Fostering Safety Culture (3 April 2020)

Events

OECD supports Peru's water regulator to improve the quality of its regulation, virtual workshop – 3-12 November 2020
Virtual 9th meeting of the Ibero American and the Caribbean Network of Regulatory Improvement – 27 and 29 October 2020
Virtual 7th Annual Meeting of International Organisations – 3 September 2020
Launch of the OECD Review of International Regulatory Co-operation of the United Kingdom – 2 September 2020
OECD promotes regulatory reform in Latin America to boost economic recovery – webinar – 13 August 2020
Sixth ASEAN-OECD Good Regulatory Practices Network Webinar Series: Better Regulation for Post COVID-19 Recovery – 11 August, 5 October, 1 December 2020
OECD promotes methodologies and practices to assess regulatory policy in Mexico – Webinar, 9 July 2020
OECD contributes to the design and development of rail institutions in Mexico – Webinar, 2 July 2020

Brochures and highlights

OECD Regulatory Reform Support in Southeast Asia (July 2020)
Implementing Technical Regulations in Mexico (Policy Brief 2020) - Spanish
Better regulation in Latin America as a fundamental mechanism to face the crisis and accelerate recovery - Spanish (May 2020)
Review of International Regulatory Co-operation of the United Kingdom (Policy Brief 2020)
International Regulatory Co-operation (Policy Brief 2020)
Regulatory Effectiveness in the Era of Digitalisation (2019)
Tool and Ethics for Applied Behavioural Insights: The BASIC Toolkit (2019)
Better Regulation Practices across the European Union (2019)
The Contribution of International Organisations to an International Rule-Based System (2019)
IRC: Adapting rulemaking for an interconnected world (2018)

Reports

Recommendation of the Council on Regulatory Policy and Governance (2012) EN / FR / ARA / GER / JAP / KOR / PORT / SVK / ESP Click here to find out more		Regulatory Policy Outlook OECD Regulatory Policy Outlook 2018 - EN / FR / GER / ITA Case Studies of RegWatchEurope Regulatory Oversight Bodies and the EU Regulatory Scrutiny Board (2018) - EN OECD Regulatory Policy Outlook 2015 - EN / FR / GER A Reader’s Companion to the OECD Regulatory Policy Outlook 2015 - EN

Reviews of regulatory reform Slovak Republic (2020) EN Croatia (2019) EN Argentina (2019) EN / SP Slovenia (2018) - EN Korea (2017) - EN / KO Peru (2016) - EN Chile (2016) - EN Lithuania (2015) - EN Click here for the complete regulatory policy series Measuring Regulatory Performance Better indicators for better regulation: the OECD iREG experience (2019) - EN Better Regulation Practices across the European Union (2019) - EN - Highlights Pilot database on stakeholder engagement practices (2017) - EN OECD Regulatory Compliance Cost Assessment Guidance (2014) - EN OECD Framework for Regulatory Policy Evaluation (2014) - EN A Practitioner's Guide to Perception Surveys (2012) - EN Evaluating the Impact of Regulation and Regulatory Policy (2012) - EN Evaluating Regulatory Management Tools and Programmes (2012) - EN The economic impact of regulatory policy: A literature review of quantitative evidence (2012) - EN Better Regulation in Europe: EU15 project (2010) - EN Click here to find out more		International regulatory co-operation (IRC) and International Organisations (IOs) Public Consultation Public consultation on the draft OECD Best Practice Principles on International Regulatory Co-operation (please send comments to regirc@oecd.org by 3 March 2021) Country work Review of International Regulatory Co-operation of the United Kingdom - EN - (2020) Review of IRC of Mexico - EN / SP (2018) IRC and International Organisations Virtual 7th Annual Meeting of International Organisations, 3 September 2020 Study in support of the future OIE Observatory of Standard Implementation - EN (2020) IRC: The Case of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) - EN (2020) The Contribution of International Organisations to an International Rule-Based System - EN - Brochure (2019) IRC: The Role of International Organisations in Fostering Better Rules of Globalisation - EN (2016) IRC and IOs: The Cases of the OECD and the IMO - EN (2014) The Partnership of IOs for effective international rulemaking IRC and Trade Good regulatory practices and co-operation in trade agreements: A historical perspective and stocktaking (20 January 2021) Facilitating trade through regulatory cooperation EN (2019) Understanding the Trade Costs of Regulatory Divergence and the Remedies EN (2017) International Trade and Good Regulatory Practices: Assessing the Trade Impacts of Regulation, WP No. 4 (2016) IRC in specific sectors Study of International Regulatory Co-operation (IRC) Arrangements for Air Quality, EN - website (2020) IRC: Addressing Global Challenges - EN / Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 (2013) Studies on IRC approaches The contribution of trans-governmental networks of regulators to IRC, WP No. 10 (2018) Click here to find out more

Governance & independence of regulators The 2018 Indicators on the Governance of Sector Regulators - Part of the Product Market Regulation (PMR) Survey (2019) EN Creating a Culture of Independence, Practical Guidance against Undue Influence (2017) EN / FR / SP The Role of Economic Regulators in the Governance of Intrastructure (2017) - EN Being an Independent Regulator (2016) - English Governance of Regulators' Practices: Accountability, Transparency and Co-ordination (2016) - English Regulatory management practices in OECD countries, WP No. 1296 (2016) OECD Studies on Water: The Governance of Water Regulators (2015) - EN OECD Best Practice Principles for Regulatory Policy: The Governance of Regulators (2014) - EN / FR Click here to find out more		Performance of regulators Driving Performance at Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency - EN - 6 May 2020 Driving Performance at Peru’s Transport Infrastructure Regulator - EN - SP - 27 Febrary 2020 Driving Performance at Peru's Energy and Mining Regulator (2019) - EN - SP Driving Performance at Peru’s Telecommunications Regulator (2019) - EN - SP Impact Update: Driving Performance of Mexico's Energy Regulators (2018) - EN Ireland's Commission for Regulation of Utilities (2018) - EN Mexico's Agency for Safety, Energy and Environment (2017) - EN / SP Mexico's National Hydrocarbons Commission (2017) - EN / SP Mexico's Energy Regulatory Commission (2017) - EN / SP Mexico's Energy Regulators (2017) EN / SP - Summary: EN / SP Latvia's Public Utilities Commission (2016) - EN Colombia's Communications Regulator (2015) - EN / Update 2017 - EN Click here to find out more

Behavioural insights Regulatory policy and COVID-19: Behavioural insights for fast-paced decision making -(Nov. 2020) - EN Behavioural Insights and Organisations - Fostering Safety Culture - (2020) - EN Tools and Ethics for Applied Behavioural Insights: The BASIC Toolkit - (2019) - EN Delivering Better Policies Through Behavioural Insights: New Approaches (2019) - EN Behavioural Insights and Public Policy: Lessons from Around the World (2017) - EN Protecting Consumers through Behavioural Insights: Regulating the Communications Market in Colombia (2016) - EN Regulatory Policy and Behavioural Economics (2014) - EN Click here to find out more		Enforcement and inspections Regulatory Enforcement and Inspections in the Environmental Sector of Peru - EN / SP - (2020) Policies, regulatory framework and enforcement for air quality management EN (2020) OECD Enforcement and Inspections Toolkit (2018) - EN / FR / ESP OECD Best Practice Principles for Regulatory Policy: Regulatory Enforcement and Inspections (2014) - EN / FR Click here to find out more

Regulatory impact assessment (RIA) Thailand: Regulatory Management and Oversight Reforms in Thailand EN (January 2021) RIA and Regulatory Oversight in Austria EN (June 2020) RIA in the Netherlands EN (April 2020) OECD Best Practice Principles for Regulatory Policy: Regulatory Impact Assessment EN / FR (Feb 2020) Implementing RIA in the Central Government of Peru - SP - EN - (2019) Evaluation Report: Regulatory Impact Assessment in Chile (2017) - EN Click here to find out more		Regulation and emerging technologies Shaping the Future of Regulators - The Impact of Emerging Technologies on Economic Regulators (16 November 2020) Blog (with the World Bank) on Technology helps strengthen countries’ regulatory capacity to respond to COVID-19 (May 2020) OECD Global Conference on Governance Innovation (13-14 January 2020) Regulatory Effectiveness in the Era of Digitalisation (Brochure June 2019) Click here to find out more

OECD Regulatory Reform Support in Southeast Asia Regulatory Reform Review of Thailand (Forthcoming) Evaluation Report on Regulatory Impact Assessments (Forthcoming) Good Regulatory Practices to Support SMEs in Southeast Asia EN (2018) Business Regulation Pillars: Good Regulatory Practices for ASEAN EN (May 2017) Implementing Good Regulatory Practice in Malaysia EN (2015) Regulatory Reform Review of Indonesia EN (2012) Administrative Simplification in Viet Nam EN (2011) Click here to find out more		OECD Best Practice Principles for Regulatory Policy 2020 Best Practice Principles: Reviewing the Stock of Regulation 2020 One-Stop Shops for Citizens and Business 2020 Regulatory Impact Assessment 2018 OECD Regulatory Enforcement and Inspections Toolkit 2014 The Governance of Regulators 2014 Regulatory Enforcement and Inspections

Other Regulation of essential services during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons for the future, blog post 16 September 2020 Implementing Technical Regulations in Mexico EN / SP 15 June 2020 Better regulation in Latin America as a fundamental mechanism to face the crisis and accelerate recovery - EN- ESP - 26 May 2020 Regulatory Quality and COVID-19: Managing the risks and supporting the recovery - EN - 29 April 2020 Regulatory Governance of the Rail Sector in Mexico - EN - 7 Feb. 2020 Administrative simplification in the Mexican Social Security Institute - Spanish - English (2019) Review of the Regulation of Freight Transport in Mexico (2017), EN		Other cont. Improving Regulatory Governance - Trends, Practices and the Way Forward (2017)- EN Better Service Delivery for Inclusive Growth in the Dominican Republic (2017) - EN Water Governance in Jordan: Overcoming the Challenges to Private Sector Participation (2017) - EN / FR Water Governance in Tunisia: Overcoming the Challenges to Private Sector Participation (2014) - EN / FR Measurement and Reduction of Administrative Burdens in Greece: An Overview of 13 Sectors (2014) EN Evaluating Laws and Regulations: The Case of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies (2012) - EN / SP