Regulatory Policy

Regulation is essential for society and well-functioning economies. Sound policy principles reduce costs and promote innovation and competition. Supported by the Regulatory Policy Division, the core work of the OECD Regulatory Policy Committee aims to promote high-quality regulations and comprises:

 Country reviews

Measuring Regulatory Performance  (including indicators of RMS)

 Tools and practices in regulatory policy (RIA, risk, administrative simplification)

 Global relations and regulatory policy in non-member countries

What's new

OECD High-Level Parliamentary Seminar, Best Practices in Governance, The Role of Parliaments

from 08-Mar-2012 to 09-Mar-2012

The main focus of the Seminar will be on governance. Amongst the topics will be the OECD programme of co-operation with Chile’s Chamber of Representatives to establish a Department for Law Evaluation as one of the first initiatives to support legislative bodies in a practical way, monitoring implementation of legislation.

MENA Seminar on Administrative Simplification, Budapest

from 14-Feb-2012 to 15-Feb-2012

The objective of this seminar is to facilitate the implementation of administrative simplification strategies in MENA countries and to deepen the knowledge about the use of ICT-tools and consultation processes with stakeholders.

Measuring Regulatory Performance: A Practitioner's Guide to Perception Surveys

19-Jan-2012

Now more than ever, OECD countries are investing significant resources in regulatory policies and reforms. The OECD has developed a guide that helps officials use perception surveys to evaluate and communicate the results of reform processes.

Regulatory Policy and Governance: Supporting Economic Growth and Serving the Public Interest

09-Nov-2011

This report assesses the recent efforts of OECD countries to develop and deepen regulatory policy and governance. It evaluates the comprehensive policy cycle by which regulations are designed, assessed and evaluated, revised, and enforced at all levels of government and describes progress developing a range of regulatory management tools including consultation, Regulatory Impact Assessment, risk and regulation, and administrative simplification.

Draft Recommendation on Regulatory Policy

09-Nov-2011

The Draft Recommendation on Regulatory Policy and Governance is intended to be applied by sectoral ministries and regulatory agencies as a whole-of-government activity. Public comments were requested by 31 July 2011. A further draft was discussed by the Committee early November.

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