This study was prepared by the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV) under the leadership of Marcos Bonturi, Director, and Nick Malyshev, Head of the Regulatory Policy Division in GOV. It was co-ordinated and drafted by Céline Kauffmann and Marianna Karttunen, with substantial inputs from Richard Alcorn and Guillermo Hernández, from the OECD Regulatory Policy Division. The authors are grateful for guidance from the Director’s Office of the Public Governance Directorate, including Janos Bertok, Acting Director, Klas Klaas and Andrea Uhrhammer. The report was prepared for publication by Jennifer Stein and administrative assistance was provided by Claudia Paupe.
The assessment by peers with unique experience on IRC was instrumental in designing the key conclusions and recommendations of this report. The OECD Secretariat is very grateful for the invaluable inputs provided by Jeannine Ritchot, former Executive Director of the Regulatory Policy and Cooperation Directorate from the Treasury Board (Canada); Julie Nind, Principal Policy advisor at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (New Zealand); and Dag Arne Aarnes, Director of Better Regulation Council (Norway).
Special thanks go to the United Kingdom Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and its staff, in particular to Jaee Samant, Carl Cresswell, Chris Carr, Ruth Harriford, Kim Wager, Nick Morgan, Emily Wykes, and Jonathan Evans for their support and insights throughout the review process.
We also express our sincere gratitude to the many government and non-government officials who provided inputs during the year-long development process, who participated actively in the three workshops that structured the work and who shared their views on the successive drafts of the report. They include representatives from the Better Regulations Executive, the British Standards Institute, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports, the Department for International Trade, the Departmental Better Regulation Units, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the UK Environment Agency, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Food Standards Authority, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Health and Safety Executive, Her Majesty’s Treasury, Intellectual Property Office, Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority, National Audit Office, Office for Product Safety and Standards, Office of Communications, Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, Office for Nuclear Regulation, UK Regulatory Policy Committee and United Kingdom Accreditation Service. The report also benefitted from insights from representatives from the British Chamber of Commerce, the Confederation of British Industry, Federation of Small Businesses, the Institute of Directors, Make UK, NESTA and academics from the London School of Economics.