Transformative technologies are fundamentally changing the way we live and work together. They have direct consequences on the well-being and cohesion of society as a whole, as well as strong impacts for businesses in all sectors, through effects on productivity, employment, skills, income distribution, trade and the environment.

To help policy makers unlock the potential of technology and innovation while safeguarding public protections in high-uncertainty contexts the OECD Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) and the Network of Economic Regulators (NER) have developed a joint programme of work structured around two pillars:

• Good regulatory practices to address the regulatory challenges raised by emerging technologies and support socially beneficial innovations;
• Data-driven approaches for more effective and efficient rulemaking and regulatory delivery.

Public consultation

• Public consultation on the draft OECD Recommendation on Agile Regulatory Governance to Harness Innovation. Deadline for comments: 2 July 2021.

Publications

• Shaping the Future of Regulators - The Impact of Emerging Technologies on Economic Regulators
• Regulatory Effectiveness in the Era of Digitalisation (Brochure 2019)
• Blog (with the World Bank) on Technology helps strengthen countries’ regulatory capacity to respond to COVID-19 

Events

• Joint OECD/RegWatchEurope “Regulatory oversight in the face of emerging technologies: doing it right” (22 January 2021)
• Joint OECD/WEF Virtual meeting “Agile Nations for the Post-Pandemic World” (9 December 2020)
• Joint OECD – World Bank Group webinar on the use of new technologies to expand regulatory capacity during the COVID-19 crisis – World Bank Blog and Initial (an ever-green) database on initiatives that have been launched or are being contemplated by governments (7 May 2020)
• OECD Global Conference on Governance Innovation (13-14 January 2020)

Agile Nations

• Nations Sign First Agreement to Unlock Potential of Emerging Tech

Relevant Links 

• OECD Network of Economic Regulators
• International Regulatory Co-operation: Adapting rules to an interconnected world