The meeting brought together government officials, academics and OECD delegates to identify the challenges to the consistent implementation of regulatory policy and ways to ensure that it is embedded in both law and practice.

SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WORKSHOP

• Panel discussion on “Sustainable regulatory policy: from law to practice” with participants from national governments and parliaments, the OECD and representatives of business associations.

• Presentation on “Reflections on sustainability of regulatory policy” by Gary Banks, Chair of the OECD Regulatory Policy Committee, and Dean of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government, Australia.

• Closed-door workshop on “How to measure the implementation of regulatory policy in practice?”.

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BACKGROUND MATERIAL

• OECD (2015), OECD Regulatory Policy Outlook 2015, OECD Publishing. 
• Lunn, P. (2014), Regulatory Policy and Behavioural Economics, OECD Publishing.
• OECD (2014), OECD Framework for Regulatory Policy Evaluation, OECD Publishing.
• OECD (2014), International Regulatory Co-operation and International Organisations: The Cases of the OECD and the IMO, OECD Publishing.
• OECD (2014), OECD Regulatory Compliance Cost Assessment Guidance, OECD Publishing.
• OECD (2014), Regulatory Enforcement and Inspections, OECD Best Practice Principles for Regulatory Policy, OECD Publishing.
• OECD (2014), The Governance of Regulators, OECD Best Practice Principles for Regulatory Policy, OECD Publishing.
• OECD (2013), International Regulatory Co-operation: Addressing Global Challenges, OECD Publishing.
• OECD (2013), International Regulatory Co-operation: Case Studies, Vol. 1: Chemicals, Consumer Products, Tax and Competition, OECD Publishing.
• OECD (2013), International Regulatory Co-operation: Case Studies, Vol. 2: Canada-US Co-operation, EU Energy Regulation, Risk Assessment and Banking Supervision, OECD Publishing.
• OECD (2013), International Regulatory Co-operation: Case Studies, Vol. 3: Transnational Private Regulation and Water Management, OECD Publishing.
• OECD (2015), 2012 Recommendation of the Council on Regulatory Policy and Governance, OECD Publishing.

PRIOR EVENTS

Evaluating Stakeholder Engagement in Regulatory Policy, 6th expert workshop, The Hague, 17-18 June 2014

Assessing Progress in the Implementation of the 2012 Recommendation of the OECD Council on Regulatory Policy and Governance, 5th expert workshop, Stockholm, 3-4 June 2013

Re-Boosting Growth: Overcoming Challenges to Measuring and Reducing Compliance Costs, 4th expert workshop, Berlin, 11-12 June 2012

Developing a Framework for Measuring Regulatory Performance in OECD Countries, 3rd expert workshop, Madrid, 26-27 September 2011

The Use of Perception Surveys in OECD Countries, 2nd expert workshop, Istanbul, 21-22 June 2010

Indicators of Regulatory Management Systems, 1st expert workshop, London 2-3 April 2009

Further information

• Measuring Regulatory Performance
• Regulatory policy and governance

Contact

Christiane Arndt
Head of Programme, Measuring Regulatory Performance, OECD

Rebecca Schultz

Junior Policy Analyst, Measuring Regulatory Performance, OECD