Madrid, 26-27 September 2011

 

This OECD expert meeting, hosted by the Government of Spain, addressed two key policy issues: How can countries demonstrate that investing in their systems for regulatory policy and management delivers improvements to their economies and societies? How can they identify further investments in better regulatory policy to yield the highest dividends?

 

Experts from over 24 countries explored the development of a framework that countries can use to evaluate regulatory policy performance domestically.

• Agenda
• List of participants
• Speakers' Profile 
• Evaluating the Impact of Regulation and Regulatory Policy by Cary Coglianese, August 2012
• Evaluating Regulatory Management Tools and Programmes by Claudio Radaelli and Oliver Fritsch, August 2012
• The economic impact of regulatory policy: A literature review of quantitative evidence by David Parker and Colin Kirkpatrick, August 2012
• Measuring Regulatory Performance: A Practitioner's Guide to Perception Surveys  
• Guide on Perception Surveys: Table A2

 

This meeting was part of an annual series of expert meetings on Measuring Regulatory Performance. Other meetings have focussed on assessing the implementation of the 2012 Recommendation (Stockholm 2013), on overcoming challenges to measuring and reducing compliance costs (Berlin 2012), on the use of perception surveys in OECD Countries (Istanbul 2010), and on Indicators of Regulatory Management Systems (London 2009).

 

Programme

 

Monday 26 September 2011

 

Session 1. Outline of the programme “Communicating and Measuring Progress in Regulatory Reform”

The purpose of this session was to present and discuss the work of the programme on Communicating and Measuring Progress in Regulatory Reform; the workshop's objectives and, the steps towards developing a framework for measuring regulatory performance in OECD countries.

• Christiane Arndt, Policy Analyst, Gregory Bounds, Senior Policy Analyst, Helge Schröder, Junior Policy Analyst, OECD Secretariat
• Benoit Turcotte, Director, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Chair of the steering group Communicating and Measuring Progress in Regulatory Reform

Session 2. Expert Paper 1: Measuring the Performance of Regulatory Policy

Professor Claudio Radaelli presented a paper which aimed to: i) synthesise the experiences of a number of OECD countries with evaluating regulatory policy ii) analyse the strengths and weaknesses of existing measurement tools iii) provide recommendations for measuring and communicating the performance of a country’s regulatory policy.

The purpose of this session was to discuss the practical application of the recommendations of the paper and to provide feedback.

• Claudio Radaelli, Professor of Political Science; Director, Centre for European Governance, University of Exeter (speaker)
• Brian B. W. Huijts, Policy Advisor Better Regulation, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation, The Netherlands (discussant)
• Carlo Thomsen, Senior Advisor, Department of ICT Policy and Public Sector Reform, Ministry of Administration and Government Reform, Norway (discussant)

Session 3. Expert Paper 2: Measuring the Impact of Regulation

Professor Cary Coglianese presented his paper which aimed to i) review and discuss the empirical and theoretical evidence on the link between regulatory policy and economic and broad public policy outcomes ii) explain methodological challenges and data requirements iii) provide recommendations to OECD countries on measuring and communicating the actual impact of regulatory policies on economic and broader public policy outcomes over time. The purpose of this session was to discuss the practical application of Professor Cary Coglianese’s recommendations and to provide feedback. Cary Coglianese, Deputy Dean and Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science; Director, Penn Program on Regulation, University of Pennsylvania (speaker) Esben Larsen, Head of Section, Danish Commerce and Companies Agency, Division for Better Business Regulation, Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, Denmark (discussant), Jenny Gordon, Principal Advisor Research, Productivity Commission, Australia (discussant)

Session 4. Measuring Regulatory Performance - Insights from Other OECD Directorates and the World Bank

The purpose of this session was to provide opportunities to discuss and learn from existing practices of regulatory reform evaluation. Presenters described the history and development of indicators, highlighted positive and negative impacts including benefits to the government, and strategies to improve the effectiveness of the performance measurements.

• Hildegunn Nordås, Senior Trade Policy Analyst, Trade in Services Division, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD
• Peter Ladegaard, Regional Program Manager, East and Southern Africa, IFC/World Bank Group
• Isabell Koske, Senior Economist, Structural Surveillance Division, Economics Department, OECD
• Chris Shapcott, Director, Regulatory Reform, National Audit Office, UK

 

Tuesday 27 September 2011

 

Session 5. Draft Framework for Regulatory Policy Performance Evaluation

Participants worked with the OECD Secretariat in breakout sessions to explore the development of a draft framework that countries can use for domestic regulatory policy evaluation. This session also clarified obstacles to its practical application and ways to overcome them. Carlo Thomsen, Senior Advisor, Department of ICT Policy and Public Sector Reform, Ministry of Administration and Government Reform, Norway, (Rapporteur Break-out Group 1)  Jenny Gordon, Principal Advisor Research, Productivity Commission, Australia, (Rapporteur Break-out Group 2)

For further information, please contact: christiane.arndt@oecd.org or gregory.bounds@oecd.org.

 

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