9 July 2020, Mexico City, Mexico

 

In co-operation with the Superior Audit of the Federation of Mexico (Auditoría Superior de la Federación, ASF), the OECD organised a 3-day webinar to promote the use of methodologies and practices to better assess regulatory policies and evaluate the institutional performance of regulators. The objective of the webinar was to enhance the audit skills and capabilities of ASF officials when assessing practices, policies, strategies and activities conducted by public institutions on topics related to regulatory policy in Mexico.

 

International experts from superior audit institutions and OECD officials shared practices, experiences and methodologies. Chales Nancarrow and Rich Sullivan-Jones from the National Audit Office (NAO) of the United Kingdom, as well as, Jacobo Garcia Villarreal, Manuel Gerardo Flores and Andrés Blancas from OECD were the main speakers. Over 160 participants from ASF participated in the webinar, together with Mr. Agustin Caso Rapahel, Special Performance Auditor; Mr. Gerardo Lozano Dubernard, Special Auditor of Financial Compliance and Mr. Ronald Poucel Van Der Mersch, Director General of Performance Audit for Economic Development, from ASF. 

 

The webinar addressed the following:

• Regulatory quality and policy implementation
• Regulatory quality tools
• UK experience in assessing institutional performance and regulatory policy
• Methodologies and lessons learnt when assessing performance
• OECD experience in assessing regulatory policy and institutional performance

 

See agenda of the webinar.

Access the press release in Spanish.

 

The current emergency presents challenges for governments and public administrations that must provide solutions to its citizens in a highly dynamic regulatory context and where making evidence-based decisions is particularly important. Additionally, the economic and social conditions of the region make even more salient the need to increase digital infrastructure, facilitate registration and formalisation of businesses and reduce administrative burdens and bureaucratic barriers. We encourage our readers to visit the following websites:

• Tackling coronavirus (COVID-19), Contributing to a global effort
• Regulatory policy and governance
• Regulatory policy in Latin America and the Caribbean

For more information, please contact:

OECD Regulatory Policy Division for Mexico and Latin America @OCDE_RLAC

Andrés Blancas, OECD Regulatory Policy Division

Manuel Gerardo Flores, Senior Economist, OECD @M_GerardoFlores