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CONFERENCE on R egulatory I mpact A ssessment Ankara - 2 1 April, 2006 Mr. TOM FERRIS. Qualıty of Faırness – A health system for you p o p www.dohc.ıe. Methods CBA MCA www.dohc.ıe. Critical success factors. High level administrative and political support
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CONFERENCE on Regulatory Impact Assessment Ankara -21 April, 2006 Mr. TOM FERRIS
Qualıty of Faırness – A health system for youpopwww.dohc.ıe
Critical success factors • High level administrative and political support • Central Support from Prime Minister’s Department • Awareness-raising and training • Development of RIA network for sharing of experience/best practice • Ongoing liaison with EU colleagues especially EU Directors of Better Regulation • Learning from doing – RIA very much an iterative process
Genesis of Regulatory Impact Assessment in Ireland • Influence of OECD and EU on RIA in Ireland • “Delivering Better Government” (Irish Government 1996) • Public Service Modernisation Act 1997 • OECD, Regulatory Reform in Ireland, 2001 • “Regulating Better” (Irish Government 2004) • Government committed to RIA having started with Five Pilot Projects • Cabinet 2005 Decision (Mandatory RIAs), June 2005
National Implementation Milestones in Ireland 2001 • OECD Regulatory Review of Ireland 2002 • Draft Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) model developed 2004 • Publication of Government White Paper, Regulating Better • RIA Pilot Projects 2005 • Publication of RIA Report & Consultation Guidelines • Government Decısıon on Mandatory RIAs
White Paper Regulating Better January 2004 Six Principles of Better Regulation Adopted Action Programme for Better Regulation
Irish Consultation Guidelines • Key Element of Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) • Government White Paper ‘Regulating Better’: Action Plan 5.1 Procedures and Guidelines will be developed to promote better quality public consultation and to outline a full range of consultation options. Consideration will be given to the mechanisms for ensuring balanced coordination procedures, taking care to consider the particular requirements for ‘not-for-profit’ groups
Government Secretariat and BRUPÖ All Mınıstrıes Mınıstry of Finance Offıce of Prime Minister. BRUPO and Finance Mınıstry ----RIA check on Memos to Government ----RIAs undertaken ----Training and technical advice ----Reality checks on robustness of RIAs Ireland’s RIA Structure
End August 2005 240 days Ireland’s RIA Structure
Public Sector needs to... • Have a more structured and explicit examination of expected costs and benefitsof regulation • Have important consultation with stakeholders • Have an earlier focus on enforcement and compliance issues - - who will enforce the regulations, what are the compliance targets? • Herald the introduction of performance indicators for regulations, so that they can show if the regulations are working well (or not working well) • Gıve an early response to EU legislative proposals
Feedback and Review are Critical • Give feedback to key players and those who participate • Publish and acknowledge submissions made (taking account of data protection etc.) • Review the consultation process
Challenges of RIA • Yes, many elements of RIA already there • But traditional ways will be challenged • Key players will feel some discomfort! • And yet if RIA is well explained there can be real benefits for the main players and in the public interest
Critical success factors • High level administrative and political support • Central Support from Prime Minister’s Department • Awareness-raising and training • Development of RIA network for sharing of experience/best practice • Ongoing liaison with EU colleagues especially EU Directors of Better Regulation • Learning from doing – RIA very much an iterative process
RIA adds value ıf well managed PM Offıce oversees RIAs • Existing Formal • Systems of Evaluating • Proposals and • Plans Existing Systems of Consulting with Stakeholders Existing Processes Training / Resources
R .. Realıty of RIA O.....Objectıve M.....Measure c+b A......Alternatıves N.....notıfy others T......traınıng I........ımplement C......complıance ..RIA ıs cool... Says Marıo Martellı, 21 Aprıl 2006
www.fınance.ieDepartment of FınanceGuıdelınes for the Appraısal and Management of Capıtal ProjectsFebruary 2005