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2005 OECD Recommendations and the APEC-OECD
Integrated Checklist Panel discussion
Special Group on Regulatory Policy March 15th 2005
Director General Ole Willy Sandbekk
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What policy challenges for investment, innovation
and productivity will these measures help address?

• NORWAY
• Good governance perspective
• Change attitudes/traditional views on the use of
  regulatory instruments in bureaucracy
• Support the use of appropriate regulatory
  alternatives (vs basic regulatory needs)
• Reduction of administrative burden on business,
  citizens and public sector
• Increase adequacy, efficiency and effectiveness
  in the use of resources
• Remove hindrances to innovation
• Coordination between ministries and agencies
• Better basis for political decisions through
  improved RIAs

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What steps are countries taking to increase the
capacity for regulatory quality?

• NORWAY
• Coordinate and strengthen use of RIA at central
  government (Expert Panel)
• Strengthening the role and autonomy of regulators
  and supervisory agencies
• Stimulate political support for reform
• Information/education of officials
• Monitor the performance of ministries survey
  prepared by Min. of Modernisation

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What should be the key elements in a good
regulatory process?

• A point of view
• Identify objectives avoid too many
• Assess regulatory instrument options as part of
  RIA
• Economic, legal, structural (simplification),
  organisational(quality models/standards) or no
  regulation
• Select the most approporiate instrument/combinatio
  n of instruments
• Consider risk analysis as part of initial RIA
• Consult- use virtually based communication
• Recommendation and decision
• Evaluation. Test assumptions and conclusions of
  RIA.

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What benchmarks will make progress apparent?

• Possibilities in general
• Measure over time
• Surveys of regulatory burdens, e.g. the OECD
  Business Survey
• Expert-based measurement of administrative
  burdens, e.g. the Standard Cost Model
• Registers of obligations or licenses, e.g. the
  Register of Reporting Obligations for Enterprises
  in Norway
• Indicators of formal regulations and policy. E.g.
  Product Market Indicators (OECD)
• The extent of use of regulatory alternatives
• Econometric models with regulatory variables
• Comparative analysis of countries

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How can the gaps between the most advanced and
other (OECD)countries be reduced?

• Be aware of cultural/political differencies
• Knowledge Management/ Virtually based cooperation
  in networks
• Exchange of experts
• Role of OECD/2005 Recommendations/APEC-OECD
  Integrated Checklist
• Bear in mind Outcome(Welfare, GDP etc) is the
  goal, not the regulation as such

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What are the most significant regulatory problems?

• A personal point of view
• Public governance/public sector
• Use of alternatives to traditional regulation
• Bureaucaratic culture/traditions