Strategy for Better Regulation in Romania

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Strategy for Better Regulation in Romania

• Expert - Florin Bondar
• General Secretariat of the Government
• 8 oct. 2007

Conference on Good Governance and Public
Administrative ReformBucharest, 6 December 2007
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Context

• Institutional framework in place (organizational
  and procedural standards) for ex-ante evaluation
  of public policy and normative acts (GSG/DPP)
• Initiatives for simplification of administrative
  procedures undertaken (work permits, procedures
  for register vehicles, methodology for single
  office etc) (MIAR)
• Initiatives for improving the transposition
  process of European legislation (DAE)

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Problem definition

• Low quality of regulation and public policy due
  to improper substantiation (see PPD reports)
• Lack of a evaluation methodology of
  administrative costs and of an integrated
  approach for reducing the administrative burdens
  
• Lack of an integrated approach regarding the
  process of simplification of legislation
  (increased number of normative acts, legislative
  instability, frequent changes of legislation,
  republications etc.)
• Low quality of regulation issued by the agencies
  for regulation and inspection, due to their
  improper institutional framework
• Lack of an integrated approach regarding the
  process of improving the transposition of
  European legislation into the national
  legislation

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Objectives of the strategy

• Increased quality of regulation through an
  improved process of substantiation and evaluation
  of the impact of public policy and normative acts
  and an improved framework for the consultation
  process
• Administrative costs measured using a methodology
  based on Standard Cost (SCM) and administrative
  burdens lowered
• A simple and clear legislation by elimination of
  overlappings at the level of enforced normative
  acts
• A coherent institutional framework at the level
  of regulative and inspection agencies and
  authorities
• Improved framework of transposition and
  implementation of European legislation at the
  national level.

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Direction of activities

• Improvement of substantiation instruments of
  public policies and normative acts
• Measuring the administrative costs and reduction
  of administrative burdens
• Improvement of institutional framework and
  activities of regulatory agencies and
  authorities
• Simplification of legislation
• Transposition of European legislation.

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Simplification plan

• Simplification plan contains information
  regarding better regulation initiatives planned
  to be undertaken at the level of line ministries
  according to the guidelines of this strategy. The
  simplification plans are submitted by each
  ministry every year and are developed by the
  Public Policy Units from line ministries. Interim
  monitoring reports are to be submitted at the end
  of the year.
• The simplification plans and monitoring reports
  are to be collected by the General Secretariat of
  the Government (DPP).

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• Thank you!
• florin.bondar_at_gov.ro