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Evaluating stakeholder engagement: Practices in OECD countries Laura Seiffert, Junior Policy Analyst, Regulatory Policy Division, OECD Breakout session 1 6 th Expert Meeting on Measuring Regulatory Performance “Evaluating Stakeholder Engagement in Regulatory Policy

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Presentation by Christiane Arndt, Programme Co-ordinator Measuring Regulatory Performance, OECD, at the 6th Expert Meeting on Measuring Regulatory Performance: Evaluating Stakeholder Engagement in Regulatory Policy, Introduction, The Hague, 16-18 June 2014. Further information is available at http://www.oecd.org/gov/regulatory-policy/

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Page 1: Evaluating stakeholder engagement in regulatory policy, Christiane Arndt

Evaluating stakeholder engagement: Practices in OECD countries Laura Seiffert, Junior Policy Analyst, Regulatory Policy Division, OECD

Breakout session 1

6th Expert Meeting on Measuring Regulatory Performance “Evaluating

Stakeholder Engagement in Regulatory Policy ”

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- Stakeholder engagement is essential to enhance regulatory quality, compliance with regulation, and trust in government

- Evaluation helps to:

- Highlight successes and areas for improvement

- Guide policy makers in their efforts to improve stakeholder engagement

Why evaluate?

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OECD Framework for Regulatory Policy Evaluation –

applied to stakeholder engagement

Have the good

practices in been

implemented?

E.g. % of

consultations that

comply with formal

requirements, such as

minimum periods

Are requirements for

good practices in

stakeholder

engagement in place?

E.g. requirements to

consult on draft

regulation, requirement

to make relevant

material of regulatory

dossier available to

inform consultation

(impact assessment,

explanation of reasons

to regulate ect.)

What resources are

committed to

stakeholder

engagement?

E.g. budget, staffing,

expertise

Have good practices helped to

improve quality regulation?

E.g. % of those involved in

the regulatory process that

think stakeholder engagement

has improved the quality of

regulation as opposed to being

a tick-the box-exercise;

comparison of cost/benefit of

initial regulatory proposals with

those of regulations that were

actually passed

Have strategic objectives for

stakeholder engagement been

achieved?

Improved compliance rate

Reduced enforcement costs

Trust in government

Inclusive growth

Economic: Net benefits (possibly in

comparison with counterfactual and

alternatives)

Reduced compliance costs and

burdens

Improved perception of regulatory

quality in general

Transparency and accessibility

Objective of regulation achieved

easy hard

• Regulatory system

• Regulatory impacts

• Other factors that influence

outcome Feedback loop

Input Process Output Intermediate outcome Outcome

Set strategic

objectives

for

stakeholder

engagement

Design Implementation Strategic outcome

I II III IV V

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• Public consultation is seldomly evaluated compared to other regulatory management tools

Current country practices

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Reports Indicators

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Number of countries publishing performance reports or indicators on consultation, RIA or administrative burden reduction

programmes

Consultation on draftregulation

Regulatory Impact Analysis(RIA) on draft regulation

Administartive burdenreduction programmes

Source: OECD survey on Regulatory Policy Evaluation (2012-13)

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Current country practices

• Countries publishing performance reports: – Czech Republic, European Union, Japan, Mexico, the

Netherlands, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey

• Countries publishing performance indicators: – Estonia, European Union, Japan, Mexico, Slovenia, Turkey

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• Who publishes reports and indicators? – Independent or central government agency/department

– Research institutes

• For what purpose are indicators used? – To adjust the design and implementation of stakeholder

engagement processes

– To monitor quality and compliance with formal requirements

– To communicate with internal or external stakeholders

Current country practices

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• Output indicators – Percentage of consultations that comply with

minimum periods (e.g. EU, Japan, Slovenia)

– Number of different stakeholders participating in consultation (e.g. Mexico, Estonia)

– Number of languages in which consultation documents are published (EU)

– Total numbers of consultations (e.g. EU, Switzerland, Turkey)

Type of performance indicators used

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OECD Practitioner‘ s Guide to

Perception Surveys (2012)

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• There is consensus on the importance of effective stakeholder engagement

• Few countries evaluate how consultation is functioning in practice

• Systematic evaluation is within reach for all OECD countries

• OECD work provides guidance and many practical examples on how to evaluate and improve stakeholder engagement

Key messages

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1. What are key good practices in evaluating government systems to engage with stakeholders in the regulatory policy cycle?

2. How can countries assess :

The inclusiveness of consultation?

The transparency of the consultation process?

Whether stakeholders’ views are adequately considered and integrated into the decision-making process?

3. What are key challenges in assessing the engagement with stakeholders and how can they be overcome?

Questions for discussion

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OECD (2014), OECD Framework for Regulatory Policy Evaluation

• Radaelli, Claudio and Oliver Fritsch (2012), Measuring Regulatory Performance - Evaluating Regulatory Management Tools and Programmes, Expert Paper, No. 2, Paris.

• OECD (2012), Measuring Regulatory Performance: A Practitioner’s Guide to Perception Surveys

• OECD (2005), Evaluating Public Participation in Policy Making

• Coglianese, Cary (2003), Is satisfaction success? Evaluating public participation in regulatory policy-making

Relevant material

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• Christiane Arndt, Programme Co-ordinator Measuring Regulatory Performance, E-mail: [email protected], Tel. +33 (0) 1 45 24 76 56

• Daniel Trnka, Policy Analyst, E-mail: [email protected], Tel.: +33 (0) 1 45 24 18 68

• Antonia Custance Baker, Economist/Policy Analyst, E-mail: [email protected], Tel.: +33 (0) 1 45 24 93 22

• Laura Seiffert, Junior Policy Analyst, E-Mail: [email protected], Tel.: +33 (0) 1 45 24 13 37

Contacts