di Enrico Bilardo The OECD has recently launched a public consultation on the draft OECD Recommendation on Agile Regulatory Governance to Harness Innovation to reach government officials, civil society organizations, international organizations, stakeholders and interested…
This study compares the experience of six Western Balkans countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia and Serbia) regarding ex ante regulatory impact assessment, emphasizing challenges and benefits of such provisions,…
by Maria Bianca Armiento This paper deals with core aspects of regulatory impact assessments like proportionality and threshold tests. From the analysis, it emerges how OECD and EU countries have implemented such “tools” for several…
by Enrico Bilardo This paper developed by the OECD’s Regulatory Policy Division analyses the role of the international regulatory co-operation (IRC) to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. The brief highlights how countries can together manage…
by Enrico Bilardo The OECD’s Regulatory Policy Division, as part of a broader effort to help countries in facing the COVID-19 crisis, has developed a paper about removing administrative barriers and improving regulatory delivery. The…
by Maria Bianca Armiento This OECD paper examines the role of predictions and foresight techniques employed by governments and discusses the so-called “anticipatory” innovations in the public sector. The report is structured into 4 chapters.…
by Maria Bianca Armiento The 2020 OECD Digital Economy Outlook is now out. It deals with the impact that the COVID-19 had on digital economy. Digital technologies (e.g. teleworking, e-commerce, and distance learning) indeed became…
by Maria Bianca Armiento This OECD policy brief deals with the responses that governments adopted towards Coronavirus in order to verify whether the crisis has become a “catalyst for government transformation”. Nine government activities were…
by Maria Bianca Armiento This OECD policy brief discusses different regulatory approaches and tools adopted by Government to fight Coronavirus pandemic. Several governments took a flexible approach to regulatory management tools: some OECD countries established exceptions…
by Maria Bianca Armiento On 28-29 October, the OECD held the Ministerial Council Meeting. This paper records key issues including the COVID-19 crisis and possible “way outs” and responses. In the first session, it was…