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Gracia Vara Arribas
EU Law and Public Procurement, EU Governance, Head of the European CAF Resource Centre
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Policy design, impact assessment and evaluation
Introduction to the Better Regulation Agenda
This course provides a thorough overview of the Better Regulation (BR) agenda and its implementation in the EU policy making. It includes an informative session explaining the key concepts of Better Regulation (BR) and how they are applied across the EU policy cycle.
What you will learn in this course:
- the key concepts of Better Regulation (BR) and how they are applied across the policymaking cycle.
- how the BR tools are used in practice in the European Commission (EC).
- how Member States (MSs) implement the Better Regulation Agenda and gain insight into the challenges and pitfalls of different modalities
Course methodology/highlights
The course will be led by experts who have decades of both research and practical experience in evaluation in an EU context and beyond.
The course delivery will combine interactive presentations, showcasing practical examples, quick polls to consolidate concepts and quick group exercises.
Learning path on Better Regulation
This introductory course is part of our learning path on Better Regulation. If you prefer to register for one of the other courses of the learning path, please click on Regulatory ex-post Evaluations or on Regulatory Impact Assessments.
You can also combine two or more courses in the learning path into one package for a reduced fee. Kindly contact the programme organiser Eveline Hermens for more information
By the end of the course, you will:
- Understand the concept of policy cycle and how it is implemented in the EU
- Have an overview of the better regulation instruments namely Impact Assessments and evaluations
- Understand the principle of subsidiarity and how this can become a workable tool for MSs
- Gain insights on how Member states (MSs) assess, monitor and evaluate legislation. Have an overview of the common pitfalls and the good practices.
After-course support
You will be given the slides, as well as additional learning material and online resources, to help you apply your new knowledge and skills to your work.
Public officials, civil servants and policy analysts who work in government or parliamentary institutions, in EU Member States or candidate countries, similar to the following:
- ‘Better Regulation’ committees / programmes
- centres for research and analysis
- bureaucracy reduction agencies
- budget offices
- councils for regulatory impact assessments
Online Course
For this online course we make use of Zoom
Programme Organiser
Ms Eveline Hermens
Tel: +31 43 3296259
e.hermens@eipa.eu
Discounts
EIPA member fee
EIPA offers a discount to all civil servants working for one of EIPA’s supporting countries, and civil servants working for an EU institution, body or agency
Who are the supporting countries?
Civil servants coming from the following EIPA supporting countries are entitled to get the reduced fee: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden.
For all other participants, the regular fee applies
Early bird discount
The early bird discount is not cumulative with other discounts or promo codes, except for the EIPA member fee.
Who are the supporting countries?
Civil servants coming from the following EIPA supporting countries are entitled to get the reduced fee: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden.
For all other participants, the regular fee applies.
Confirmation
Confirmation of registration will be forwarded to participants on receipt of the completed online registration form.
Payment
Prior payment is a condition for participation.
Cancellation policy
For administrative reasons you will be charged € 50 for cancellations received within 7 days before the activity begins. There is no charge for qualified substitute participants.
EIPA reserves the right to cancel the activity up to 1 week before the starting date. In that case, registration fees received will be fully reimbursed.
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Programme
| 08.45 | Registration of participants |
| 09.00 | Welcome and introduction to the course Presentation of lecturers and seminar objectives Nikolaos Sarris, Evaluation Expert and Miranda Lovell Prescod, Research Assistant EIPA |
| Better regulation policy cycle – introductory module | |
| 09.15 | Introduction to the better regulation policy cycle – theory, principles and standards Better regulation is about policymaking in an open and transparent manner. The first session of this training will cover the key concepts and principles of better regulation). We will introduce the policymaking cycle and its sequential phases. We will showcase how the policy cycle is implemented in the European Commission and by way of illustration we will follow the trajectory of a real-life legal act from planning to implementation. |
| 10.00 | Introduction to BR instruments In this session, we will present the key concepts and principles of regulatory impact assessments and evaluations. We will introduce the principles of stakeholder consultation. We will touch upon the relevant methodologies and tools in line with current practices in the European Commission. |
| 11.00 | Break |
| 11.15 | Implementing the BR agenda in Member States: The principle of subsidiarity Gracia Vara Arribas, EU law and Governance expert, EIPA Regulatory impact assessments result in policy proposals that should conform with the principle of subsidiarity. In this session we will examine how this principle could become a workable tool for Member States, to bring Europe closer to the governments and citizens. This requires greater involvement by national, regional and local stakeholders, and a better understanding of the relevance of the principle for all of them. |
| 12.30 | Good practices in MSs – common pitfalls and lessons learned In this session, we will present how Member States at governmental or parliamentary level apply the better regulation agenda in practice. We will highlight a few examples of interesting tailor-made features embedded within MSs regulatory systems. Moreover, we will consider the common pitfalls throughout the policy cycle. |
| 13.00 | End of the introductory course |