Director of the RIA Center of the Institute for Public Administration and Governance gave an interview to the “Legislation” journal
About the emergence of regulatory impact assessnent practice, existing approaches, application of RIA procedures in Russia etc. - in the conversation with Daniel Tsygankov.
An expert seminar on the use of the standard cost model was held at the Higher School of Economics
Director of the RIA Center Daniel Tsygankov spoke at the expert seminar “Use of the Standard Cost Model as a Tool for Reducing Administrative Costs”, which took place on 18 of May at the Higher School of Economics.
Regional authorities do not engage enough in regulatory impact assessment
More than one half of Russian regions are nominally engaged in the formation of the institution of regulatory impact assessment (RIA). Experts from the Regulatory Impact Assessment Centre at NRU HSE have revealed that assessment specialists have not undergone the requisite further training, analysis of the consequences of regulatory innovations for business and society are systematically overlooked and funds are allocated for pilot projects and training merely based on the leftover principle. That said, a number of regions are growth points for “smart regulation”.
Premier League of the Regulatory impact assessment
On 5 December 2014 in St Petersburg, the expert session of the conference “Smart Regulation. Dialogue Between Business and Authority” discussed ONF [People's Front for Russia] monitoring and successful RIA case studies. The conference, held as part of the expert work of IPAMM for the Leningrad Region Economic Development and Investment Committee, drew a wide circle of officials, business owners, representatives of business associations, experts and academics.