Prospects for applying financial and economic feasibility study for the analysis of regulatory costs for business were discussed at the Center for Strategic Research
On 6 of April, the Center for Strategic Research held a seminar “Prospects for expanding the mechanism of financial and economic feasibility studies in Russian lawmaking for the analysis of regulation costs for business entities”.
Approaches to the introduction of a full cycle of regulatory legal acts assessment in Russia were discussed at the Center for Strategic Research
On 9 of March, the Center for Strategic Research hosted a seminar “Issues of consolidation of a full cycle assessment integrated with the life cycle of regulatory legal acts”.
Promising technologies for assessing the socio-economic effects of lawmaking were discussed at the Center for Strategic Research
On 6 of December, the Center for Strategic Research hosted a seminar devoted to studying the international experience of conducting a parliamentary impact assessment, as well as discussing the prospects for introducing RIA to the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
Session on RIA and the round table on regulation took place at the Higher School of Economics within the framework of the XVII International Academic Conference
Session O-10 “RIA in Russia: on the path to maturity” and the round table O-11 “Future of regulation” took place on April 21, 2016 at the Higher School of Economics in the framework of the XVII International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development.
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”.