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Introducing Regulatory Impact Analysis into the Turkish Legal
Framework
Prime Minister’s Office, Better Regulation Group
The Project Implementation Team
February 2005: The “Better Regulation Working Group” was established in the Prime Ministry
•Training activities & workshops•Steer Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) studies •Enhance the capacity of the public management
Background
Turkey has established RIAFebruary 2006: Turkey joined the growing number of EU and OECD countries that have introduced RIA in their rulemaking processes
– A RIA requirement established in Article 9(1) of Government By-law on Procedures and Principles on Preparation of Regulations
April 2007: the official RIA guidelines published in the Official Gazette
First Pilot Project
RIA was first applied in 2007 in a pilot project on public laboratories with the support of EU funds– implementation capacities of the participating ministries have
been improved – “Regulatory Impact Analysis Guide” has been developed – The regulatory quality has been improved and the drafting
process through the integration of RIA has been reinforced
Current Situation • A considerable progress has been achieved in the field
of promoting awareness on RIA in the public management and public as a whole
• “Introducing Regulatory Impact Analysis into the Turkish Legal Framework” project has started with the support of EU funds
Overall objective & purpose
• The main purpose of the project is to contribute to the improvement of the policy-making and regulation processes
• The project aims particularly at increasing the quality of regulation and improving regulatory process by implementing better regulation principles and Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) methodologies
• The RIA process is also relevant to the integration of Turkish legislation to the EU acquis during the negotiations.
• The Better Regulation Group in the Prime Ministry is responsible for coordination and execution of the activities within this technical assistance.
Target groups
• Better Regulation Group at the Prime Minister’s Office
• Public officials who are responsible for drafting laws at Prime Ministry, line ministries and other agencies
• Representatives of relevant private sector organizations including NGO’s and universities
Results to be achieved
• Workshops, seminars and conferences
• Training of 40 officials responsible for drafting laws at ministries and line agencies
• Guidelines on consultation processes by setting benchmarks through best practices
• Awareness raising activities targeting civil servants involved in drafting legislation undertaken
• Establishing RIA website & strategic RIA communication
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