AGENDA
Day 1
08.30 – 09.00
Registration and Welcome coffee
09.00 – 09.30
Introduction of the Summer School and presentation of participants
09.30 – 10.30
Session 1: Better Regulation in the European Union
Speaker: Erik Akse (Better Regulation Expert)
Content:
- EU Policy Cycle
- The Role of Impact Assessment in the EU
10.30 – 11.00
Session 2: Working with Better Regulation in the EU
Speaker: Erik Akse (Better Regulation Expert)
Content:
- Experiences and reports presented by stakeholders engaging with the European Institutions
- Discussion of relevant publications
11.00 – 11.30
Coffee Break
11.30 – 12.30
Session 3: Understanding Commission policy planning
Speaker: Erik Akse (Better Regulation Expert)
Content:
- Strategic Planning Cycle of the European Commission
- Strategic plans
- Management plans
Group work:
- Analysis of a Strategic Plan and a Management Plan of a Commission DG
- Group discussion
12.30 – 14.00
Lunch and coffee break
14.00 – 16.00
Session 4: The content of Impact Assessments in the EU
Speaker: Erik Akse (Better Regulation Expert)
Content:
- EU Impact Assessments: topics and structure
- Information used in Impact Assessments
- Challenges with data availability and quality with means to overcome these
Group work:
- Group discussion on alignment EU Impact Assessment with national RIA systems
16.00 – 16.30
Closing of day 1 and Q&A
Day 2
09.00 – 11.00
Session 5: Process for developing Impact Assessments in the EU
Speaker: Erik Akse (Better Regulation Expert)
Content:
- Procedural steps for developing Impact Assessments
- Consultation for Impact Assessments
- Actors involved within the European Commission
11.00 – 11.30
Coffee Break
11.30 – 12.30
Session 6: Working with Impact Assessments as future EU Member State
Speakers: Erik Akse and Dragana Aleksić (Better Regulation Experts)
Exercise:
- Analysis of a Call for Evidence Document for an IA
- Group discussion
12.30 – 14.00
Lunch and coffee
14.00 – 16.00
Session 7: Comparing the EU approach to Better Regulation with WB administrations
Speaker: Dragana Aleksic (Better Regulation Expert)
Content:
- EU IA procedures and practices vs. WB procedures and practices: overlaps and differences
- EU consultation requirements and practice vs. WB consultation requirements and practice: overlaps and differences
Group work:
- Group discussion on moving towards EU best practice delivery for Better Regulation
16.00 – 16.30
Closing of day 2 and Q&A
Day 3
09.00 – 10.40
Session 8: Impact Assessment during the legislative process in the EU and the WB & Active participation in EU legislative process
Speakers: Erik Akse, Dragana Aleksic (Better Regulation Experts)
Content:
- The role of Impact Assessment in the EU
- The role of Impact Assessment in the WB Parliaments
Speaker: Boris Koprivnikar (Former Deputy Prime Minister / Minister for Public Administration, Slovenia)
Content:
- Inclusiveness of legislative processes
- Active participation in EU legislative process
Group work:
- Group discussion on strengthening evidence-based decision-making
11.00 – 11.30
Coffee Break
11.30 – 12.30
Session 9: Success factors for managing the Policy Cycle
Speaker: Erik Akse (Better Regulation Expert)
Content:
- Key success factors that made the EU system for Better Regulation as it is today
12.30 – 14.00
Lunch and coffee break
14.00 – 16.00
Session 10: The Journey Together To The EU
Speakers: Erik Akse and Dragana Aleksic (Better Regulation Experts)
Content:
- Integration of WB administrations into EU decision-making structures
- Best practice: WB example of working on a concrete file for decision-making
Group work:
- Group discussion on steps needed to ensure participation in decision-making on EU level
16.00 – 16.30