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 RIA February 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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Contacts M. Ahmet Korkmaz Tel: (312) Cel: (90)