Regulatory Policy Conference

Speakers' Presentations

Speakers Presentation

Plenary Session: Regulatory Policy, Better Rules for a New Game

Mr. Angel Gurria, Secretary-General, OECD, Opening Remarks
Mr. Vincent Van Quickenborne, Minister for Enterprise and Streamlining Policy, Belgium, Better Rules for a New Game
Mr. Kenneth Bengtsson, Chairman of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Keypoints
Ms. Marianne Klingbeil, Director, Better Regulation, Evaluation and Impact Assessment, Secretariat-General, European Commission, Smart Regulation
Dr. Gunter Thielen, Chairman of the Board, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Speech
Mr. Adam Jasser, Undersecretary of State, Secretary of the Economic Council, Prime Minister’s plenipotentiary for the Reduction of Bureaucracy, Poland, Towards Better Regulation – Poland’s Challenge

Plenary Session: Regulatory Policy, Guiding the Road to Recovery and Growth

Mr. Rolf Alter, Director, Public Governance and Territorial Development, OECD
Ms Caroline Varley, Project Manager, Public Governance and Territorial Development, OECD, Regulatory Policy and the Road to Sustainable Growth
Mr. Martin Tlapa, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Czech Republic, Summary
Ms. Viola Groebner, Director, Industry Policy and Economic Reforms, Directorate General Enterprise and Industry, European Commission, Speech
Mr. Michael Fitzpatrick, Associate Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, United States, OECD Conference Regulatory Policy At the Crossroads: Towards a New Policy Agenda
Mr. Tadahiro Asami, Secretary General, Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC), Remarks

Session A1. Ex post Evaluation: Closing the Policy Cycle

Mr. Jean Maïa, Chef du service de la législation et de la qualité du droit, Secrétariat général du Gouvernement, France
Ms. Susan Page, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Deregulation, Australia, Evaluation – How it informs policy development Australia‟s experience in regulatory reform
Mr. Chris Shapcott, Director, Regulatory Reform, National Audit Office, United Kingdom, Ex Post Evaluation: Closing the Policy Cycle
Ms. Sarah Hector, Acting Head of the Evaluation Unit, Secretariat General, European Commission, Ex-post evaluation: closing the policy cycle

Session A2. Building a Competitive and Business-friendly Environment

Mr. Jens Hedström, President, Board of Swedish Industry and Commerce for Better Regulation (NNR), Building a competitive and Business friendly environment
Mr. Stephan Naundorf, Advisor to the Minister of State, German Federal Chancellery, Germany, The Federal Programme for Reduction of Bureaucracy and Better Regulation in Germany
Mr. Felipe Duarte, Vice-Minister for Competitiveness, Mexico, Regulatory policy at the Crossroads, Towards a new Policy Agenda
Ms. Geneviève Pons-Deladrière, Head of Unit, European Commission, Secretariat-General, Building a competitive and business-friendly environment
Mr. Alexander Ehmann, Head of Regulation and Enterprise Policy, Institute of Directors (IoD), United Kingdom , Better Regulation UK: What do Directors Really Think?

Session A3. Better Regulation for Green Growth

Catharina Håkansson Boman, State Secretary, Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications, Sweden
Prof. Jason Johnston, Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, United States, The Role of the State in Influencing the Environmental Impact of Economic Growth: Some Preliminary Thoughts
Mr. Chan Ho Park, Director-General, Global Legislation Research Centre, Korea Legislation Research Institute, Simple Regulatory Framework and Voluntary Participation in Green Growth
Dr. Klaus Jacob, Research Director, Environmental Policy Research Centre, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Considering Environmental Aspects in RIA
Prof. Hitoshi Ushijima, Chuo University School of Law, Japan, Better Regulation for Green Growth: A View

Session A4. Simplification Strategies through E-government

Mr. Erwin de Pue, Commissioner General, Agency for Administrative Simplification, Belgium
Prof. Maria Manuel Leitão Marques, Secretary of State, Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Portugal, Simplification strategies through e-Government: Portuguese initiatives
Mr. Alaa Kotb, Vice President of the State Council, Egypt, Egypt Simplification Strategies via EG “ICT use and Value”
Mrs. Eva Meiling, Deputy Director General, Danish Commerce and Companies Agency, Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, Denmark, Simplification strategies through e-government
Mr. Pierre Schilling, Deputy Director, Centre des Technologies de l’information de l’État, Luxembourg, Simplification strategies for Luxembourg

Session B1. Governance in Regulatory Oversight

Mr. George Redling, Former Assistant Secretary, Treasury Board of Canada
Ms. Catherine Atkins, Manager, Treasury, New Zealand, Designing a New Zealand Productivity Commission
Dr. Johannes Ludewig, Chair, National Regulatory Control Council (Nationaler Normenkontrollrat), Germany, Governance in Regulatory Oversight
Mr. Stig Von Bahr, Chairman, Regelrådet, Swedish Better Regulation Council, Sweden, How can Better Regulation and lower costs to businesses be achieved?
Mr. Stephane Jacobzone, Senior Economist, Public Governance and Territorial Development, OECD, Strengthening the Institutional Setting for Regulatory Reform

Session B2. Social Impacts of Regulations

Ms. Elizabeth Hvas, Deputy permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Denmark
Mr. Matthew Adler, UPenn Law School, Leon Meltzer Professor of Law, United States, Equity Metrics: How to Choose?
Mr. Etienne Marie, General Inspector, General Inspectorate for Social Affairs, Ministry of Health and Sports, France, The Social Impacts of Regulations
Mr. Ron Blackwell, Chief Economist, American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations, (AFL-CIO), United States, Summary

Session B3. Regulators and the Regulatees: Being Friendly without being Cozy?

Mr. Michael Fruhmann, Head of Unit, Federal Chancellery, Austria
Mr. Francisco Gaetani, Deputy Executive Secretary, Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management, Brazil, Multiple challenges: different defaults
Mr. Clive Grace, Chair, Local Better Regulation Office, United Kingdom, Focus without Friendship The Practice (and Principles) of Modern Regulatory Governance and Management
Mr. Collin Dimakatso Mashile, Policy Development and Research: Markets and Competition Division, Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), Regulatory Governance the New Frontier: Regulators and the Regulatees - Being Friendly Without Being Cozy?
Mr. Thomas Held, Director, Avenir Suisse, Switzerland, Remarks

Session B4. Open Government towards user-centered Regulation

Mr. Edward Donelan, Senior Adviser - Regulatory Governance, SIGMA, OECD Mr. Alexander Hunt
Mr. Alexander Hunt, Branch Chief, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, United States, eRulemaking: Promoting Transparency and Participation in the U.S.
Ms. Katju Holkeri, Head of Governance Policy Unit, Public Management Department, Ministry of Finance, Finland Chair of the OECD Public Governance Committee, Open government towards user-centered regulation
Mr. Luzius Mader, Deputy Director, Federal Office for Justice, Switzerland, Summary

Session C1. International Regulaty Co-operation

Mr. Felipe Duarte, Vice-Minister for Competitiveness, Mexico
Mr. Michael Fitzpatrick, Associate Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, United States, International Regulatory Cooperation
Mr. Simon Holland, Policy officer, Directorate General Enterprise & Industry, International Affairs Unit, European Commission, International Regulatory Cooperation: Global rules for a global economy?
Mr. Benoit Turcotte, Director, Regulatory Affairs Division, Treasury Board of Canada, Better Regulation through International Cooperation
Josef Konvitz, Head of division, regulatory policy, public governance and territorial development, OECD, Comment as Moderator

Session C2. Mapping Sustainability in Policy Making

Ms. Barbara Kunz, Project Manager, Modern Regulation, Bertelsmann Stiftung
Ms. Michelle Moore, Federal Environmental Executive, White House Council on Environmental Quality, United States, Executive Order 13514: Sustainability and the U.S. Federal Government
Mr. Marc Hostert, Head of the Private Office, Member of the European Court of Auditors, Impact Assessments in the EU institutions:do they support decision making?
Mr. Andrea Renda, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies, Belgium, Impact Assessment And Sustainability: Liaisons Dangereuses

Session C3. Addressing Risk in Regulatory Policy Making

Mr. Nikolaï Malyshev, Deputy Head, Regulatory Policy, Public Governance and Territorial Development, OECD, Risk and the role of government
Mr. Simon Webb, Executive Director, The Nichols Group, Former Director General, Cabinet Office, United Kingdom, Crisis! How to avoid an Incident resulting in Bad Regulation
Prof. Jonathan Wiener, Professor of Law, Duke University Law School, United States, Risk and Regulatory Policy
Mr. Panagiotis Karkatsoulis, Professor, Hellenic School of Public Administration, Greece, Addressing Risk in Regulatory Policy Making Towards a risk based policy against the wildfires
Mr. Jan van Tol, Manager Risk and Responsibility Programme, Central Government Reform Programme, Netherlands, Building a different approach to risk: The Dutch Risk and Responsibility Programme

Final Plenary Session: Regulation: The Challenge to Govern Better Learning from Failures to Prepare for the Future

Mr. Rolf Alter, Director, Public Governance and Territorial Development, OECD, The Way Forward
Mr. Gary Banks, Chairman, Productivity Commission, Australia, Remarks
Mr. Luigi Carbone, Deputy General-Secretary of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Executive Chair of the Better Regulation Unit, and Counsellor of State, Italy
Mr. Luiz Alberto dos Santos, Deputy Minister for Analysis and Follow-Up of Governmental Policies, Presidency of Republic - Civil House, Brazil, Regulation: The challenge to govern better, learning from failures to prepare for the future; Summary
Dr. Marianne Klingbeil, Director for Better Regulation; Acting Chair of the Impact Assessment Board, Secretariat-General of the European Commission, Summary
Mr. Jeroen Nijland, Director, Regulatory Reform Group, Ministry of Finance/Economic Affairs, the Netherlands, Summary