I was unfortunately not able to attend, but have had indications that the conference was a great success. All the contributions are now posted on the Bertelsmann IRRC page. The high number and diversity of papers presented at this event make it one of the most important moment in the regulatory reform year.
For the fourth edition, the organisers tried to cater for a perceived "hunger for renewal within the community", and go beyond the technocratic approach focusing more on instruments and techniques than on the political and societal context. They called for fresh ideas and a better view of the big picture, hence the motto of the conference "looking at the whole thing - the whole elephant" - a variant of the forest and the trees.
I examined the presentations and was pleased to find updates from all the major national projects underway (i.a. NL, UK, Canada) and some new approaches such as Kenya's (P. Chabeda on green growth). The most up-to-date technical expertise was reviewed (e.g. regulatory budgets, modelling for RIA). G. Pons summarized the recent development of smart regulation. Many thanks to Bertelsmann Stiftung and their partners (i.a. OECD, the World Bank Group, the Government of the Republic of Korea.)
For the fourth edition, the organisers tried to cater for a perceived "hunger for renewal within the community", and go beyond the technocratic approach focusing more on instruments and techniques than on the political and societal context. They called for fresh ideas and a better view of the big picture, hence the motto of the conference "looking at the whole thing - the whole elephant" - a variant of the forest and the trees.
I examined the presentations and was pleased to find updates from all the major national projects underway (i.a. NL, UK, Canada) and some new approaches such as Kenya's (P. Chabeda on green growth). The most up-to-date technical expertise was reviewed (e.g. regulatory budgets, modelling for RIA). G. Pons summarized the recent development of smart regulation. Many thanks to Bertelsmann Stiftung and their partners (i.a. OECD, the World Bank Group, the Government of the Republic of Korea.)
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