Outputs1) GRP17 ConferenceCarry out the GRP17 Conference with an estimated attendance of 70 pax, to be held in-person during a two-day event on the margins of APEC SOM 3 in Lima, Peru.
The conference will gather regulatory policy experts and regulatory decision-makers from APEC and relevant organizations from the academy and both the private and public sectors.
The draft agenda includes sessions on: i) Impact of regulatory on productivity, competitiveness and formal economy; ii) Regulatory reform and core GRPs to promote transition to the formal and global economy; iii) Institutionality and governance models to ensure an approach to using regulatory policy to facilitate the transition to the formal economy; iv) GRPs on early planning and public consultation in rulemaking to engage relevant stakeholders; v) Value of GRPs in addressing implementation, enforcement and review of existing regulations that may inhibit the transition to the formal economy; vi) Technology tools and innovative resources that promote international regulatory cooperation; as well as vii) interactive activities on GRPs to promote the transition to the formal economy.
To do so, the agenda considers speakers / moderators from a wide array of APEC economies and institutions (up to 4 experts per session). It should be noticed that some speakers will be self-funded, and some will participate in more than one session. With the purpose of facilitate interaction among participants and pursue a balance with lecture-style sessions, interactive activities are also considered.
Please, see a draft agenda below (as of 01/07/2024): 17th Conference on Good Regulatory Practices
19th – 20th August 2024 / Lima Convention Center - Lima, Peru Draft Agenda*
August 19
8:30 – 9:00 am Registration and Arrival 9:00 – 9:10 am Welcome Remarks
9:10 – 9:30 am Opening Session: Regulations, Formal Economy and Development
Session 1
9:30 – 11:00 am: Impact of regulatory quality on productivity, competitiveness and formal economy
11:00 – 11:30 am Coffee Break
Session 2
11:30 – 1:00 pm: Institutionality and governance models to ensure an approach to using regulatory policy to facilitate the transition to the formal economy
1:00 – 2:30 pm Lunch
Session 3
2:30 – 4:00 pm: GRPs practices on early planning and public consultation in rulemaking to engage relevant stakeholders
4:00 – 4:30 pm Coffee Break
Session 4
4:30 – 6:00 pm: Value of GRPs in addressing design, implementation, enforcement and review of existing regulation that may inhibit the transition to the formal and the global economy
6:00 pm End of Day 1
August 20
8:30 – 9:30 am Registration, Arrival and Welcome Remarks Session 5
9:30 – 11:00 am: Technology tools and innovative resources that promote international regulatory cooperation
11:00 – 11:30 am Coffee Break
Session 6
11:30 – 1:00 pm: Breakout Session-Analyzing the Benefits and Costs of Regulation
1:00 – 2:30 pm Lunch
Session 7
2:30 – 4:00 pm: Regulatory reform and core GRPs to promote the transition to the formal and global economy: Lessons learned on the impact of regulatory quality on the formal economy and competitiveness 4:00 – 4:30 pm Coffee Break
4:30 – 5:30 pm Interactive Closing Session: GRP17 Balance and Challenges
5:30 pm End of Day 2
*/ Preliminary (as of July 1st, 2024).
2) Conference Summary Report and Lessons Learned on GRP and the Formal EconomyElaborate a GRP17 summary report, approximately fifteen pages in length excluding annexes, to include executive summary, highlights of topics areas covered during the conference as well as lessons, recommendations and identified challenges for APEC economies. The Conference Summary Report will be published as APEC Publication.
3) Post-Conference SurveyCirculate a post-conference survey to all APEC economies to identify lessons learned, as key information to summarize lessons and the main recommendations obtained focusing on contributions to the transition of economic agents from the informal to the formal and global economy. The results from the post-conference survey will be crucial inputs for the development of the Conference Summary Report.
Outcomes1) Increase knowledge on how economies can implement GRPs for the transition from informal to the formal and global economy, exploring governance models for regulatory policies, to identify opportunities to enhance institutionality.
2) Increase understanding of new concepts and technology tools in regulatory analysis.
3) Improve knowledge of core GRPs, such as RIA Ex Ante, RIA Ex Post and public consultation, as well as technical cooperation among APEC economies.
Beneficiaries
GRP17 should include participants from regulatory agencies, the private sector and international organizations as well as SCE, SCSC and EC delegates from every APEC economy. Participants from the public sector will include representatives from central government coordinating ministries that oversee regulatory policy, representatives from regulatory agencies and competition and consumer protection authorities, and government ministries who have the authority to design and implement regulatory policies, including those who have experience in regulatory practices and policies in APEC fora. Private sector representatives will have strong expertise on regulation matters and should be actively involved in the development of GRPs and efforts relating to sectoral regulatory cooperation. International organization representatives will include institutions that are engaged with the design and promotion of GRPs, such as the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and the OECD.
The participants should have relevant work experience at a senior level on GRPs and have the hard and soft skills to effectively contribute to regulatory policy change in their organizations and economies. The POs will seek for gender equality among both the participants and the speakers.
While the direct beneficiaries are those officials responsible for regulatory policy, GRP17 is expected to yield benefits for the citizens and private sector organizations in APEC economies that will improve policies and practices from the outcomes that GRPs generate to enhance competition and competitiveness. In this line, GRP17 will provide insights to increase productivity growth and market efficiency, contributing with the design and implementation of public policies to ease the transition to the formal sector for firms and workers in the informal sector.