Deadline: 17 March 2017
The World Bank Group, in collaboration with the Centre for European Governance, University of Exeter, UK, is seeking applications for its “Global RIA Awards” to stimulate and facilitate the sharing of innovative Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIAs) among practitioners and other experts, and to focus on actual impacts of good RIAs (as opposed to merely good RIA systems).
RIA is increasingly used as a tool analyze impacts of proposed regulation, and to structure the regulatory policy process.RIA refers to a systemic approach by governments to critically assess the positive and negative effects of proposed and existing regulations and non-regulatory alternatives.
Award Categories
This inaugural Global RIA Awards will reward selected submissions in three categories:
- Influential RIAs: This category entails cases where RIA has been able to influence the way policymakers think of a policy problem and has had impact on the regulatory outcome. This could take place for instance through well-conducted analyses, new data, and innovative regulatory alternatives.
- Innovative data collection and consultation: The availability and quality of data is a major hurdle for RIA practitioners around the world. This category of the RIA awards will reward RIAs that have been able to find innovative solutions to overcome scarcity of data, for instance through reconsideration of available data sources and new ways to consult with stakeholders.
- Inventive regulatory alternatives: RIA is a tool to present during the design phase the different available options to solve a specific problem. This category will reward submissions having proposed solutions that challenge traditional ways of thinking, and that provide solutions that are fit for purpose.
Eligibility Criteria
- The nomination must be submitted by a public organization, such as a regulatory agency, inspectorate, government department, regulatory oversight unit, local authority (e.g. the licensing department of a municipality).
- The following general criteria should be considered:
- Only institutions in World Bank Group client countries are eligible for participation.
- RIAs should have been finalized or made public in 2016 or 2017.
- All nominations should be submitted in English, but RIA documents can be submitted in the language in which they were originally prepared.
- Only one submission per submitting body will be considered.
- The preparation of the nominated RIAs must have been led by, and primarily prepared internally by the public agencies.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
Eligible Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Eastern Caribbean States, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Republic of Congo, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
For more information, please visit 2017 Global RIA Awards.