Evaluating stakeholder engagement: Practices in OECD countries, David Sousa

BREAKOUT SESSION 1 EVALUATING STAKEHOLDER

ENGAGEMENT: PRACTICES IN OECD COUNTRIES

Questions

1) What are key good practices in evaluating government systems to engage with stakeholders in the regulatory policy cycle?

2) How can countries assess: – The inclusiveness of consultation?

– The transparency of the consultation process?

– Whether stakeholders’ views are adequately considered and integrated into the decision-making process?

3) What are key challenges in assessing the engagement with stakeholders and how can they be overcome?

Key good practices

• Setting the goals for stakeholder engagement • Clear process requirements • Starting simple, eventually with only one piece of

legislation • Considering adequacy of budget and tools

(efficiency) • Independent evaluating body • Different tools, different evaluation criteria • Lessons from RIA evaluation: in depth case

studies, not perception surveys

How to assess inclusiveness, transparency and adequate consideration of stakeholders’ views?

Inclusiveness: - Complete list of stakeholders upfront (RIA) - Sweden: consulting the list across administration X Mailbox-type consultations preselects biased sample Transparency: - Bottom line of publicity X Openness vs. limited number of stakeholders with valuable information X Disclosing strategic information Consideration: • Evaluating stakeholders’ perception of the process

Key challenges

• Output vs. outcome

• How to isolate effects of public consultation

• “Starting simple vs ambitious approach”

• “Considering adequacy of budget and tools (efficiency)”