Cutting Red Tape in Eastern Africa: Sharing Approaches to Regulatory Reform (December 3-5, 2008)

The conference, held in Arusha, Tanzania, provided a venue for regulatory policy makers, experts and representatives of the private sector from the East African region to exchange views and experiences on regulatory reform. The forum served to increase participants’ understanding of critical success factors for regulatory governance and capacity building, achieve greater political buy-in to reform in each country, enable genuine lesson-learning at the implementation level, and develop a strong and sustainable network of reformers.

The conference focused on experiences with key regulatory management tools such as guillotine reviews, use of the Standard Cost Model, Regulatory Impact Analysis, consultation mechanisms, and the building and strengthening of “champions of reform”

Agenda

Key Sessions and Presentations
Welcome and Conference Overview
Regulatory Reform in Eastern Africa at a Glance: Achievements & Challenges
Reforming Together - Mechanisms to Involve the Private Sector in Reform Design and Implementation
Key Note Speech: Regulatory Reform and the Financial Crisis - Implications and Responses
Building the Basics - Developing and Nurturing Champions of Reform
Curbing the Flow - Improving New Policy Proposals Through Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA)
Synergies and Peer Learning: Creating Networks of Reformers

Photos from the Conference