News and Events
11th -14th March 2008
Colin Kirkpatrick and Clive George will attend the EASY-ECO Conference on 'Governance by Evaluation: Institutional Capacities and Learning for Sustainable Development' held in Vienna, Austria
EASY-ECO Vienna Conference 2008 will focus on the institutional aspects of Sustainable Development evaluations as policy learning processes. In addition it aims to explore how different evaluation tools and approaches can contribute to knowledge-based governance for sustainable development. For further details follow this link.
11th March 2008
Colin Kirkpatrick and Clive George will attend the EPOS 3rd Network Meeting on Evaluation and Learning in Vienna, Austria.
Colin Kirkpatrick will give a presentation called 'SIA of trade policy negotiation: the challenge of evaluation'. For further details please follow this link.
14-15th January 2008
Colin Kirkpatrick will give a presentation to an OECD Sustainability Assessment Workshop to be held in Amsterdam on 14-15 January 2008.
The presentation will review the problems and challenges in refining the Trade SIA methodology developed by the IARC and subsequently adopted by the European Commission for use in sustainability impact assessment (SIA) of trade negotiations (www.sia-trade.org).
New Publication
Colin Kirkpatrick and David Parker (editors) Regulatory Impact Assessment: Towards Better Regulation? Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, 2007 ISBN 978 1 84542 412 1.
This latest volume in the CRC Series on Competition, Regulation and Development (www.competition-regulation.org.uk) provides a comprehensive analysis of the principles and practice of regulatory impact assessment (RIA) in developed, developing and transition economies. The contributors reveal that RIA is being adopted by an increasing number of countries as a route to better regulation, but with varying degrees of success. The contributes to the literature on evidence-based decision making as part of the new public management and by rigorously examining thr principles of better regulation and the problem of application and adoption around the world, it is intended to contribute to better understanding of regulatory policy design and implementation.
Contibutors: Colin Kirkpatrick, David Parker, Scott Jacobs, Fabrizio De Francesco, Claudio Radaelli, Peter Ladegaard, Lorenzo Allio, Colin Jacobs, Ed Humpherson, Rex Deighton-Smith, Malathy Knight-John, Darren Welch, Cesar Cordova Novion, Margo Thomas.
13-14 December 2007
European Network for Better Regulation (ENBR) meeting on Regulatory Reform and RIA in Transition Economies, Bratislava
Colin Kirkpatrick and Tomasz Iwanow will attend the meeting of the European Network for Better Regulation, in Bratislava. The IARC is coordinating the ENBR’s work on Regulatory Reform and Regulatory Impact Assessment in Transition Economies. Visit ENBR website for details.
4-5 December 2007
Oxfam, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Eurostep, Friends of the Earth, Seminar on EuroMediterranan Partnership, Brussels
Clive George will give a presentation on the SIA-EMFTA at the Oxfam, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Eurostep, Friends of the Earth, Seminar on EuroMediterranan Partnership, Brussels. Presentation on SIA-EMFTA.
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27 November 2007
UNEP initiative on Trade and Biodiversity, International Steering Committee Meeting, Geneva
Clive George will give a presentation on Sustainability Impact Assessment at the UNEP initiative on Trade and Biodiversity, International Steering Committee Meeting, Geneva.
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12 -15 November 2007
Presentation on challenges for sustainable development in the Mediterranean region
Clive George has given a presentation on challenges for sustainable development in the Mediterranean region at the Wilton Park Conference, Challenges and Opportunities for Stronger Co-Operation Between the EU and Southern Neighbours, Malta.
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11-13 November 2007
League of Arab States, Expert Group Meeting on Trade and Environment: Priorities in the Arab Region, Cairo
Clive George has given a presentation on SIA of WTO and EMFTA negotiations at the League of Arab States, Expert Group Meeting on Trade and Environment: Priorities in the Arab Region, Cairo.
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8-9 November 2007
Presentation to the GARNET Book Workshop “The ‘Makability’ of Regions: An Evaluation of EU Monitoring and Support to Regional Integration Worldwide”, UNU-CRIS, Brugge (Belgium)
Tomasz Iwanow has attended a GARNET Book Workshop “The ‘Makability’ of Regions: An Evaluation of EU Monitoring and Support to Regional Integration Worldwide”, at the United Nations University – Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), Brugge (Belgium), 08-09 November 2007 and presented a paper called ‘EU trade strategy and regionalism: assessing the impact on Europe’s developing country partners’ (PDF, 120KB). Visit UNU–CRIS for details.
7th November 2007
Presentation of Final Report on Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) of the Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area (EMFTA)
Clive George and Colin Kirkpatrick have presented the final report on the Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) for the Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area in Brussels on 7 November. In the morning they will meet with the European Commission Steering Group and in the afternoon they will present the report findings and recommendations to a Civil Society Consultation meeting. The Final Report can be accessed at the SIA-TRADE website
23rd October 2007
UNECE Symposium on Trade Rules, Standards and Regulations, Geneva
Colin Kirkpatrick presented a keynote address ‘Regulatory Reform: Towards Better Regulation?’ at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Symposium on Trade Rules, Regulations and Standards: Different Levels of Rulemaking and their Impact. Held in Geneva on 23 October 2007. The presentations can be accessed from the UNECE website.
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