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And we continue, the second session of the second annual conference of the Institute of Regulation Great second session, key insights: • importance of balancing independence and accountability; • core part of regulation is reviewing regulations, regulatory outcomes, and impacts; • regulators can lose trust for lots of reasons, including and increasingly what is described as a ‘values failure’; and • the need for regulators to have clarity of purpose and reporting. Looking forward to the remaining sessions. ANZSOG - The Australia and New Zealand School of Government - Government Regulatory Practice Initiative (G-REG) Institute of Regulation Objective Corporation

🚨 EUDR Updates 🚨 The EU Commission has just proposed an extra 12 months of phasing-in time, responding to expressed concerns by international partners about their state of preparedness. If approved by the European Parliament and the Council, this would make the EUDR applicable on 30 December 2025 for large companies and 30 June 2026 for micro- and small enterprises. The extra 12 months could serve as a phasing-in period to ensure proper and effective implementation. The Commission will publish additional guidance documents and the latest FAQ with over 40 new additional answers today. I will put the link in the comments. The Information System where businesses will register their due diligence statements will accept early registrations in early November and be fully operational in December. The Commission is intensifying dialogues with concerned countries, such that the country benchmarking system will be finalized by 30 June 2025. 👉🏼 Here's the press release: https://lnkd.in/dK8TtfA2

Deadline extended: register for PAIA reports by July 12. The Information Regulator has extended to Friday, 12 July, the deadline for the submission of Promotion of Access to Information Act reports for 2023/24. Get further details in the full article: https://buff.ly/3XNZERC Share this post for awareness! #deadline #InformationRegulator #PAIAannualreports #PromotionofAccesstoInformationAct

The IMDRF met in September 2024. Find here an overview of the jurisdictional regulatory updates, plus the status of Working Group projects, e.g., upcoming guidance and training from the Adverse Event Terminology WG. #imdrf #medicaldevices https://lnkd.in/g4r-999q

S36 is unique in the FOI Act in that it requires sign-off from a specific individual: the qualified person. Even the very similar Scottish equivalent does not have this requirement. If a qualified person is not specifically nominated, the role reverts to a relevant minister. For any organisation not very closely related to government, that effectively means not having one. I'm well used to incompetence and laziness in all sorts of places, but I am genuinely surprised that there isn't a single up-to-date list of all the nominated qualified person roles, and that the Information Commissioner isn't required to maintain one. They literally cannot carry out their FOI regulatory role if they don't have such a thing, and last time I know someone checked, they don't. I was asked recently who the qualified person was for a GP practice and I was on the cusp of saying 'the GP' (because who else could it be?) and then I thought: that's not a good answer, I should check. I couldn't find any reference to it, and while that might be my deficient searching, I suspect it's not. NB: before anyone tells me what they reckon, I've made an FOI request to the Department of Health. If you know of *definitive* sources of information about qualified persons and who they are, please comment below. If you have opinions, I'm going to be rude and say I'm not interested. And if you'd like something to read, here's a messy and unilluminating ICO decision from a month or so ago which inspired this post without in itself giving me much to say: https://lnkd.in/eSd6dVTT

🤔 How to improve the scrutiny of regulators? 🤔 In the upcoming April member quarterly forum, hosted by Marcial Boo, with guest speakers Matthew Gill, Maddy Bishop and Callum Parris from Institute for Government (IfG), we will explore holding regulators to account. Due for publication soon, a new Institute for Government report will explore the existing arrangements for accountability and how regulatory oversight can be improved. All Institute of Regulation members are welcome to join at 11.00 - 12.00hrs on Tuesday 30 April, for this online session. Registered delegates will be invited to explore the following questions:   - Are existing arrangements for the accountability of regulators sufficient?  - How might the parliamentary scrutiny of regulators be improved?   - What have you learnt from your experience of oversight by parliament, or by others?  The quarterly member forum is an important feature of the Institute of Regulation membership subscription. It's an opportunity to meet in a relaxed informal setting, gain insights and debate the issues of the day with regulatory experts and professionals from a diverse range of sectors.  🏁 Registration closes soon, so why not register to attend today 🏁 https://lnkd.in/e-43UgDE

📢 “The legal framework of EU HTA consists of more than just a single regulation – there are implementing acts, methodological guidelines and deliverables of past, present and future collaborations – the key for understanding the ecosystem is the same as always – know better, know first.” 💬 If you have any questions, please contact us in the comments or by message. #healthtechnologyassessment #hta #europeanunion #framework

With controversy still surrounding the implementation of the #EUDR, read our exclusive article on the European Commission and its response to 10 crucial questions on the new legislation. https://lnkd.in/e9H5UuqK

Can you feel the breeze of a collective sigh of relief? Maybe a delay of one year to the EUDR is on the cards. It’ll be more like a phase in though. Follow Caroline for more. #sustainability #eudr #compliance

So the EU Commission has finally put out a proposal on EUDR. If a delay is to be of value the extra time needs to see all of outstanding knowledge gaps filled, the IT systems made accessible to all and producing countries given the support they need to make things work - oh, and the same for those Member States who do not yet have the level of resource in place. Hopefully the Commission will more actively engage with all relevant parties