Workshops held at NRU HSE on 20 and 21 October devoted to social issues
The Centre for Regional Programmes to Enhance Public and Municipal Administration at IPAMM NRU HSE has held workshops on the following issues: 'Standardisation of social service provision. Development of standards for financial expenditure in the social sector' and 'Monitoring targeted programmes in social protection'.
Issues discussed included standardisation of social service provision, statutory regulation of the elaboration and application of social service standards, the practice of applying social service standards and enhancing the effectiveness and performance of their provision. Attention was also focused on the organisation, performance and the existing practice of applying the monitoring of targeted programmes.
Council of CIS Government Heads adopts Intergovernmental Programme for Innovative Cooperation
On 18 October, St Petersburg hosted the 58th meeting of the Council of CIS Government Heads, where the key events involved the members' signing of the CIS Free Trade Area Agreement and adoption of the Intergovernmental Programme for Innovative Cooperation of the CIS member states for the period until 2020.
The leading developer of the Programme, the National Research University - the Higher School of Economics is assuming the role of coordination and technical centre for supporting and organising cooperation on a comprehensive scale between the national contact centres.
IPAMM director joins the Consultative Committee for Regulatory Impact Assessment of the Russian Ministry for Economic Development
On 30 September, the Minister for Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina signed an Order on formation of the Consultative Committee for Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA), to include Vice-Principal of NRU HSE Andrei KLIMENKO.
The committee will convene at least once every quarter. Its key objectives involve determining priority lines of RIA development in Russia, preparing proposals for the organisational, legal and technical improvement of RIA and making recommendations on performing expert assessment of regulatory legal acts of federal executive agencies.
Just like in Europe
Director of the Center for Regulatory Impact Assessment of the Institute for Public Administration and Municipal Management of NRU HSE Daniil TSYGANKOV believes that 'a new trend has appeared in European: the battle with bureaucracy'. This subject is disclosed on the pages of the latest edition of Moskovskiye Novosti.
NRU HSE holds workshop on the organisation of interdepartmental cooperation
From October 2011, Russian Federation authorities of all levels shall commence the transition to interdepartmental cooperation (from 1 October 2011 - the federal executive authorities and from 1 July 2012 - the executive authorities of the regions and local authorities). A colossal volume of work as part of measures for the organisation and planning of interdepartmental cooperation is required to facilitate the transition to service provision based on such interdepartmental cooperation.
On 23 September the Higher School of Economics held a workshop on the organisation of interdepartmental cooperation.
NRU HSE looks at monitoring the provision of public and municipal services
On 22 September the Higher School of Economics held a workshop titled 'Monitoring the Provision of Public (Municipal) Services'. The workshop brought together representatives from executive authorities from various regions of the country and research fellows from the Institute of Public and Municipal Administration of the Higher School of Economics presented reports.
Discussions focussed on organising and implementing monitoring of the quality of service provision on a regional level and shaping skills and knowledge in representatives of regional executive authorities.
Improving supervision and control and removing administrative obstacles
On 14 September a first meeting was held in the newly opened business season of the Bureau of the Management Board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP). Committee chairman Alisher Usmanov and IPAMM director Andrei Klimenko presented reports.
How to assess regulatory impact
The daily business newspaper RBK Daily has published an analytical article by Daniil Tsygankov, director of the Regulatory Impact Assessment Centre at IPAMM NRU HSE, on the prospects of and mechanisms for development of regulatory impact assessment.
IPAMM NRU HSE experts take part in development of the Strategy for the Socio-economic Development of Moscow up to 2025
Experts from the Centre for Regional Programmes to Enhance Public and Municipal Administration at IPAMM NRU HSE have set about development of the Strategy for the Socio-economic Development of Moscow up to 2025.
Samara Region gets to work in the Interdepartmental Interoperability Flowchart Planning Information System
As part of the implementation of measures to organise interdepartmental interoperability within the Samara Region, the region’s Government has decided to connect the region’s government agencies to the automated Information System for planning and lifecycle support of interdepartmental interoperability flowcharts.