Presentation by Rachel Holloway, Department for Business, Energy, & Industrial Strategy, United Kingdom, at the RIA workshop which took place in Lima on 22-24 May 2017. Further information is available at www.oecd.org/gov/regulatory-policy/.

1. Strategies for successful
implementation of RIA: UK
Rachel Holloway
Regulatory Delivery

2. Objectives
• UK experience of implementation of RIA
• Strategies for implementation of RIA
• Q & A

3. RIA introduction
“The introduction of RIA can be a
challenging task in institutional and fiscal
terms. Therefore, there needs to be a
general agreement within the
administration on two elements: when to
commence RIA implementation and the
pace at which implementation should
take place”
Building an institutional framework for RIA, OECD 2008

4. To implement RIA
successfully, treat it as a
change management
process
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5. Elements of successful RIA strategy
1. Create a vision of success, fuel the ambition to achieve it within
Govnt & the pressure to deliver
2. Gain the highest level political commitment to RIA & make line
ministers & highest civil servants accountable
3. Create a highly skilled and enthusiastic unit to implement RIA:
i. Staff with a mixture of expertise, backgrounds and network to act as credible
counterparts across Govnt & the private sector
ii. Mixture of skills – credible communicators & influencers, analytical,
adaptable, resilient, problem solving
iii. Develop a clear remit, measure success and allocate roles & responsibilities
to staff
iv. Reward your staff: they will not be liked by their colleagues across
Government
v. Appoint a person to lead the relationship with a line ministry - account
manager

6. The recipe for successful RIA
4. Create an organisation to champion RIA as an
Independent part of policy making process & hold Govnt to
account
5. Design & deploy menu of options to work with line
ministries:
i. Build relationships – know when to deploy collegiate or
directional approach, escalate tricky issue to highest level, for
swift resolution & to maintain working relationships
ii. Develop capacity & build confidence: provide dedicated support
through training, seminars, case studies, written guidance
iii. Establish a point of contact on RIA issues in each line ministry to
act as advisors & a gateway for RIA related issues – meet
regularly – create ongoing dialogue, not broadcast
iv. Hand hold in Year 1, set harder targets as years progress

7. Independent body = thought leadership
• The Better Regulation Task Force report (1998) set out Five Principles
of Good Regulation from policy development to implementation.
These are:
1. Proportionality: Regulators should only intervene when necessary.
Remedies should be appropriate to the risk posed, and costs
identified and minimised
2. Accountability: Regulators must be able to justify decisions and be
subject to public scrutiny.
3. Consistency: Government rules and standards must be joined up
and implemented fairly.
4. Transparency: Regulators should be open and keep regulations
simple and user friendly.
5. Targeting: Regulation should be focused on the problem and
minimise side effects.

9. The recipe for successful RIA
6. Map and manage stakeholders– map attitudes, view and
influence of stakeholder. Appoint a single point of contact for
each highest ‘value’ stakeholder
7. Build productive relationships with them, to enable constructive
challenge, learn about their issues & problems, seek evidence
that can be used to challenge and amend the legal framework
about regulation
8. Create forums for ongoing dialogue
9. Reward stakeholders: national award scheme for local authorities
and a category within a prestigious awards scheme for business

10. Make quality a habit

11. Equip your cultural change agents
Title Summary content Provider Length Mandatory
for
Managing Strategy
Projects (joint with
PMSU)
Tools & techniques for strategic
analysis & project management
(hypothesis trees, stakeholder
mapping, & critical path analysis)
Ashridge
Business
School
2 days RID
Influencing Skills for
Relationship
Management
Influencing techniques to persuade
within government
Futurefocus 1 day All
Tricky Questions and
Difficult People
Managing public speaking and
questions from stakeholders.
Alexander
Ballard
3.5hrs All
Top Down Thinking (joint
with PMSU)
Structuring comms. to focus on the
top level goal.
PA Consulting
Group
2 days RID
Managing Strategy
Projects (joint with
PMSU)
Tools & techniques for strategic
analysis & project management
(hypothesis trees, stakeholder
mapping, & critical path analysis)
Ashridge
Business
School
2 days RID

12. Build a brand

13. The recipe for successful RIA: set
your own pace & phase reforms
FORM
• Create legal
frame work, RIA
institution &
processes
NORM
• Build capacity,
capability &
confidence
• More stretching
targets
STORM
• Enhance
accountability
& scrutiny