CC9, English/French interpretation, livestream

CC9, English/French interpretation, livestream

CC9, English/French interpretation, livestream The high-level panel will explore the goals of today’s burden reduction and simplification agendas and how they align with broader policy objectives — from promoting productivity and innovation to ensuring essential protections for people and the environment. Speakers will be invited to reflect on what is new in the current context, what lessons have been learned from decades of cutting red tape, and how governments’ approaches and tools should evolve in light of these experiences.

CC9, English/French interpretation, livestream A sustainable future for people and the planet hinges on effective regulatory frameworks that protect the environment while encouraging productivity growth and enabling innovation. At the same time, overly complex or fragmented regulations can hinder the development and deployment of effective environmental solutions and delay green investments, for instance in renewable energies. In addition, excessive administrative or reporting requirements linked to environmental goals can stifle business activity. This session will explore ways to accelerate action for the protection of the environment through simple, smart and streamlined regulations.

Auditorium, English/French interpretation, livestream Construction projects may be subject to a variety of zoning laws, consultation and reporting obligations, or environmental impact assessments. At the same time, housing shortages have been identified as one of the core elements of current cost of living crises. The construction sector is also key to economic growth, but complex regulations can sometimes hinder practical solutions. This session will explore how governments can balance increasing demand with maintaining community engagement as well as safety and environmental standards.

CC9, English/French interpretation, livestream Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and automation are transforming the way businesses operate, governments deliver services and people communicate, interact and learn, relentlessly creating new opportunities for progress and growth. Governments face the challenge of enabling progress, creating stability, as well as protecting from risks – some of which are yet unknown. This session will explore how governments can effectively design and implement agile regulatory frameworks that promote innovation while mitigating risks.

Auditorium, English/French interpretation, livestream As life expectancy rises and fertility rates decline, many OECD countries are experiencing rapid population aging, with profound implications for health and other care services. Complex and fragmented procedures create barriers for access and also increase costs for public and private providers of care services. This session will explore how access to and quality of care services can be enhanced through simplified procedures.

CC9, English/French interpretation, livestream This session will synthesise the key insights from Sessions 4 to 7, which focused on regulatory challenges in the environmental, construction, digital, and care sectors. Panellists will highlight the main takeaways, identify common themes across sectors, and reflect on policy implications for reducing regulatory burdens while safeguarding public interests. The discussion will also consider cross-cutting lessons that can inform future reforms and support more effective, inclusive, and innovation-friendly regulatory frameworks.

CC9, English/French interpretation, livestream This session will launch the new OECD report “How to manage risks while incentivising growth: Best Practice Principles for Licensing and Permitting” with high-level government officials and experts. Licensing and permitting (L&P) are key tools for achieving public policy goals. When well-designed and effectively applied, they help prevent risks before they arise, build public trust, and support innovation and market growth. However, if misused or unproportionate, L&P can create barriers to market entry, hinder innovation, waste public resources, and erode trust and safety. The OECD Best Practice Principles provide guidance across six key principles to ensure governments and licensing authorities use L&P services in the most meaningful, effective, and efficient way.

CC9, English/French interpretation, livestream

CC9, English/French interpretation, livestream Regulations that aim to uphold the public interest seek to influence the behaviour of individuals or businesses, involve some level of cost. The challenge policy makers and regulators face is to ensure that burdens are justified justified by the benefits that regulations are expected to deliver. Improving estimation techniques will not only improve the quality of evidence upon which to base decisions, but also provide the basis for future monitoring and evaluation, without imposing unnecessary burdens on regulated entities. This session will explore the current challenges in adequately measuring regulatory costs and benefits. The discussion will include a focus on issues around cumulative and distributional impacts. Additionally, it will discuss whether existing tools remain appropriate and, if not, how they might evolve, while also exploring the role of qualitative insights and digital technologies.

CC9, English/French interpretation, livestream Past efforts of burden reduction and simplification efforts have not been fully effective, nor do they seem to be appropriate to the challenges of our time given rising complexity and increasing demands for protection. The ‘how to’ simplify will be crucial in terms of the leadership needed, the assignment of responsibilities across government, the accountability mechanisms in place, as well as the engagement of stakeholder groups and citizens. Moreover, to promote a move away from managing the stock of regulations to also managing their flow, it is necessary to foster a shift in administrative culture and behaviour across government bodies and regulators, ensuring lasting results. This session will explore innovative approaches to move from an administrative culture that views regulating as a default option to one focused on achieving better outcomes.

CC9, English/French interpretation, livestream