The Better Regulation Delivery Office has launched the BRDO School Project. The Project provides all interested persons with the opportunity to participate in specialized training courses in various areas of public administration on a competitive basis. The areas of study include ‘Rule-Making’, ‘State Policy Analysis’ and ‘Regulatory Impact Analysis’.
Coaches who are the BRDO Office experts and invited specialists will not only provide participants with theoretical knowledge in an accessible and comprehensive manner, but also reveal all the specifics and useful life hacks. Our courses will combine theoretical training and dealing with practical cases. All participants receive training certificates.
For further information, please contact the project coordinator – Khrystyna Faychak: k.faichak@brdo.com.ua or call at +38 096 827 91 33
1. MAIN PRINCIPLES
1.1 Education at BRDO School is a specialized training in following areas: ‘Rule Making’, ‘State Policy Analysis’ and ‘Regulatory Impact Analysis’.
1.2 If you are a student now or have already successfully completed this stage, our school is for you.
1.3 If you are involved in jurisprudence or civil service matters, this is an added benefit for you and you have a better chance to qualify for a course.
2. REGISTRATION FOR TRAINING COURSES
2.1 You will have group training sessions according to your selected course.
2.2 Periods to register for courses and group training schedules are determined by the school administration. You can always find the relevant information on the Better Regulation Delivery Office’s website.
2.3 More than 25 participants in the group will not allow us to conduct classes effectively, so this number of participants will be the highest possible.
2.4 Participants will be selected by means of competition on the basis of submitted applications (questionnaires), so fill in all the required fields and be sure to specify why you would like to get into our school.
2.5 The school administration reserves the right to limit the number of participants from one organization (agency) in one group of the course.
2.6 In case you fail to qualify for a course, we will include you on the waiting list and invite you to join if there is a vacancy in the group or for the next admission.
3. CLASSES
3.1 Classes will take place every two weeks for 2-4 hours.
3.2 Theory + practice + your questions + our answers = necessary knowledge and skills. Do not hesitate to ask questions – they will help you to understand all the material better and allow us to improve the quality of our learning materials.
3.3 We speak Ukrainian in class.
4. TESTS AND HOMEWORK
4.1 To allow our coaches to better adapt to your needs, we can conduct rapid tests (surveys) at the first lesson of your course.
4.2 School is not school without homework. We are not an exception.
4.3 You will have a final test after completion of the course and for self-monitoring purposes. Only the school administration and no one else will know your test results (unless, of course, you decide to boast about your achievements).
4.4 Those who work conscientiously in all classes will receive a relevant training certificate.
Are you still struggling with rule-making techniques because of your education in the humanities? Do you know everything and want to learn more? For such cases, the experts at the Better Regulation Delivery Office have developed a training course that will allow you to draft regulations with your eyes closed. We will prove that the rule-making is not only an important and relevant area, but also an outstanding skill that can and should be obtained.
The course consists of four classes of 4 academic hours each. If you would like to join – monitor application submission deadlines, see the program, and register!
Course program
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Day 1 |
Briefly about the legislative system |
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Introduction |
Introduction of participants |
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Purpose and structure of the Course |
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Expected results |
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Legislative system structure |
Hierarchy of legislation and the level of regulatory intervention |
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Are all the laws the same? |
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Subordinate legal acts: systemic chaos or chaotic system? |
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What? Where? When? Application of legislation in time, in the personal and territorial scope |
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Requirements for draft legal acts |
Government draft laws |
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Parliamentary draft laws |
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CMU’s draft resolutions |
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CEB’s draft orders |
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Other draft legal acts |
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Practical task |
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Day 2 |
How to prepare texts of legal acts in a quality manner? |
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Behind the scenes of the rule-making process |
“How many lawyers are needed to replace one bulb?”: is it possible to draft a perfect legal act on your own? |
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Lawyers, non-lawyers and “lawyers from the people”: what is the amount of each ingredient in a good “dish”? |
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Structure of draft legal acts |
“Nomen est omen”: coming up with a draft law title |
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Preamble: aesthetics or necessity? |
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Definitions and Ockham’s Razor |
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When size (and not just that) does matter: divide the text into chapters, sections, articles and parts |
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Rule wording as the rule-making culmination. Hypothesis and disposition as keystones of rules |
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False modesty of annexes to a legal act |
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Last but not the least: transitional and final provisions |
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Language of draft legal acts |
Writing a literary work and a legal act: what are the differences? |
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Complexity of simple wordings |
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Legal certainty of statements and expectation of literal interpretation |
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Stable use of terminology |
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Rules should work |
Identifying performers and determining competencies |
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Inadmissibility of a “thing in itself”: ensuring interaction with the current legislation |
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Carrots and sticks: enforcement, responsibility and incentives to comply with rules |
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Nudges |
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Practical task |
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Day 3 |
Special rule-making features |
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Specifics of the implementation of the Association Agreement with the EU |
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Rule-making technique elements |
Lists |
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Presumptions |
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References |
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Certainty vs. discretion |
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Horizontal legislation for top-down governance |
“Whether I am a trembling creature or whether I have the right”: the limitation of Article 19 of the Constitution of Ukraine |
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Complexity of character: regulating permitting documents |
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Identifying and regulating administrative services |
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Practical task |
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Day 4 |
Evolution of a text-based Word-file to a Golos Ukrainy newspaper: rule-making procedure |
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CMU’s resolution |
‘Beta-release’: selecting testers and revealing ‘bugs’ |
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“Drawing the fire upon yourself”: public discussion, coordination with interested bodies and legal expertise |
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Approval by government committees |
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Approval by the CMU |
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Entry into effect |
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Special features of CEB’s orders |
“Mission Impossible” or registration of a legal act by the Ministry of Justice |
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Other features |
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Draft laws |
Peculiriaties of the Government’s consideration |
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Preparing for the first reading |
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Preparing for the second and third reading |
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Signing, publication and entry into effect |
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Final testing |
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Awarding certificates |
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