News
This section offers the most recent news on the work and outcome of the LIAISE network activities. The monthly LIAISE News Bulletin, the bi-annual Innovation Report, and a direct access to all official project deliverables and to partner contributions and homepage issues relevant for Impact Assessment. News include an up-to-date calendar of events, publication lists, training schools, Toolbox Front office activities, and targeted policy information. Core LIAISE news will be supplemented by information on relevant institutional and individual achievements, modification of the consortium, Policy Advisory Board insights and other topics.
LIAISE Session on International Regulatory Reform Conference in Amsterdam
Date:
24/03/2011
Excerpt:
The LIAISE team was invited by the Bertelsmann Foundation to organise a session on the development and the use of tools in Impact Assessment at the International Regulatory Reform Conference, 10-11 March, 2011 in Amsterdam. Comments on the Guidelines for the Measurement of Regulatory Burden
Date:
24/03/2011
Excerpt:
Germany’s government has decided to extend the measurement of administrative burden. So far, this part of the Impact Assessment focused on the application of the Standard Cost Model to measure the costs of requirements to provide information. From now on, the full costs of regulation should be assessed. European Commission: Roadmap for Moving to a Low-carbon Economy in 2050
Date:
17/03/2011
Excerpt:
The DG Climate of the European Commission is working on a roadmap for moving to a low-carbon economy in 2050. In this context, a stakeholder conference has been organized on 17 March, 2011. ... New GHG-Emissions Tool
Date:
16/03/2011
Excerpt:
In the project iSword ("Innovative Toolbox: Development of an EIA tool for Poland"), FUB researchers have developed a simple IA tool for assessing the impact of policies on climate change. This tool models the different sources of GHG emissions in Poland. ... SEI Tallinn Organised a Stakeholder Workshop on Impact Assessment
Date:
14/03/2011
Excerpt:
SEI Tallinn organised a national workshop on Impact Assessment on 14 March, 2011 in Tallinn. The participants of the workshop were representatives of legal departments of line ministries (Ministries of Justice, Social Affairs, Finances and Environment), Strategy Bureau of the Government Office, and civil servants who conduct Impact Assessment of... Where Now for Post-Normal Science? A Critical Review of its Development, Definitions and Uses
Date:
11/03/2011
Excerpt:
A new publication on post-normal science is available online. Exploring the Tool-kit of European Integration Theory: What Role for Cooperative Federalism?
Date:
01/03/2011
Excerpt:
More and more scholars are revisiting federal theories in an attempt to explain the functioning of the EU. Yet in-depth empirical testing of their claims remains surprisingly limited. Cooperative federalism represents one particularly promising variant of federal theory in this respect. This article extends and refines existing claims ... Navigating the Dilemmas of Climate Policy in Europe: Evidence From Policy Evaluation Studies
Date:
28/02/2011
Excerpt:
Climate change is widely recognised as a ‘wicked’ policy problem. Agreeing and implementing governance responses is proving extremely difficult. Policy makers in many jurisdictions now emphasise their ambition to govern using the best available evidence. One obvious source of such evidence is the evaluations of the performance of existing policies. Chinese-German Centre for Impact Assessment (CGCIA)
Date:
15/02/2011
Excerpt:
Founded in 2010, the CGCIA focuses on impact assessment of multifunctional land uses so as to improve the understanding on the functions of land use and its impact. The Centre has frequent meetings in Germany and China for scientific exchange. LIAISE News Bulletin - 5th Issue
Date:
14/02/2011
Excerpt:
Impact Assessment remains high on the agenda of the European Commission as several recent publications underlined: The report of the European Court of Auditors with its evaluation of the IA practice, the Impact Assessment Board Report for 2010 or the publications of the roadmaps. A LIAISE survey among ca. 130 experts from 17 countries revealed...