MODULE 1: COURSE INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION 2
LEARNING OBJECTIVES 2
A. UNDERSTANDING YOUR TRAINERS: RACHEL HOLLOWAY & STEPHEN POOLE 2
The UK Context – Better Regulation 2
FIGURE 1.1 REGULATORY DELIVERY INTERNATIONAL 3
B. SETTING YOUR PERSONAL LEARNING OBJECTIVES 3
COURSE PURPOSE 4
WHAT YOU TOLD US. YOUR FEEDBACK 4
Figure 1.2 Participant Pre-Course Survey Self-Assessment Ratings 4
YOUR NEEDS? WHERE IS THE PHILIPPINES NOW? 4
Figure 1.3 Governance Issues in the Philippines 4
KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE? OBJECTIVES 5
Figure 1.4 Be Smart 5
OUTPUTS 5
C. WHAT NEXT 5
Over to you: Setting your personal objectives 5
ANNEX A ARTA ACTION PLANNING TEMPLATE 7

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 Introduction
This Training Course will equip participants with the knowledge to implement good
regulatory practices that will address governance and other issues that has produced
unnecessary regulatory burdens and costs to business in the Philippines.

This workbook accompanies the recorded presentation introducing the course, and the
Capacity building programme circulated by ARTA on 5th October. Both documents will
need to be open on your browser.

Before you complete this module don’t forget to complete your pre-course survey sent to
you by ARTA and if you did not attend the Executive Seminar please watch that content as
it will give you important context to take part. Thank you.

Learning Objectives
After completing this module, you'll have an understanding of:
1. Your trainers;
2. Setting your personal learning objective(s);
3. Understand the course, how it will run and what you need to do.

A. Understanding Your Trainers: Rachel Holloway & Stephen Poole

Rachel and Stephen have both worked in the UK government for many years. They both
work for Regulatory Delivery International in the UK’s Department for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy – a key institution in the UK’s Regulatory Management System See
Figure 1.1 The time spent during their careers working and building the UK’s regulatory
management system spanned from 1999 to 2016 – they learnt much along the way. They both
love training other colleagues and sharing their insights into how the challenges you face
might be met. They have empathy with Colleagues like you – reform of this nature is
challenging and is not something you, or a small team in your organisation can deliver
on its own.

The UK Context – Better Regulation

Better Regulation is the overarching term for the UK Regulatory Management System –
effective policy that is designed and then delivered in a way that reduces burdens on business,
saves public money and properly protecting citizens and communities. UK’s primary
institution of our Regulatory Management System – the Better Regulation Executive is
named after it.

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UK policy is to only regulate when necessary – a recognition that some of the policy
challenges you face - the lever of formal regulation will be the best option to protect the
public, or to deliver the change that is necessary.

In our experience, if that regulation is designed and implemented effectively then the benefits
will be realised. Designed and implemented badly then regulation will not deliver their
intended benefits and impose unnecessary and costly burdens on business and economy. The
solutions to these have ranged from reform programmes spanning the entire government to
behaviours and decisions junior executives Civil Servants take in their jobs.

Regulatory Delivery International is part of the UK’s Department for Business,

Energy and Industrial Strategy and leads the UK Government’s agenda on regulatory
delivery, bringing together policy expertise and practical experience to ensure that
regulation is effectively delivered in ways that reduce burdens on business, save
public money and properly protect citizens and communities.

The Team is part of the Office for Product & Safety Standards and works to support
our partners develop innovative and effective solutions to regulatory delivery.
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-for-product-safety-and-
standards

Figure 1.1 Regulatory Delivery International

B. Setting your Personal Learning Objectives

The Programme Learning Objectives of this course study the UK experience - giving UK
case studies where appropriate -set you tasks and exercises to help you gain insights and
further understanding of what is involved so that you can identify a route-map or action plan
to address issues that have relevance to your organisation and which you have direct control
or influence over changing. Your organisation may already have Plans for reform of change
which this learning can be used to directly feed into.

Please read the course programme circulated by ARTA on 5th October. Work through the
following questions which you were prompted to do in the video presentation and record your
answers with the workbook answers in your own journals or use ARTA’s Action Planning
template at Annex A.

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 Course Purpose
This Training Course will equip participants with the knowledge to implement good
regulatory practices that will address governance and other issues that has produced
unnecessary regulatory burdens and costs to business in the Philippines.

What you told us. Your feedback

The pre-course survey asked you to rate your understanding of a number of issues. The
tables below show the results. 46 participants assessed whether they were low
understanding or what is involved at 1 through to six excellent understanding of what is
involved to implement or deliver.

Good Regulatory Practices What the Program National Effort

and how to implement them for Harmonization of Efficiency
in your organisation Measures of Inter-Related Agen-
25 cies (NEHEMIA) aims to achieve
20 and what you need to do to im-
Participants

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15
10
plement it in your organisation.
Participants

5 8 9 7 20
0 0 8 11 14 8
1
0 1
2 3 4 5 6 3
1 2 3 4 5 2
6
Rating Rating

Figure 1.2 Participant Pre-Course Survey Self-Assessment Ratings

Your needs? Where is the Philippines Now?

Process Structure System

Lack of systematic reporting Proliferation of subnational Inconsistency between

and stocktaking regulations regulations, competition and
competitiveness
Policy ‘silos’ Regulatory Indiscipline
Lack of systematic
Limited Consultation with consideration of regulatory
stakeholders impact proposals

Figure 1.3 Governance Issues in the Philippines

The trainers have studied the Executive Seminar materials. In summary Republic Act 11032
and passing the Ease of Doing Business-Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018
started the reform programme in the Philippines. ARTA were established. ARTA’s Executive
Seminar Series in September highlighted these.

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Know what you want to achieve? Objectives
These should be actions you can take having learnt of the UK’s experience which ideally you
can measure. In the UK we would say they have to Be SMART. See below.

SPECIFIC
MEASURABLE
ACHIEVABLE
RELEVANT
TIMEBOUND
SMART

Figure 1.4 Be Smart

Outputs
From the course are intended to help you devise an action plan. You may of course already
have one, but if not ARTA have provided a suggested action plan or route map template at
Annex A that will have the following goals:
1. Transferring/Communicating the knowledge gained from the course
2. Formulating the Regulatory Reform Teams

C. What next
You are now ready to start Module 2. Please keep them as we will be referring to them
throughout the course. You do not need to share your objectives with us. You do not need to
let ARTA or the Trainers know you have completed this Module.

Over to you: Setting your personal objectives

1. What is an unnecessary regulatory burden? Do you have an example - either

from your organisation, or a personal example? If you wish share it on chat

Unnecessary regulatory burden is an action, process, or a decision that negatively

impacts both the delivery of regulation and the ease of doing business. It would
either entail additional costs or the reduction of productivity on both the regulated
and the deliverer of regulation.

Common things that cause unnecessary regulatory burden in the Philippines is the
redundancy of establishing credentials. Say, for example, in the acquisition of
business permits, the business entity that applied for the permit have to undergo a
tedious process of satisfying similar, if not identical, documentary requisites from
both the local and national agencies.

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2. Review the Programme circulated by ARTA on Monday 5th October and
decide which Modules have most relevance to the issues you are facing at this
time. If you have any questions please ask us.

I would say that Module 4 – Regulatory Simplification, would be most relevant in

the specific concern that I pointed out in Q#1 of this workbook.

3. If you completed the pre-course survey, think about the rating you gave
yourself and why. If you didn’t complete the pre-survey score yourself now 1
now understanding to 6 high understanding of what is involved, What would
it take for you to feel confident to increase by one point for both Good
Regulatory Practice and Program Nehemia? Figure 1.2
Score now More stakeholders consultation.

4. Which Governance Issues listed in Figure 1.4 do you recognise in your

organisation? OR are they not present. Are there other issues that you have
thought of since the survey?

Achievable

5. Considering the above responses – decide and record your learning objectives
for the course

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Annex A ARTA Action Planning Template
As a key component of the training program, an ACTION PLAN is hereby incorporated to
initially develop strategies of your agency on implementing and institutionalizing regulatory
management practices. This will allow you to integrate the key learnings gained from the
course to your agency’s course of action toward achieving these two goals:
1. Transferring/Communicating the knowledge gained from the course
2. Formulating the Regulatory Reform Teams.
Action to be Indicative
undertaken Progress
Objectives Timeline/Du Resources Needed
by the Indicator
ration
participant