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GRACE PROJECT – GUARANTEEING RIGHTS AND CHARTER ENFORCEMENT
Since autumn 2025, the Center has been part of a consortium implementing the GRACE Project (short for Guaranteeing Rights and Charter…
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NINE YEARS OF REGULATORY REFORM IN BULGARIA
The data from the latest study of the legislative activity of the National Assembly, conducted by the Library, Information and Research…
BETTER REGULATION FOR A BETTER LIFE
The RIA Center was a guest of OFFNews. 13 years ago the RIA Center prepared its first…
EIGHT YEARS OF REGULATORY REFORM IN BULGARIA
According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, regulation, along with monetary and fiscal policy, is…
PUBLIC CONSULTATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE PREPARATION OF A FULL EX-ANTE IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF A JUDICIARY ACT IN BULGARIA
The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Bulgaria announces a public consultation as part of the procedure for preparing…
What is RIA?
An instrument for increasing the quality of normative acts by examining the social, economic, environmental and other effects of their implementation.
READ MORE →Why “Do nothing”?
The basic “do nothing” rule ensures that new regulation is adopted only when there is no other, more effective, non-normative way of solving the problem.
READ MORE →The “Evaluate first” principle
Before any changes to existing policies are considered, they should be evaluated objectively, so that the lessons learned from previous actions are taken into account.
READ MORE →“One in, one out”
An approach for offsetting new burdens arising from legislative proposals by equivalently reducing existing burdens in the same area.
READ MORE →What is better regulation?
A complete policy-making cycle that makes the process more open and transparent and improves the quality of laws through precise impact assessments.
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