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The Governance of Regulators Governance of Regulators’ Practices: Accountability, Transparency and

The governance of regulators: overview and trends Overview Global trends Accountability and scope of action: the Product Market Regulation dataset Co-ordination mechanisms: the OECD Survey on the Governance of Regulators Notes Bibliography Regulators’ practices Comparability across regulators Accountability and transparency Accountability and transparency to the minister and legislature Setting expectations for the regulator Regular reporting to ministries or legislative bodies Regulators’ financial resources are usually allocated through the Development of performance indicators to monitor the effectiveness of the regulatory regime Accountability and transparency to regulated entities and the public Judicial review Public availability of key operational policies and guidance material Public access to reasoning behind the regulator’s major decisions Co-ordination Purposes and objectives of the regulator Policy advice Instruments of co-ordination Guiding lessons Notes Bibliography Australian Energy Regulator and Australian Competition & Consumer Commissions Telecommunications Regulation Section A: ACCC and AER organisational frameworks Objectives and functions Reform agenda: Commonwealth governance measures Performance assessment and reporting The Regulator Performance Framework (RPF)The Commonwealth Performance Frame-work (CPF)Accountability and transparency: ACCC and AER frameworks Accountability to a minister and the legislature Portfolio Budget Statement (PBS)Corporate Plan Annual Report Statement of Expectations Statement of Intent Section B: ACCC telecommunications regulatory framework Access regulation Introduction of a new wholesale access network Anti-competitive conduct Functions and powers Declaration and access conditions for communications services Oversight of Telstra’s structural separation Industry-specific codes and rules Statutory reporting Accountability to a minister and the legislature Accountability to regulated entities Consultation Infrastructure Consultative Committee Wholesale Telecommunications Consultative Forum Accountability to the public Transparency Section C: AER regulatory framework Functions and powers Reform agenda Better Regulation programme Accountability and transparency Accountability to regulated entities Accountability to the public Stakeholder survey Performance indicators Notes Bibliography Portugal’s Water and Waste Services Regulation Authority (ERSAR)Institutional setting Sector overview Legislative framework Mandate and role Regulatory objectives, scope and model Internal organisation Governance model Accountability mechanisms Inter-institutional co-ordination and collaboration Co-ordination with other arms of government Strategies for co-ordination and collaboration Co-ordination and collaboration with the APA Co-ordination and collaboration with the public health authority Co-ordination and collaboration with the consumer protection authority Co-ordination and collaboration with the competition authority Ministerial relationships Concluding insights Bibliography The UK Office of Rail and Road (ORR)Regulatory framework, objectives and functions Objectives and duties3 ORR’s economic duties Duties under section 4 of the RA93 Other duties ORR’s safety duties Functions and powers ORR’s economic functions Advise and assist Related non-safety legislation European Directive Requirements Conflicting functions and duties Reform agenda Accountability and transparency Accountability to a minister and legislature Annual Business Plans Annual Report and Audit Publication of Decisions Parliamentary Committees Key Performance Indicators Accountability to regulated entities Accountability to the public Transparency Concluding insights Notes Bibliography Mexico’s key sector and regulatory reforms Energy The governance of the energy regulators Telecommunications Economic competition Bibliography

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BPM Governance Principles and Practices
Based on the mindset study research, it is clear that models, metrics, and management accountability for end-to-end process performance are a few of the critical success factors in establishing the type of BPM governance needed for sustainable improvements to operational performance. While there is no...
(Handbook on Business Process Management 2)
Regulators’ practices
This chapter offers an overview of the formal and practical arrangements related to accountability, transparency and co-ordination put in place by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC), the Australian Energy Regulator (AER), Portugal’s Water and Waste Services Regulation Authority...
(The Governance of Regulators Governance of Regulators’ Practices: Accountability, Transparency and Co-ordination)
STATE MEDICINE, REGULATING PRACTICES AND THE CREATION OF ALTERNATIVES
The history of‘quackery’ and the regulation of medicine at a time when organised medicine had little therapeutic value to offer are considered. The creation of alternatives is an outcome of these processes. The development of biomedicine increasingly takes the patient’s input out of the diagnostic...
(Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Containing and Expanding Therapeutic Possibilities)
Conclusion: Network Governance Scholarship and Practice
In this chapter, we begin by summarizing the key highlights of the previous chapters, followed by a reflection on the scholarship of network governance. We review the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological issues in advancing network governance research. We also reiterate the practical implications...
(Network Governance: Concepts, Theories, and Applications)
BANKING REGULATIONS AND ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
The "banking book" refers to commercial banking activities. It includes all lending and borrowing. Customers are mainly non-financial corporations or individuals. Inter-bank transactions occur between financial institutions. The "trading book" groups all trading transactions. Customers...
(Risk management in banking)
The politics of regulation and accountability
When discussing public accountability and its mechanisms in different political regimes, it is our understanding that we should take into account the particular policy sector and national configurations, given that public accountability arrangements cannot be disentangled from discussions about appropriate...
(Accountability and Regulatory Governance: Audiences, Controls and Responsibilities in the Politics of Regulation)
Key elements of data governance that promote openness and transparency
This chapter highlights progress in the openness and transparency of governments regarding the collection and use of personal health data and emphasises the importance of not only having strong and effective data governance mechanisms but also ensuring that public communications about data governance...
(Health data governance.)
The challenge of regulating financial accountability: between better regulation, rules and standards
Hard law in this field is limited. Budgetary control is governed more by rules of conduct, ethics and professional standards, less by hard law and enforceable obligations. Agents of financial accountability often adhere on a voluntary basis to technical standards that emerge outside the EU’s law-making...
(Financial Accountability in the European Union: Institutions, Policy and Practice)
Critical thinking—as conceptualized and verbalized by practicing accountants
Can researchers access the conceptions and expressions of practitioners? Some studies seem to have gone further in this direction than others. A good starting point is the detailed investigation carried out by Baril and colleagues (Baril, Cunningham, Fordham, Gardner, and Wolcott 1998), which focused...
(The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Thinking in Higher Education)
Government Regulators
Regulators have a high level of power over the completion of any deal, but likely have low interest in all but a minority of announced combinations. One way to strengthen regulatory resistance is to announce a deal as a fait accompli before or during the regulatory review process. The focus for this...
(Strategic Management in the 21st Century. Corporate Strategy)