Improving the Quality of Public Policies - Impact Assessment Application in Bulgaria

Abstract

The reform of the implementation of the regulatory impact assessment is currently ongoing in Bulgaria. Impact assessment is broadly applied – ex-ante and ex-post evaluation of projects for all regulatory acts is mandatory. The main purpose of this article is to make a pilot evaluation of the results of the reform carried out in the first year of its implementation. The evaluation is done through expert analysis using the scorecard method. The main point of view of the analysis is the extent to which regulatory projects contribute to enhancing the quality of public policies implemented.