Improvement of the Legal Regulation of the Legislative Process (SK0141)

What is the public problem that the commitment will address? In accordance with the published preliminary information no. PI/2021/194, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for Legislation and Strategic Planning is preparing a draft law amending Act no. 400/2015 Coll. on the creation of legal regulations and on the Collection of Laws of the Slovak Republic and on the amendment and supplementation of certain laws as amended and by which certain laws are amended and supplemented. On this occasion, there is an opportunity to open a wider professional discussion on the upcoming changes with relevant actors from the environment of public administration, the private sector, the academic community or civil society in order to discuss possible problematic areas, including application practice, which are being pointed out, e.g.: 1. Analysis of the effectiveness of legislative instruments and application practice (ÚSV ROS) (https://bit.ly/3xlxxvV), 2. Analysis of the quality of the regulatory framework and legislative process (SBA) (https://bit.ly/3OfQcyN) 3. Club 500: Ensuring legal certainty in the legislative process - control of abbreviated legislative proceedings (Club 500) (https://bit.ly/3HG6e2B)

What is the commitment? The commitment opens a broad professional discussion with representatives of the state administration and representatives of local self-government, representatives of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, representatives of employees, representatives of employers, representatives of the academic community and representatives of non-governmental organizations on the issue of legal regulation of the legislative process and drafting of legislation contained in Act No. 400/2015 Coll. on the creation of legal regulations and on the Collection of Laws of the Slovak Republic and on amendments and additions to certain laws as amended. However, it is necessary to follow up on the results of this discussion with other professional discussions on other relevant documents that regulate the legislative process.

How will the commitment contribute to solving the public problem? The commitment creates space for the search for the most effective solutions to eliminate problematic areas and a possible re-evaluation of the existing legislation and application practice with the involvement of all relevant actors from the public administration, the private sector, the academic sector and civil society. The commitment includes a series of expert discussions on the draft law amending Act no. 400/2015 Coll. on the creation of legal regulations and on the Collection of Laws of the Slovak Republic and on the amendment and supplementation of certain laws as amended and by which certain laws are amended and supplemented.

Why is this commitment relevant to OGP values? The commitment supports the development of all open governance principles Principles of transparency, citizen participation and accountability The commitment improves all the principles of open government, as it is aimed at improving the quality of the regulatory process, the measurement of which is also based on the Open Government Partnership. It directly supports the principles of open governance, especially awareness and availability of information as determinants of transparency, openness of the system as one of the basic prerequisites for participation.

Additional information Relevance to the strategic and partial objectives of the OGP National Action Plan 2022-2024: 1.1.: Improve access to information about the activities of central state administration bodies and promote transparency. 1.2.: Motivate institutions to reevaluate their own practice and learn through mechanisms supporting accountability to different audiences. 3.2.: Raise awareness of the principles of open governance in central state administration bodies. 3.4.: Strengthen the capacities of active use of data for setting strategic objectives and evaluating their fulfillment. Relevance to programs/projects of the Slovak government and international documents: a) Program statement of the Government of the Slovak Republic for the years 2021 – 2024 b) UN Sustainable Development Goals: c) OECD: Regulatory policy outlook 2021 d) World Bank - Better regulation for growth governance frameworks and tools for effective regulatory reform, 2010Programové vyhlásenie vlády SR na roky 2021 – 2024

Milestone Activity with a verifiable deliverable Start Date: End Date: To organize a professional discussion with the representatives of the state administration and representatives of local governments, representatives of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, representatives of employees, representatives of employers, representatives of the academic community and representatives of nongovernmental non-profit organizations on the draft amendment to Act No. 400/2015 Coll. on the creation of legal regulations and on the Collection of Laws of the Slovak Republic and on the amendment and supplementation of certain laws as amended. 1 July 2022 31 December 2022

Action Plan Review

Commitment 5. Improvement of the legal regulation of the legislative process

● Verifiable: Yes

● Does it have an open government lens? Yes

● Potential for results: Unclear