OECD Workgroup IV, GfD-initiative -Session 1 - Capacity Building for Law Drafting Paris, 20 th October 2008 Chris Moll European Academy for Legislation

Legislative capacity building: addressing participants, procedures and paragraphs Participants: (constitutionally) empowered actors in the legislative process Procedures: sequential interaction between actors, involved in the legislative process Paragraphs: the outcome of the legislative process

Legislative capacity building: what does it take? A comprehensive, threefold approach Comprehensive: curricula include interrelated subjects to legislative drafting Threefold: targeting at knowledge transfer, skills, practice

Legislative capacity building: the Academy for Legislation A post-academic training institute for legislative professionals employed in the Dutch Central Government, Council of State and Parliament, providing for éducation permanente Established in Modular programmes (600 students annually)

Legislative capacity building: the experience of the Academy for Legislation Knowledge (clusters): Legislation (framework design), Public administration European & international law (legal setting of legislative process) Skills: legislative skills (writing, presenting) Practice: national, international assignments/stages (applying knowledge)

European Academy for Legislation (1) Profile: platform for exchange, knowledge transfer for legislative professionals Activities: development of expert meetings, colloquia, master courses, fostering European legislative cultures Approach: comprehensive, mix of theory and practice

European Academy for Legislation (2) Allocated knowledge: involvement of best European experts (cooperation IAL) Content: general notions (subjects) of legislation, identified as relevant at international, national level (a.o. legislative quality, managing stock of legislation, RIA, implementation, evaluation)

Legislative capacity building for the MENA-countries: what does it take, and what can the European Academy for Legislation offer (1) ? Critical assessment of needs for reform Development of comprehensive training programmes (demand driven, co-ownership)

Legislative capacity building for the MENA-countries: what does it take, and what can the European Academy for Legislation offer (2) ? Offering a broad range of European expertise Peer support & assistance, sustainability of expertise (exchange, partnerships, institutional embedding of knowledge)

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