The European Commission has been pushing Member States to engage in Impact Assessment (IA) when they make policy. The Commission itself carries out such assessments and has an Impact Assessment Board that reviews them. But just what is IA, and is it compatible with democratic values? Sometimes it is defended as a version of cost/benefit analysis, that is, a technique derived from Utilitarianism and widely studied in schools of public policy. Other times it is described as merely an exhortation to think functionally and systematically about policy. The lecture will discuss alternative views of IA and the tensions between IA and accountable, representative democracy.
Information on participating / attending:
please register via e-mail at events@hertie-school.org
Date:
09/04/2014 18:00 - 09/04/2014
Event venue:
Hertie School of Governance
Friedrichstr. 180
1. OG
10117 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
all interested persons
Email address:
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
Politics
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
08/25/2014
Sender/author:
Miriam Hauft
Department:
Pressestelle
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event48097
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