Training regulators in Australia, the European Union, United Kingdom and United States

In each jurisdiction the description begins with a brief characterization of the regulatory environment – the major themes of the reform agenda, organizational changes that had been introduced to carry the agenda forward and links, if any, to the training of regulators. [...] However, in the course of the work a number of patterns and trends emerged: • The training programs for regulators that are firmly grounded in the current regulatory policy of the government and are reflected in its regulatory agenda or plan appear to be the most robust. [...] Trading Places is meant to promote shared learning whereby both the staff of the participating businesses and the regulators gain insight into the role, the issues, and constraints of the other. [...] In his introduction to the Fall 2009 Regulatory Plan, Cass Sunstein, Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget, points out that President Obama has “explicitly directed the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Peter Orszag, to evaluate the regulatory process, and among other things, to clarify the role of behavioural scienc [...] Environmental Protection Agency The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is one of the largest rule-writing agencies in the federal government and has a track record of significant innovation in the development of regulatory instruments such as the mandatory provision of information to the public (e.g.