Possibility of using Logical Framework Approach to regulatory impact assessment

Use of the Logical Framework Approach to regulatory impact assessment is of considerable practical interest for information support of the goals and priorities for policy making. The article provides specific analytical directions of study stakeholders, problems, objectives and options for regulatory impact. First, in practice, the regulatory impact assessment in Russia stakeholder analysis has received little attention. Such an analysis is necessary in context of a specific list of groups, numerical and qualitative characteristics of the stakeholders in the regulatory impact. While public consultations are a way to test the critical expectations of key stakeholders that need to be taken into account at the planning stage of regulatory impact. Second, the analysis of the problem situation would show a change problem, if not to exercise control or justify the failures of existing government regulation. The core of the analysis is to identify the root causes of the problem field and associated restrictions and identification of possible partnerships, the role of the regulatory effect of each of the stakeholders and a collection of resources that are necessary and available to solve the problem. Third, the analysis of the objectives will set the vector logic regulatory impact in addressing and eliminating (reducing the impact) of its root causes. Finally, analysis of alternative regulatory impact assessment aims to determine the optimal form of regulation and likely social, economic and environmental effects. This requires expanding the range of available institutional options to overcome market failure by cooperation of economic agents (both voluntary and regulatory framework). To assess alternatives to regulation it is useful to define and agree on a set of criteria by which they can be configured: - the possible positive and (or) negative consequences for stakeholders; - duration and irreversibility of introducing regulatory impact; - stability of regulatory impact; - compliance with current regulatory practices and standards of behavior in a particular field of activity and frequency of changes in regulatory impact; - availability and accessibility of resources (human, material, financial and information) necessary to achieve the goal; - allocation of responsibility (liability) to address the problem of self-ascending to government intervention; - changes in the behavioral characteristics of the interested parties. Thus, strengthening coordination and communication with the stakeholders in the development of regulatory measures is a condition of the quality of management decisions. It also coordinates the interaction between the institutions of state policy.

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