Programme Description
Regulations – if not designed and implemented properly – can create administrative burdens, hinder growth, and stimulate corruption. At the same time, good regulation can foster socially inclusive innovation, increase preparedness to crises, protect the environment, and build resiliency. High-quality regulation is therefore key to a successful ecological and digital transition.
In its 4th edition, this four-day executive training programme will provide participants with a comprehensive and practical know-how and skills-set on high quality regulation, considering both the dimension of analysis and the practical dimension, sharing experience on how to manage rules across their life cycle to achieve meaningful governance objectives. The programme integrates operational lessons from a wide cross-national and multi-level perspectives, with sessions on artificial intelligence, climate, and energy.
Please stay tuned for the final programme agenda.
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Learning outcomes
By the end of this programme, the participants will be able to:
- Carry out the most important steps of consultation, impact assessment, and regulatory evaluation;
- Explain and communicate regulatory analysis to decision-makers;
- Provide feedback to stakeholders on their input to consultation;
- Judge the quality of regulatory analyses, use their findings and communicate them to different audiences;
- Appraise the implications of a given regulatory proposal for innovation and the sustainable development goals;
- Expand the regulatory reform tools and analysis to integrate the sustainable development goals, innovation, and foresight.
Learning methods
- Interactive sessions and discussions with the instructors;
- Co-teaching with two instructors guiding the discussion from different angles;
- Peer-to-peer learning;
- Role-play and case studies;
- Tailor-made components co-designed with the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.
Who should attend
- Utility regulators;
- Public managers responsible for the development of regulatory proposals in national or regional administrators;
- Officers who carry out consultation, simplification programmes, and economic analysis of regulation;
- Managers who have to read and communicate the findings of regulatory analysis critically;
- Evaluators of existing laws and regulations, in government or private firms;
- Regulatory affairs managers and consultants from companies, private think tanks, consultancies and law firms.
Information for applicants
- The in-person training course will take place in Florence between 10, 11, 12, and 13 March 2025. Registrants who are selected will be expected to be present on the EUI campus in Florence, Italy, on the days of the training;
- The programme will include approximately 20 hours of in-session training, not including lunches or coffee breaks;
- Participants will be enrolled to the EUI’s virtual learning environment (Brightspace) to access the materials of the course;
- Accepted participants who successfully complete the training course will receive a Certificate of Attendance from the EUI’s School of Transnational Governance.
Previous editions
This executive training builds on three previous editions with participants from organisations such as the European Parliament, European ministries and national authorities, private consultancies and NGOs, and researchers.
Participants shared feedback about their experience and the impact of the training:
- “The executive training provides broad insights into high-quality regulation's newest and most relevant aspects. The training proves to be very useful both in understanding the theoretical background behind high regulations trends and in practical policy-making. The course allows for exchanges with other participants who deal with regulation from various angles in their daily work. The set of speakers that the STG brings to the course is particularly impressive. I benefited greatly from the course – it gave me new insights I could develop further in daily work and broadened my network in the policy environment.”
- “Three personal takeaways, besides a lot of insights and tools:
First, good regulation implies an endless dialogue and exchange between politics/decision makers and technical bodies/specialist entities.
Second, “regulation is about behaviour change”. Any good regulation, at any level, has an impact on behaviours (whether on citizens, companies, or public bodies).
Third, regulators face a multifactorial complexity: we have to be humble!
I think these notes, together with the practical tools learned, are very useful in the regulatory processes both at the European level and, especially for what my daily job is about, the local level.”
Instructors
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![Portrait picture of Jonathan Kamkhaji]()
Jonathan Kamkhaji
Research Fellow
Florence School of Transnational Governance
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![Portrait picture of Giulia Listorti]()
Giulia Listorti
Team Leader, Land Resources and Supply Chain Assessments Units
Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission
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![Portrait picture of Andrea Renda]()
Andrea Renda
Part-time Professor
Florence School of Transnational Governance
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![Portrait picture of Delia Rodrigo]()
Delia Rodrigo
Regulatory Reform Expert & Director
Allio Consulting
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![Portrait picture of Jonathan B. Wiener]()
Jonathan B. Wiener
William R. Perkins Distinguished Professor of Law
Duke Law School
Scientific coordinator and instructor
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![Portrait picture of Claudio Radaelli]()
Claudio Radaelli
Full-time Professor
Florence School of Transnational Governance
Fees
Fee
1.550 €
Early bird and groups
1.395 € [ -10%]
Affiliation price
1.320 € [ -15%]
Early bird and groups
The early-bird discount (10%) is applicable for registrations by 16 December 2024 - 23:59 CET.
The same discount is applicable for groups (more than three people).
Affiliation price
The affiliation discount (15%) applies for NGO staff, national civil servants and EU officials (from EU institutions and bodies), international organisations, as well as EUI alumni, and former paying participants of STG courses.
The lunches and coffee breaks during the residential part of the programme, as well as social activities, will be provided by the EUI. The fee does not cover travel and accommodation. Our events team can offer you accommodation recommendations in the city.
We encourage early registrations for this course as places are given on a rolling basis.
ETGN price
The course is eligible for the ETGN Certificate with 20% discount over the total fee. Find out more.
MAECI Scholarship for participant from Western Balkans
In cooperation with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), we can offer one fully covered scholarship to younger and mid-career civil servants working with European Affairs in Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia). The scholarship covers accommodation (5 nights), tuition fees and travel expenses from the home country to Florence and back, according to the training dates. The selected participant must purchase the travel and be reimbursed after the return. To apply for it, please submit a short CV (max 2 pages) with a short motivation letter (max 1 page) outlining how this executive course would benefit your career. Please send these to [email protected] by 16 January 23:59 CET with “MAECI Scholarship for HQR – NAME SURNAME” in the subject line.
Note that late applications will not be accepted.
We encourage early registrations for this course as places are given on a rolling basis.
More information about the cancellation policy applicable to this course.
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![Portrait picture of Liva Snike]()
Liva Snike
Executive Training Officer
Florence School of Transnational Governance
Application deadline:
10/02/2025 - 23:59CET