We provide a range of expert advisory and support services to help our clients in better programming and implementation of initiatives
We have implemented many impact assessments of policy documents and legislation, focusing mainly on the EU accession economies’ policy initiatives. In our work, we use the European Commission’s impact assessment guidelines, with the acknowledgement of the national legal frameworks for better regulation. Our tailor-made approach ensures that the best possible methods are applied in the policy impact assessment process and that the national-specific requirements for reporting on the impact assessment are taken into account in terms of obligatory content and scale.
Our team members have worked on more than 100 impact assessments in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and other Western Balkans economies, supporting the EU accession process and introducing contemporary policies. We have also participated in ex-post assessments for the EU initiatives, covering assignments for DG-Regio, DG-Agri, EU ESPON, and other EU institutions.
Monitoring, evaluation, and learning frameworks are the backbone of quality programme management. The scope of monitoring and evaluation activities is directly related to the scale of the programme, its objectives, and the outreach of the performance indicators.
Our team had applied monitoring, evaluation and learning frameworks for various clients, ensuring coherent application of management tools for crisis management, quick-respond measures, contingency planning, and reporting on core evaluation principles. In our work, we apply OECD DAC standards for evaluation as the starting point. In contrast, our experts are well-versed in perceiving the unique needs of territory-specific programmes and adjusting the evaluation frameworks accordingly. RegioGro has vast experience in the application of monitoring, evaluation, and learning tools, having conducted large-scale evaluations for EU rural and agricultural policies and developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks for environmental programmes in the Western Balkans.
The developing economies are facing an accelerated trend of high regulatory and policy activities. This is especially evident for economies that are in the EU accession process. The harmonisation of the national legislative framework with the EU acquis communautaire requires regulation to be prepared based on evidence and well-adjusted to the economies’ capabilities to absorb new legislative standards.
The development of policy documents and regulations is a complex process, dependent on the national legislative framework for policy-making, which includes both the procedures for the preparation of the legislative documents and the procedure for the adoption. Both are, by rule, very complex and country-specific. Our team has vast experience in supporting policy-making in the Western Balkans economies, having participated in the creation of regulation and policy development in different policy areas, including those in education, environment, tax policy, and others.
Evidence-based policy-making relies on qualitative and quantitative data collected through various tools and methods. Data helps us make informed decisions and projections, ensuring the proper baseline values and definition of problems, hence conjuring policy options that are comparable and validated. Our team has ample experience in conducting both qualitative and quantitative analysis, applying up-to-date data collection methods.
RegioGro goes past traditional data collection methods that rely on surveys and the DELFI process. Our experts use tailor-made approaches that rely on the hands-on collection of data with a focus on gathering data directly correlated to the policy options to be formulated and analysed. For those purposes, on top of traditional survey methods, we apply semi-structured interviews, literature reviews, focus groups, case studies, and hybrid methods, such as Net Promoter Score (NPS). In quantitative analysis, our team uses statistical analysis with the use of R and SPSS as a basis, while the comprehensive cost-benefit analysis is upgraded with the use of Monte Carlo scenarios and uncertainty analysis.
Capacity building in emerging economies’ public administration is a prerequisite for adapting regulatory and functional reforms. Training, therefore, needs to address the specific needs of civil servants, ensuring that the time invested in capacity building is proportional to the benefits. Capacity building of non-public stakeholders, such as NGOs and businesses, is a complementary process that relies on the continuous need for the economy to adapt to the ever-changing regulatory framework.
We at RegioGro have vast experience designing and delivering training in policy impact assessment, quantitative and qualitative research, business impact assessment, functional HR management, and monitoring methods. Our team is proud to have trained more than 250 civil servants in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Albania and to have conducted capacity building in more than 30 public and non-public institutions throughout the Western Balkans. Our team has also participated in EU-based programmes and projects and performed numerous informative and training sessions.
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