Monitoring the Anti-Crisis Measures in Romania through RIA Instruments

RIA was implemented varied from country to country, reflecting differences in the objectives chosen, institutional capacity and resource constraints. Romania is in the group of the EU countries which implemented the RIA system recently, starting with 2007. In one of its reports (1997), on the official website OECD stated that Impact assessments (IAs) form part of the rise of the “Better Regulation” movement in Europe and the adoption of a number of tools with the aim to measure and reduce administrative burdens. IA can be applied to all forms of state action, including anti-crisis measures and regulatory actions, in all sectors, or it can be more sector-specific and take into account specific variables (e.g. economic impact assessment, environmental impact assessment, health impact assessment, social impact).The purpose of this study is to analyse if through the introduction of the RIA in Romania theGovernment could monitor the impact in terms of effective legislation in the context by the economic crisis started at the end the year 2008. This research study attempts to provide an answer to a number of main research questions:- How is understood and what is the current situation of the RIA system in Romania?- Which are the variables and determinants of RIA in financial and economic crisis?- How the normative acts are emphasizing the economic and social impact