Perfection of norm-setting process in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Minister of Justice Marat Beketayev took part in the round table on improving the norm-setting process in the Republic of Kazakhstan.In addition to representatives of the Ministry of Justice, foreign experts took the floor. Experts considered positive experience in the sphere of rule-making of five developed countries: France, Singapore, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as countries that have recently made significant progress in rulemaking: Estonia, Georgia and Poland.The rapporteurs covered not only the current situation with norm-setting in the specified jurisdictions, but also the directions of reforms, their main successes and failures.

Experts provided recommendations based on the findings of the comparative report and analysis of Kazakhstan legislation and enforcement.According to speeches, experts are invited to establish the concept of "regulatory policy" which will allow to consider the process of norm-setting as a single process of forming a policy of state regulation.

Moreover, the round table raised the issue of insufficient effectiveness of the existing areas for discussing concepts and draft normative legal acts.It also noted the need to create new sites for discussing bills with the population.Recommendations of experts are aimed at improving the legislative system to make it convenient for citizens.

According to Natalia Pan, Vice Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan, these proposals meet the provisions of the Concept of Legal Policy, which stipulate that special attention should be paid to the forecasting and analytical support of lawmaking activities.It will be based on constant monitoring of trends in the development of the branches of law and legal systems, analysis of the practice of applying normative legal acts