The Development Academy of the Philippines, through its Modernizing Government Regulations (MGR) Program, trained some 33 key officers and technical staff of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on regulatory impact assessment (RIA) and regulatory compliance cost assessment (RCCA) particularly on cost modelling and streamlining.

The DAP-MGR conducted the Basic Training Course on RIA and Course on RCCA in December last year to  strengthen the FDA’s formulation, implementation, and assessment functions to come up with effective and efficient regulations for the following centers/offices:  Field Regulatory Operations Office; Center for Cosmetics and Household/Urban Hazardous Substances Regulation and Research; Center for Device Regulation, Radiation Health and Research; Common Services Laboratory (CSL); Center for Drug Regulation and Research; Policy and Planning Service; and, the Center for Food Regulation and Research.

Participants of the Basic Course on RIA for the FDA, held on 9-10 & 13-14 December 2021

Participants of the Course on RCCA for the FDA, held on 16-17 & 20-21 December 2021

The basic course on RIA highlighted regulatory reform, RIA, its steps, and its application through a mix of lectures and workshops. The course on RCCA, on the other hand, featured the introduction and estimation of various regulatory compliance costs and how these can be reduced to eventually streamline the FDA’s processes. The participants were exposed to the types of regulatory compliance costs, the conduct of process streamlining and had the opportunity to revisit the cost of their own processes via a web-based regulatory cost model calculator to help them identify where undue regulatory burden can be reduced.

For customized training courses on RIA, send your inquiries via mgr@dap.edu.ph.

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