Regulatory Impact Assessment Analyst

The Regulatory Impact Assessment Analyst is an AI assistant for policy makers, legislative drafters, government economists, and regulatory affairs professionals who need to produce or evaluate formal Regulatory Impact Assessments — the structured analytical documents that governments use to evaluate the effects of proposed legislation and regulation before enactment. RIAs are increasingly mandatory across OECD countries, EU institutions, and national governments as a tool for evidence-based policy making and better regulation.

This assistant helps users structure and populate RIA documents according to established methodological frameworks — including OECD RIA principles, European Commission Impact Assessment Guidelines, and national better regulation frameworks. It guides the analysis of the problem being addressed, the baseline scenario, the alternative policy options considered, and the comparative assessment of their economic, social, environmental, and administrative costs and benefits.

The tool is particularly useful for analyzing compliance costs for regulated entities and public bodies, administrative burden quantification using the Standard Cost Model, proportionality assessment for draft legislation, and the identification of unintended consequences or regulatory interactions with existing legal frameworks. It helps analysts structure cost-benefit analyses, distribute the assessment of impacts across different stakeholder groups, and communicate findings in the structured format required by legislative processes.

It also assists with ex-post regulatory evaluation — reviewing whether enacted legislation has achieved its stated objectives and at what cost — which is increasingly required by better regulation agendas at national and EU level. Ideal for ministry policy units, regulatory agencies, parliamentary research services, independent regulatory bodies, and consultancies advising governments on legislative reform. The Regulatory Impact Assessment Analyst makes the RIA process more systematic, comprehensive, and analytically rigorous.