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Good Public Engagement
Since 2012, impact assessment and involvement is basically compulsory in Estonia. It derives from government regulation (see link below) and is based on the Good Practice of Involvement.
Rules for Good Legislative Practice and Legislative Drafting（https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/508012015003/consolide）
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The Good Practice of Involvement
1. Public Engagement
1.1. Government authorities engage interest groups and the public in the decision-making process to ensure the best possible quality and legitimacy of the decisions.
1.2. For the purposes of the Good Public Engagement Code of Practice, “public engagement” means informing and consulting with interest groups and the public in the decision-making process. “Informing” means providing interest groups and the public with balanced and objective information that enables the aim of and alternative options for the decision to be understood. “Public consultation” means asking for feedback from interest groups and the public in all stages of policy-making, including in raising problems, designating goals, analysing alternative solutions and preparing a draft.
1.3. Public Engagement is applied in developing policy initiatives of a considerable impact on interest groups or society as a whole. The main principle is that the bigger the expected impact, the bigger the opportunity to participate should be. The need for and the extent of public engagement is decided during impact assessment and public engagement is carried out when preparing a draft decision of an estimated significant impact or interest.
1.4. Public engagement is applied when preparing a legal act to be adopted or a decision to be made at the level of the Riigikogu , the Government of the Republic and the ministers. The Good Public Engagement Code of Practice also applies to forming Government positions on European Union issues.
2. Interest groups and the public engaged
2.1. A government authority assesses the impact of a draft decision on interest groups and society as a whole according to the Impact Assessment Guidelines and decides on the need for and extent and timing of the public engagement. Impacts are identified according to the Impact Assessment Guidelines approved by the Government of the Republic.
2.2. A government authority identifies the interest groups whom the intended decision will affect. The interest group may be a set of natural persons, a legal person or a non-formal association whom the drafted decision could affect, who participate in the implementation of the decision or who have clearly expressed interest in the field.