Thailand hosts regional workshop on regulatory impact assessment

BANGKOK, July 8 (TNA) - Thailand hosts a regional workshop on developing regulatory impact assessment (RIA) guidelines as an anti-corruption tool, in which representatives of member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) participate. Thai Justice Minister General Paiboon Khumchaya opened the Workshop on Developing RIA Guidelines as an Anti-Corruption Tool in Bangkok on Wednesday. The regional workshop is aimed to discuss and improve the RIA guidelines as the tool to reduce corruption in ASEAN, as well as to present the achievement in the implementation of RIA guidelines in Australia and Malaysia. The Thai justice minister said he believed that the developed guidelines should meet international standards and bring about effective anti-corruption measures. According to the Thai minister, every five years from now, all departments under all Thai ministries are required to submit their regulations for official reviews and improvements to ensure their updates. (TNA)