‘Yılmaz’ means ‘dauntless’. ‘Argüden’ means ‘honorable’, ‘guide for integrity’ and is pronounced as ‘argue then’, as in the phrase “if you don’t agree, argue then.”
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Trust in
Public Institutions

  • Business at OECD (BIAC) Governance Committee Chairman Dr. Argüden’s contribution to the Trust in Public Institutions (20 April 2022)

    • I would like to emphasize that we need to qualify stakeholder engagement with the ‘informed’ and ‘inclusive’ as different segments of the society may have different level of resources to study and understand the potential impact of proposed regulations.  Therefore, the government institutions need to (i) identify different groups of stakeholders,  (ii) make sure that ex-ante impact analyses are conducted, (iii) make sure that all relevant groups of stakeholders are included in the stakeholder engagement process (inclusiveness), and (iv) that the results of impact analyses are communicated to all groups in a way that they would properly understand the potential impacts and raise issues if any during the engagement process (informed).
    • There are two critical benefits of informed and inclusive stakeholder engagement: (i) to better understand the sensitivities of various segments before taking a decision which also helps increase the potential to develop innovative solutions and to gain the trust of all social segments.
    • Therefore, the new Citizen Participation Guidelines to be published by the OECD in June this year should include the ‘informed and inclusive stakeholder engagement’ concept.
    • Such an active role to inform and be informed various segments of the society by the government institutions requires resources and an understanding of ‘open government’ but is critical for building trust to government.
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