Cross-border Structures and Europeanism

Abstract

Challenges for public policy became more numerous, complex and more interconnected, and
modern states are forced to make important changes in the governance process and promotion of citizens’
welfare. Focusing on development of coherent public policies, the conventional approaches appear to be
insufficient in clarifying and complete understanding of the many problems caused by the growing need for
state intervention in all economic and social aspects and require renewal of research’ methods. Renewing the
methods of research stresses the contribution of public policy analysis to understand the current reality. The
added value of this kind of analysis consist both in instruments set used, in richness and relevance of the
interpretations that this analysis allows, as well as in guiding the national and international interest towards
development and using of some instruments of public policy (Lee & Kirkpatrick, 2006). The study looks at
the purpose, scope and procedures of impact assessments carried out in the European Commission and several
Member States of the EU.