ISS programme | Turin School of Regulation

Testimonials

"The Turin School of Local Regulation successfully brings the knowledge from all around the world at local level."
G.H., Republic of Macedonia
"It was really useful, the most productive Summer School I have ever seen. Participants were also very well selected and highly skilled people."
I.S., Azerbaijan
"What I found really good was that we had a very good complementary in our profiles in terms of disciplinary skills. This was very useful in the group work."
M.R., Italy
"I think this programme is very beneficial especially for professionals who are working in the field of regulation and especially for those in developping countries."
B.A., Nigeria
"It's been a valuable experience for me and I am sure that this will help my professional development & future career."
I.I., Serbia
"A well organized school with lovely and wonderful staff! The best school for edge cutting training on local service regulation."
M.S., Ethiopia
"I am really amazed by the international and the scientific dimension this initiative has taken. Even most powerful and most well-known schools are unable to do this so you really deserve to be congratulated."
M.B.A., Turkey
"The ISS of Turin is a very good opportunity for professionals to collaborate and it provides a good platform for exchange of knowledge (…) I consider it beyond a Summer School. It’s a very rich learning platform. "
R.B., Palestine
"I am really inspired by the commitment of Mr. Franco Becchis to teach how to reduce the burden on public worldwide through the regulatory interventions."
G.H., Sri Lanka
"This is a unique school with good level of academic education and high level of organization."
Final evaluation questionnaire, Summer School 2012
"It was the best training on public services / utilities that I have ever had."
Final evaluation questionnaire, Summer School 2010

We regret to inform you that the 26th edition of the International Summer School on Regulation of Local Public Services, scheduled from 12 to 21 June, 2024, has been cancelled. Subscribe to our mailing list in order to receive via e-mail automatic updates about our future initiatives.

Overview

The School is mainly addressed to researchers, postgraduate and PhD students, representatives and officials of national and local regulatory authorities, Central Public Administrations, regional and local governments, staff of international organizations, NGOs and consultancies who intend to study in depth some of the most relevant issues for regulation, tariff setting and management of local public services, either of environmental interest or not. The programme is designed as an intensive workshop, combining theoretical modules and case studies.

More specifically the course is designed as follows:

- Part one is devoted to theory, economic models and analytical instruments for local regulation;

- Part two includes sector analysis of the main industrial local public services (e.g. water cycle, urban waste), country-based cases studies and guest lectures

- Part three offers local site-visits and a practical experience with virtual regulatory case studies developed by working groups.

Topics covered

1. THEORY OF REGULATION FROM ORIGINS TO PRINCIPAL-AGENT, INCENTIVES AND MECHANISM DESIGN:
- Regulation as a game of incomplete information: incentives and mechanism design in local regulation
- Natural / legal monopoly and market failures
- Regulatory Authorities at local level: constraints
- Regulatory targets: price/demand, costs, profits, quality
- Economic analysis for regulation : public and private costs, industrial economic analysis, capital budgeting sensitivity analysis, risk analysis
- Regulatory policies: ex-ante and ex-post regulation, auction, price-cap, IRR, other instruments

2. CASE-STUDIES AND GUEST LECTURES:
- Sector-based case studies (e.g. water cycle, urban waste management)
- Country-based case studies
- Guest lectures by international experts and practitioners

3. ON-THE-FIELD WORK:
- Site-visits to local plants
- Working groups to develop virtual local regulatory case studies: regulatory goals, data collection, information asymmetries management, analysis and definition of tariff regulation or other regulatory aspects
- Production and presentation of a final report

Do you want to know more?

Have a look to the video presentation of the lectures.
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