"SMART REGULATION" AND MODELS OF CIVIL COOPERATION IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL CHALLENGES

The "Smart regulation" concept developed by the European Union in 2010 implies the management system's orientation on reducing administrative barriers, using a public consultation standards and developing a civil communication systems in the global world. Management based on the concept of "smart regulation" implies a decentralized system based on the principles of cooperation and collaboration, which is considered in the article as a significant potential for development of public policy processes in the global dimension. The Regulatory Impact Assessment emerged as an element of the New public management model gets a new meaning in connection with spreading of "smart regulation" concept and the current world economic crises. The Regulatory Impact Assessment allows to get an answer about feasibility of using some regulatory mechanisms, laws and also stimulates the development of public-private partnerships. Decline in civil society interest to formal procedures for Regulatory Impact Assessment reflects the frustration and rejection of formal mechanisms in a number of regions. At the same time, civil society demonstrates the willingness to cooperate and responsible participation in public policy management processes, demonstrates the development of civic participation forms, growth of activity, self-organization, responsibility (civil capacity) and citizens consolidation. In the article, based on analysis of Regulatory Impact Assessment indexes and other forms of civic participation in Russia in comparison with Slovakia, civil cooperation models are proposed that are considered in the context of global challenges.