This paper was prepared to establish a platform for volunteer APEC economies to undertake their own peer reviews of Public Consultation (PC) initiatives in their economies, to identify gaps in the framework and implementation of their PCs as it applies to the development and administration of regulation. Addressing these gaps will assist APEC economies in applying Good Regulatory Practices (GRP) and improving indicators measured by the World Bank, APEC, OECD, and other relevant international organizations. At the core, this will support the public consultation reforms required to improve the mechanisms used to formulate and revise regulations. 

All identified best practices shared by the volunteer APEC economies around their PC initiatives have also been included in the relevant sections of the report. This report will also serve as a base against which to measure progress in the future.