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The Regulators’ Experimentation Toolkit [1]

To support the Centre for Regulatory Innovation’s objective to facilitate regulatory experimentation, this toolkit was developed to provide Canadian regulators with a practical guide to identify, design, and carry out regulatory experiments. Recognizing the novelty of regulatory experimentation, this toolkit provides a starting point for Canadian regulators. Click here to access the toolkit.







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The Experimenter's Inventory: catalogue of experiments for decision-makers and professionals. [2]

Experimentation is still rare in government decision-making in the organizations, services and areas of policy that tackle the most pressing problems that face our societies. This inventory sets out the tools that are available, and how experimentation can become mainstream in how we solve public problems. Click here to access the inventory.






Relevant Innovation Links

Community of Federal Regulators - CFR Experimentation - GCpedia

Experimentation Works - Welcome to GC Experimentation

GC Innovation Hubs and Labs - Hubs and Labs - wiki (gccollab.ca)

Nesta - Government innovation | Nesta

Policy Horizons - Foresight Training Modules Resources – Policy Horizons Canada



  1. The Regulators’ Experimentation Toolkit (2021) from the Centre for Regulatory Innovation and Nesta
  2. Hopkins, A., Breckon, J. and Lawrence, J. (2020) The Experimenter's Inventory: A catalogue of experiments for decision-makers and professionals. Alliance for Useful Evidence, Nesta, London.