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NIPAG Workshop in Berlin on AI compliance: experts discuss regulations for the use of artificial intelligence in public administration
From June 30 to July 1, 2025, the workshop "AI Compliance? - Regulations on the Use of AI in Public Administration" took place at the NIPAG Berlin. Experts from the public sector provided insights into current developments and regulations on the use of artificial intelligence at federal, state and municipal level. From specific practical examples from Leipzig and Berlin to the Bavarian administration's AI guidelines, the workshop offered valuable perspectives on the integration of AI into public administration processes. The 40 participants took the opportunity to engage in intensive discussions.
AI Compliance? Regulations on the Use of AI in Public Administration
From June 30 to July 01, the workshop “AI Compliance? - Regulations on the use of AI in public administration” will take place on the premises of The National Institute for Public Administration Germany (NIPAG) in Berlin under the direction of Prof. Dr. Jan Ziekow und Dr. Silke I. Keil.
Retrospective: „AI Compliance? – Regulations on the Use of AI in Public Administration“
The National Institute for Public Administration Germany (NIPAG) was hosting a workshop with the topic AI compliance in public administration, which took place in Berlin on June 30 and July 1, 2025. The aim of the workshop was to offer a platform for an exchange of experiences, to gain insights into the use and handling of AI in public administration with the help of the speakers' contributions and to discuss the applicability, opportunities and challenges of AI for public administration. The focus was particularly on Large Language Models (LLM) such as ChatGPT.
Civil Service in Transition: Privatisation or Alignment of Employment Conditions?
The role of the State as an employer requires special regulation. Traditionally, the prototypical public employee has been the civil servant, whose employment relationship had specific public-law status.
Development of a 'youth-check' in Thuringia
In order to incorporate young people's perspectives into the formulation of administrative policy in the German state of Thuringia, a process known as the 'youth-check' was developed, tested and subsequently introduced. The youth-check is a systematic method for recording and presenting the impact of draft regulations and other official/regulatory measures on young people. It has been developed as a test tool in two versions. The first is designed to assess the youth-specific consequences of legislation and policies at national level, while the second is designed to assess the impact of policies and programmes at local government level.
Leeway for Member States to regulate under the General Data Protection Regulation - The GDPR and national law
The General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) will have a profound impact on the landscape of data protection law. It is not so much the substantive legal innovations themselves that are the focus of attention. In particular, the marketplace principle and the changes to the structure of European data protection supervision ensure a data protection regime with far-reaching effects beyond the borders of the Union. Furthermore, the transition to a regulation is accompanied by a discernible harmonisation in comparison to the preceding directive regime. In substance, however, the EU GDPR is, in part, more akin to a directive in the guise of a regulation, with approximately four dozen opening clauses that allow for significant scope for national normative nuances, particularly within the public sector. The project undertook a comprehensive examination of the ways in which the EU GDPR has transformed German data protection law and the extent to which the national scope of interpretation has been applied. The analysis focused on the data protection requirements set forth by the EU-GDPR for the fulfilment of public administration tasks.
Evaluation of counter-terrorism regulations
Article 5 of the Act on the Extension of the Deadline for Regulations under the Anti-Terrorism Acts of 3 December 2015 states that the Federal Government shall evaluate the application of the provisions of the Act on the Protection of the Federal Constitution, the MAD Act, the BND Act and the Security Screening Act which were created and amended by the Anti-Terrorism Act, the Supplementary Anti-Terrorism Act and the Act Amending the Anti-Terrorism Act, with the assistance of one or more experts. It is of particular importance to consider the frequency and impact of the restrictions on fundamental rights associated with the powers of intervention, as well as the effectiveness of the relevant provisions. Following approval by the German Bundestag, the Federal Ministry of the Interior commissioned the National Institute for Public Administration Germany to undertake the evaluation project.
Concept for the development of a legislative impact assessment tool to measure miscellaneous costs in enterprises
The quantitative impact assessment of federal legislation is primarily concerned with the documentation of compliance costs, which must be explicitly stated in the draft regulations proposed by the Federal Government for the Cabinet Draft. In accordance with Article 2 of the Act on the establishment of a national regulatory watchdog (Gesetz zur Einsetzung eines Nationalen Normenkontrollrates - NKRG), it represents 'the total measurable time and costs incurred by the public, the economy and the public administration as a result of complying with a federal legal provision'. The precise specifications of the compliance burden are delineated in the 'Guidance for determining and presenting the compliance burden in the Federal Government's regulatory projects'. However, some costs are not included, which can represent a significant economic burden for the enterprises concerned. Therefore, the non-profit 'Foundation for Family Businesses' commissioned the National Institute for Public Administration German to identify costs that are not or insufficiently considered in the current practice of estimating compliance costs.
Development of guidance for the evaluation of legal norms
In order to achieve high-quality legislation and to reduce the number of standards, almost all regulations and laws in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) have been subject to a time limit since 2005. The time limit is defined either as an expiry date or as an obligation to report by a certain date in accordance with Sec. 39(2) of the Joint Rules of Procedure of the Federal Ministries (GGO). If a temporary legal regulation is to be maintained beyond its stated expiry date, the ministry responsible is obliged to submit an evaluation of the regulation in question in order to justify its continued maintenance. An evaluation report must also be submitted as part of the aforementioned reporting obligation. In order to further improve the quality of the evaluation reports, guidance for the evaluation of legal norms in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) has been developed in close cooperation with the relevant departments. This guidance describes the evaluation procedure and provides information on the preparation of evaluation reports. The Ministry of the Interior of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia commissioned the National Institute for Public Administration Germany to develop the aforementioned guidance.
Ex-post evaluation of the pros and cons of environmental legislation
On 15 January 2015, the German government enacted the so-called 'bureaucracy brake'. The aim is to mitigate the long-term impact on the economy. It is of the utmost importance that the government's regulatory proposals do not lead to an increase in compliance costs. Consequently, any additional burdens must be offset by comparable reductions in regulatory requirements. This puts considerable pressure on the justification of environmental policy proposals, which are often accused of imposing costs on business that are disproportionate to their social and economic benefits. The objective of this research project, carried out in collaboration with the ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research and the Institute for Applied Ecology (Öko-Institut e.V.), is to determine the actual relationship between the costs incurred by businesses as a result of selected environmental regulations and the overall social benefits. This will make it easier to demonstrate the added value of these environmental regulations in the context of an ex-post evaluation.
