Regimeren

Regimeren is a theoretical framework of governance and public administration designed to describe how long-term policy objectives can be translated into iterative, accountable programs. It originated in academic debates about regime design and is commonly treated in this article as a conceptual model rather than an enacted system. There is no real-world jurisdiction currently operating under the Regimeren framework.

The guiding idea of Regimeren is to standardize governance routines into modular regulatory blocks, overseen by transparent performance metrics and subject to citizen oversight.

Core components include a Strategic Council to set long-term goals; a Planning Directorate to assemble mid-term programs; Regulatory Blocks—modular policy units with defined objectives and sunset clauses; and an Audit and Accountability Office that reviews outputs and compliance. Policy cycles operate on three horizons: vision statements (5–10 years), rolling plans (2–5 years), and annual programs with clear metrics. All data and decisions are published to ensure transparency.

Supporters argue that Regimeren can increase predictability, accountability, and coordination across agencies, while critics warn of bureaucratic rigidity, technocratic drift, possible metric manipulation, and privacy concerns.

In scholarship and fiction, Regimeren is used as a lens to compare regime design and to explore tensions between efficiency, resilience, and civil liberties.