From Red Tape to Smart Tape: Administrative Simplification in OECD Countries (Environmental Performance Reviews)

Foreword......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 7
Executive Summary......Page 9
1. Synthesis Report: Administrative Simplification in OECD Countries......Page 15
Box 1.1. What is regulation?......Page 16
Administrative simplification and regulatory quality policies......Page 18
Introduction......Page 19
Practices and experiences......Page 20
Conclusion and challenges......Page 26
Introduction......Page 28
Practices and experiences......Page 29
Conclusion and challenges......Page 32
Introduction......Page 34
Practices and experiences......Page 35
Figure 1.2. Strategies to simplify licensing procedures.........Page 36
Box 1.2. A permanent review: The US Paperwork Reduction.........Page 37
Figure 1.3. A permits and licensing review......Page 38
Conclusion and challenges......Page 39
Introduction......Page 41
Practices and experiences......Page 42
Introduction......Page 45
Practices and experiences......Page 46
Box 1.3. The MISTRAL methodology......Page 47
Box 1.4. Measuring administrative burdens in Norway......Page 50
Introduction......Page 51
Practices and experiences......Page 52
Conclusions and challenges......Page 54
Practices and experiences......Page 55
Conclusion and challenges......Page 57
Practices and experiences......Page 58
Conclusion and challenges......Page 62
Conclusions......Page 64
Common themes – institutions, policies and challenges......Page 65
Administrative simplification and regulatory reform......Page 67
Trends and challenges......Page 69
2. Administrative Simplification in Australia......Page 75
Background and historical development......Page 76
Box 2.1. Examples of advisory bodies used to assist with regulatory.........Page 78
Impetus for administrative simplification and burden reduction......Page 79
Institutions......Page 80
Box 2.2. Ministerial councils and other specialised inter.........Page 82
Information-based programmes......Page 87
Box 2.3. Queensland’s interactive business licensing service.........Page 92
Process re-engineering......Page 94
Technology-based mechanisms......Page 101
Administrative simplification as part of broader policy initiatives......Page 105
Lessons learned......Page 107
3. Administrative Simplification in France......Page 113
Introduction......Page 114
Background and historical developments......Page 116
Institutional framework......Page 117
One-stops shops......Page 120
Standardisation of reporting requirements......Page 122
Box 3.1. Administrative simplification and civil liberties......Page 123
Box 3.2. How business formalities centres operate......Page 124
Deconcentration of services......Page 126
Obtaining public views on administration......Page 127
Results of recent administrative simplification efforts......Page 128
Conclusion......Page 130
4. Administrative Simplification in Korea......Page 133
General policy stance of the Korean government......Page 134
Programme for making available all information related.........Page 135
Box 4.1. Online Procedures Enhancement for civil.........Page 136
“Government for Citizen” (G4C) Project......Page 137
Evaluation of public organisations’ plans for setting up.........Page 138
“Plain language” drafting......Page 139
Prime Minister’s Guideline for improving Korea’s civil application.........Page 140
Table 4.1. Assessment criteria......Page 142
Table 4.2. Civil applications by type (1998)......Page 143
The regulatory reform committee’s decision to reduce.........Page 144
Citizen’s initiative to administrative reform......Page 145
Programme for collecting suggestions for improving.........Page 146
Public service charters......Page 147
Assessment......Page 148
Lessons learned......Page 149
5. Administrative Simplification in Mexico......Page 151
Institutional framework......Page 152
Economic context......Page 154
Sectoral deregulation as administrative simplification (1989-1994)......Page 155
Table 5.1. Mean length of formalities and productivity losses.........Page 156
Table 5.2. Improvement of formalities according to COFEMER.........Page 157
Recent developments......Page 158
Ongoing efforts......Page 159
Table 5.3. Milestones in deregulation and administrative.........Page 160
Federal Register of Formalities and Services on the Internet......Page 161
State registers on the Internet......Page 162
Compranet......Page 163
Rapid business start-up system......Page 164
Public registry modernisation programme......Page 165
The use of “silence is consent” or “silence is denial” rules.........Page 166
Regulatory Impact Analysis......Page 167
Simulated user programme......Page 168
Colima E-government......Page 169
Conclusions......Page 170
6. Administrative Simplification in the Netherlands......Page 175
Background and historical development......Page 176
The Slechte Committee......Page 177
Box 6.1. Some examples of projects stimulated by the Slechte.........Page 178
The Advisory Board on the Testing of Administrative Burdens.........Page 179
Technologically facilitated mechanisms to reduce administrative.........Page 182
The single enterprise register......Page 185
One-stop shop approaches......Page 186
“Service oriented government”......Page 187
“Silence is consent” rule......Page 188
Rationalisation of permits......Page 189
Other relevant policies......Page 190
The Dutch approach......Page 192
Institutionalisation......Page 193
7. Administrative Simplification in the United Kingdom......Page 197
Introduction......Page 198
Historical development of administrative simplification and burden.........Page 199
Background to recent administrative simplification and burden.........Page 201
Box 7.1. Learning Labs......Page 202
Institutional framework......Page 203
Technologically driven mechanisms to streamline transactions.........Page 204
Box 7.3. E-government strategy......Page 206
Box 7.4. Payroll regulation......Page 207
Box 7.5. Info4local – A virtual one-stop shop......Page 208
Legislated time limits for administrative decision-making.........Page 209
Alternatives to administrative regulation......Page 210
Box 7.8. Negative licensing of estate agents......Page 211
Deregulation orders......Page 212
Public sector team......Page 214
Evaluation and perspectives......Page 215
8. Administrative Simplification in the United States......Page 219
Red tape......Page 220
History of the special concern for the needs of small business......Page 221
Institutional framework......Page 222
One-stop shops......Page 223
Box 8.1. Technology-driven mechanisms to reduce.........Page 224
Box 8.2. One-stop shops - improving services and reducing costs......Page 228
Time limits for administrative decision-making......Page 227
Alternatives to administrative regulation......Page 230
Box 8.3. Examples of the “Silence is Consent-rule” as used.........Page 231
Methodologies used to estimate burdens (e.g., impact statements)......Page 232
Box 8.4. Alternatives to command-and-control regulation......Page 233
Paperwork/reporting reduction......Page 236
Permitting simplification......Page 238
“Plain language” drafting......Page 239
Box 8.6 Examples of one-stop permitting initiatives......Page 240
Assistance to small business in development and implementing.........Page 241
Box 8.7 Examples of industry standards and/or self-regulatory.........Page 242
Box 8.8 SBA activities to simplify small business compliance.........Page 244
“Tiering” of regulations......Page 245
Programme Ombudsmen......Page 246
Tax simplification......Page 248
Negotiated rule-making......Page 250
Findings and conclusions......Page 251
Notes......Page 253
Appendix......Page 261
Federal information collection burden in 1987-2001......Page 262