HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH STAKEHOLDERS

CHAIRMAN:

Lennart PalmBoard of Swedish Industry and Commerce for

Better Regulation (NNR)

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General information about NNR

• Work for: Less and Better Regulation.• Members: 13 business organisations with

300.000 members covering almost all branches and sizes of companies.

• Consult with the government and public agencies about the reporting burden.

• Co-ordinating business scrutiny of compulsory RIAs.

• Help to improve the legislative process in the EU.

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2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002

1. Summary 84 93 77 64 49 7. Total costs 8 9 5 5 4

2. Previous regulations 75 86 79 56 55 8. Competition aspect

39 47 43 20 9

3. Alternatives described 47 53 49 37 26 9. Goldplating 4 7 6 3 5

4. Early consultation 42 48 35 36 30 10. Official review period

80 86 75 64 55

5. Number of companies 26 28 25 9 6 11. SimpLex analysis

42 35 39 51 47

6. Costs per company 15 17 7 7 4 12. Adm burden: Increased

ReducedUnchanged

532027

581626

521632

EU-based 44 44 40

Quality factors and target fulfilment in 2002-06 (percentages)

Source:NNR

Two main questions

• Where have business surveys been proven successful and how can these surveys be integrated in a simplification programme?

• How do you communicate with your stakeholders about the content and the progress of these programmes?

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Speakers

• 1.Mr. Djankov, World Bank.

• 2. Mr. Quezada-Bonilla,COFEMER.

• 3. Ms. K.Van Hoorne, Belgian Agency for Administrative Simplification.

• 4.Ms. J. Rutjens, Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations.

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