BUSINESS FACILITATION
Transparent and simple rules and procedures are key to establishing an enabling environment for private sector development. The Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), has conceived a series of tools and services to help government facilitate business and investment, through improved transparency, simplification and the introduction of eGovernment schemes.
The eRegulations system is a turn-key eGoverment software allowing administrations to publish their procedures online.
The Smart Solutions portal is an online platform to promote intergovernmental cooperation, in particular South-South cooperation, for sharing and disseminating administrative efficiency solutions for business facilitation.
The Investment Guides provide information on the business environment and on key emerging investment opportunities.
ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY
"Make administrative procedures easier for entrepreneurs and enterprises"
It is important, and particularly so in a context of global economic slowdown, to remove unnecessary burdens and disincentives to enterprise activities by fostering greater transparency, streamlining procedures and developing eGovernment, in order to:
- boost domestic and foreign investment: alleviating the administrative burden will help spare resources best devoted to employment and income-generating activities;
- facilitate entry into the formal economy: removing regulatory and bureaucratic obstacles can bring many would-be or informal entrepreneurs to the formal economy;
- promote good governance: transparent, simple and easily accessible rules naturally contribute to diminish administrative misconduct.
Sessions on Administrative Efficiency - UNCTAD's Investment, Enterprise and Development Commission
The sessions on Administrative Efficiency for Business Facilitation, organized in the context of UNCTAD's Investment, Enterprise and Development Commission, review solutions to reduce administrative barriers to business and investment, and encourage the sharing of good practices and policies among UNCTAD's member states in the fields of eGovernment, transparency and simplification of administrative procedures
