Simplification of Administrative Procedures

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Simplification of Administrative Procedures
Violeta VlasRomanian Ministry of Interior and
Administrative Reform
Conference on Good Governance and Public
Administrative ReformBucharest, 6 December 2007
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Actual context

• The European strategy for growth and development
  (revised Lisbon Strategy)
• The March 2007 European Councils Action
  Programme on the decrease with 25 of
  Administrative Burdens
• The Romanian Governments National Reform Plan
  2007-2010.

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Role of MIAR within the process of administrative
simplification

• MIAR ensures through CUPAR
• The coordination of the administrative procedures
  simplification process
• The promotion of initiatives in the field of
  administrative simplification
• Technical assistance for the central and local
  public authorities that carry out administrative
  simplification projects.

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Simplification of car registration procedures

• Project coordinated by MIAR trough CUPAR
• Finalized in 2006 through adoption of GEO 63/2006
• Stakeholders MIAR, MT, local public
  associations, NGOs
• Objective To provide a quality, transparent,
  the least expensive and as fast as possible
  registration service.
• Expected results
• Introduction of the continuous registration
  concept - implicit radiation
• Reduction in the number of required documents
  (from 12 to 5)
• Reduction in the number of administrative
  procedures (from 10 to 4)
• Development of an integrated IT system

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Implementation of the one stop shop system

• Project carried out by MIAR and coordinated by
  CUPAR
• Finalized with the elaboration of the Methodology
  on the set up and functioning of the one stop
  shop, approved by OMAI no 1260/10.04.2006
• Stakeholders CUPAR, INEP, DGP, DRPCIV, DCI,
  CNABDPE
• Objective To increase transparency and
  efficiency in the administrations relation with
  the citizen
• Expected results
• To faciltate the access to the public services
  through creation of one stop shops (382
  community public services of people registry -
  226 working as one stop shop system)
• To reduce the time allocated to obtain the
  required documents 30
• To reduce the costs beared by the citizen 30

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Simplification of the procedure to solve light
road accidents

• Project coordinated by MIAR trough CUPAR
• Finalized in 2006 through adoption of GEO 63/2006
• Stakeholders MIAR, local public associations,
  NGOs
• Objective to transfer the process of solving
  light road accidents from the Traffic Police to
  the insurance companies trough introduction of
  the Amiable Constat concept.
• Results
• Reduction in time assigned to solve light road
  accidents
• Reduction in costs beared by the citizen
• Decrease in costs for the Traffic Police.

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Methodological guide on the simplification of
administrative procedures

• Document elaborated within MIAR by CUPAR
• Approved in the Board Meeting of MIAR in May
  2007
• A strategic document supporting the public
  administration towards reform and modernization
• It does not propose simplification measures, it
  only drafts means of simplification
• http//modernizare.mai.gov.ro/documente/Ghid20fin
  al20(3).pdf

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Simplification of administrative procedures - a
way to fight against corruption in public
administration

• Project coordinated by MIAR in partnership with
  Minister of Justice
• Simplification of procedures in the fields of
  public administration that are most vulnerable to
  corruption.
• Improvement of legislation on administrative
  procedures, as well as the set up and functioning
  of administration
• PHARE project 2006/018-147/01.05

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Running projects with CUPAR involved as partner

• Administrative simplification at the ministries
  level
• Single gateway

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Administrative simplification at the ministry
level

• Project coordinated by GSG with MIRA-UCRAP as
  partner
• The process of administrative burdens reduction
  has two phases
• - Reduction of administrative burdens following
  the internal administrative procedures
  improvement
• - Reduction of administrative burdens following
  an analysis of the entire legislation.

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Single Gateway Directive on
Services

• Project coordinated by DAE with CUPAR as partner
• Transposition of the Directive on services within
  the national legislation by December 28th 2009.
• The set up of four special working groups to
  transpose and effectively implement the Directive
  2006/123/CE on services within the Internal Market

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Thank youVioleta Vlas

• Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform
• Central Unit for Public Administration and Reform
• 1A Revolutiei Square,
• District 1, Bucharest
• http//modernizare.mai.gov.ro.