Post on 15-Dec-2015
Typhaine Beaupérin, Senior AdvisorDEBR meeting, Vilnius, 6 June 2013
Communicating smart regulation reforms to stakeholders
EUROCHAMBRES in figures
MEMBERS
To develop a business-friendly, competitive economic environment in Europe
EUROCHAMBRES’ MISSION
Smart Regulation: a priority for EUROCHAMBRES
Our objectives:• Minimise administrative and regulatory burdens on
European businesses• Ensure that SME tests become standard practice as part
of impact assessments• Ensure that the issue of better regulation remains high
on the EU agenda
Examples of activities:• EUROCHAMBRES Smart Regulation Committee• SME Test Benchmark • Simplification proposals• Contribution to EC consultations• Monitoring Commission’s compliance with its guidelines
on public consultations
• Who are the stakeholders?• Why is it important to communicate
smart regulation reforms to businesses?• Communicating TO businesses• Communication WITH businesses• When to communicate?• Conclusion
Table of contents
• Everyone who is affected by regulation: employees, consumers, businesses and other organisations.
• Business community:
I. Who are the stakeholders?
European business
organisation
National business
organisation
Local business organisation
Individual business
II. Why?
1. Feeling of businesses: companies in Europe still spend too much time and money in dealing with excessive bureaucracy and regulation
Source: 2012 FLASH EUROBAROMETER 354 “Entrepreneurship in the EU and beyond”
2012 FLASH EUROBAROMETER 354 “Entrepreneurship in the EU and beyond”
Doing Business 2013Economy Starting a Business
New Zealand 1Australia 2Canada 3Singapore 4Macedonia, FYR 5Hong Kong SAR, China 6Georgia 7Rwanda 8Belarus 9Ireland 10United Kingdom 19France 27Slovenia 30Portugal 31Denmark 33Cyprus 37Belgium 44Estonia 47Finland 49Hungary 52Sweden 54Bulgaria 57Latvia 59Netherlands 67Romania 68Slovak Republic 83Italy 84Luxembourg 93Germany 106Lithuania 107Poland 124Austria 134Spain 136Czech Republic 140Greece 146Malta 150
2. Need to improve understanding and restore business confidence
3. Need businesses’ input to highlight where there is a problem, to identify the areas where the load put on their shoulders should be lightened and to judge whether an intervention is effective.
II. Why?
• Communicate the outcome, not the process
• Communicate noticeable changes for businesses
• Give priority to the reduction of regulatory burdens that are perceived as a real nuisance by businesses
III. Communicate TO businesses
• A proactive and dynamic approach to get SMEs involved
• Close cooperation with business organisations
• Provide feedback• E-mail alerts / RSS feeds to follow progress of
the topic businesses contributed to
III. Communicate WITH businesses
• Maintain the communication flow
• Communicate when the decision is NOT to regulate
• Common commencement dates
IV. When to communicate?
• Communication is and must be an integral part of the whole regulatory reform agenda to ensure its success.
• This requires putting in place a communication strategy and mechanisms to:• show how your government is delivering on its
promises (i.e. communicating TO)• offer opportunities for the stakeholders to get
involved (i.e. communicating WITH)
• Communicating smart regulation reforms• Communicating smart regulation results
Conclusion
CONTACT DETAILS
Typhaine BeaupérinSenior Advisor EU Affairs
EUROCHAMBRESThe Chamber House
Avenue des Arts 19 A-DB - 1000 Brussels
Tel: +32 (0)2 282 08 80beauperin@eurochambres.eu
www.eurochambres.eu