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Agency for the

Administrative Simplification

CONFERENCE BRUSSEL 13/06/2008CONFERENCE BRUSSEL 13/06/2008

“PSI Re-use

Who Takes Action Next ?”

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WORKSHOP PUBLIC SECTOR CULTURE

How to improve the quality and the

transparency of PSI

Dominique De Vos

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I. Legal framework– Publication – Transparency – Electronic formats

II. Back office management: quality via one-off data collection

III.“Front office” organisationIV. Logistical support

– ComExt – Agency Administrative Simplification – Transparency Committee

V. Client relations

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I. Legal framework

Transposition of the Directive by law via proactive laws en decrees:

Federal co-ordination bodies Logistical support Promotion of standard licence Supplemental applications processing procedure

Production and electronic exchange of public data

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Strenghtened publication

Electronic Centralized Structured (creation of an information

register - RD 29 oct 07) Accountable to a service (Prime

minister) Raising the awareness of the ‘clients’ law re-use 7 march 2007+ sectorial laws

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  Transparency of the public services

In the case of: Information inventories (centralized

register)

Conditions request for access (law art. 7)

Justification for charges (law art. 19)

Calculation methods (law art. 19)

Grounds for refusal

Law 7 III 2007, art 19 + RD, art 9

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“Digital means ”

Gradual information digitising policy Management assigned to a central

service (FedICT) Positioning of the public service’s sites Supplying the Central Register on the

federal portal Electronic application processing Law 7 III 2007, art 5 , …

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II. Back office management Policy for enhancing the quality of

public data Quality control required for the

needs of administrative simplification – one-off data collection between public services

Debate on the methods for calculating charges, public services accounting,..

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Example: one-off business data collection

Business data recorded in the crossroads bank of companies

Requirement for a correction in the central database

Requirement for the public services to re-use these data for their own needs

Data making available by companies

Data may be commercialised to third parties

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CBc Virtual network

One-stop business shops,

notaries

Flemish region

Brussels-capitalregion

Local admin.

NRNP

Courtregistries

Walloon region

Public users

Supp info

NOSS

VAT

Marketing to third parties

Federal

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III. “front office” organization

Systematic dissemination Network development per FPS

(transparency committee & interregional networks)

Exchange of information and methods between public services

Facilitate the search for informations (centralized register)

Enhancing the service to third parties / re-users

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IV. Logistical support Network integration federal: transparency

committee interregional: legal network

Federal support for “external communication”

AAS: legal and strategic support Appeals board // CADA

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Transparency committee (1)

• One representative for each federal service

• Statutory tasks:

Creating an asset list (show room) Maintenance of data/information Electronic distribution ComExt adviser on joint promotional

strategies Interface with potential clients Avoiding disputes

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Transparency committee (2)

• Challenges:

Resistance to centralization Concept of the state’s role to be

developped “Co-ownership” management Joint technological decision Securing financial resources

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V. Client relations (1)

Confirming the public tasks / responsibility (ex primary collection by the PS, exchange for AS)

Seeking private/public complementary relationship

Product pricing policy Legal:favouring balanced

licences

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V. Client relations (2)

Transparency of conditions, difficulties, evolving policies

Stabilising of the provision of information

Mutual respect for aims and constraints Guaranteeing the VA data reprocessing

by companies Consideration of the final consumer

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Satisfaction all the actors

(state/intermediaries/consumers) Allocation of the public/private

roles:to each his occupation

Developing an economic market

+ budgetary savings

Targeted communication

Main Strategies

To you …To you …

Agency for Administrative Simplification4 rue Ducale 1000 Brussels

Tel : +32 2 289 00 60Fax : +32 2 289 00 76

www.simplification.be