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Simplification and improvement

GOBIERNO DE ESPAÑA

MINISTERIO DE HACIENDA Y ADMINISTRACIONES PÚBLICAS

SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DE ADMINISTRACIONES PÚBLICAS

DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE ORGANIZACIÓN ADMINISTRATIVA Y PROCEDIMIENTOS

Simplification and improvementof regulatory policy in Spain

OECD 16th April 2015

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3 steps

READY1 Analysis and planification

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STEADY2

GO3

Looking for the right tools

Making it work

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READY1

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Analysis and planification

READY1

GOBIERNO DE ESPAÑA1 READY : ANALYSIS AND PLANIFICATION

The aim of the National Reform programme of 2012 was to restore Spanishcompetitiveness and foster economic growth.

Objectives:

� To improve the quality of regulation

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� To improve the quality of regulation

� To contribute to a single national market.

�To promote elimination of unjustified barriers to economic activities.

� To reduce administrative burdens and simplify administrative procedures

GOBIERNO DE ESPAÑA1 READY : ANALYSIS AND PLANIFICATION

Spanish Strategy for Public Administration Reform published in the “CORAreport”.

�Cora report was presented at council of ministers in June 2013 with 217measures

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measures

�The goal of the reform was to make the public sector contribute torevitalizing the economy

�One of its chapter deals with objectives and actions related to betterregulation, simplification and reduction of administrative burdens

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critical factors

1 READY : ANALYSIS AND PLANIFICATION

High level political support

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�A special office for the reform of the administration was created tomonitor and coordinate the implementation : OPERA

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STEADY2

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Looking for the right tools

STEADY2

GOBIERNO DE ESPAÑA2 STEADY : LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT TOOLS

EX ANTE EVALUATION

ONE IN

ONE OUT

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LEGISLATION PLANS

EX POST EVALUATION


1 Ex ante evaluation : Flow of legislation

Regulatory impact assessment

� In 2009 the Council of Ministers approved a Guide

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� It gathers all the relevant information related to a draft legislation and helps public authorities make the best decisions


2 Ex post evaluation : Stock of legislation

Simplification and burden reduction Guide

�The guide was submitted to the council of ministers the 19th of September of 2014

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September of 2014

� Its aim is to harmonize the methodology for simplification in the Central Administration.

� The initiatives in this field will be described in ministerial annual plans


3 New strategy on better regulation

Draft law on administrative procedures

Ex ante evaluation:

� The Ministry for the Presidency will coordinate the initiatives related to regulatory quality and will overview regulatory impact assessments.

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� The Ministry for the Presidency will coordinate the elaboration on theannual legislative plan

Ex post evaluation:

� The annual legislative plan will list the legislative acts to undergo evaluation of their results.

� RIA will foresee how ex post evaluations of legislative acts will take place

� There will be an Annual Report


4 One in one out principle

Spanish Law 14/2013 to support entrepreneurship

� Public Administrations establishing new administrative burdens for business must eliminate at least one existing administrative burden for business with an equivalent cost.

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business with an equivalent cost.

�The council of ministers of 30th January 2015 adopted a series of measures to ease the implementation of this principle.

�The objective for each ministerial department is to enforce this principle in the time of one year and within its field of competence.

�The Secretary of State for Public Administration will monitor its implementation in the entire central administration.

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critical factors

2 STEADY : LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT TOOLS

Involving others�Stakeholders consultation�Law on transparency and good governance

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�Law on transparency and good governance� Yearly Agreements with stakeholders to review burdens in specific areas. �All the Departments are involved

Setting Goals and Key Performance Indicators�Ministries will have an annual plan for simplification�Impact will be estimated

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GO3

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Making it work

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GOBIERNO DE ESPAÑA3 GO : MAKING IT WORK

Spanish Government has adopted 8 Council of Ministers Agreements toreduce administrative burdens in a wide range of sectors. 365measures.

Different measures to make public administration more austere, useful

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Different measures to make public administration more austere, usefuland effective

Different laws simplify and reduce administrative burdens. They focuson Citizens and businesses


OneStop

Onlyonce

Start-up Public

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once

Online access

Transpa

rency

Public sector

rationalisation

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Budgetary discipline� Law of budgetary stability and financial sustainibility� Creation of an independent fiscal authority

Suppression of unnecessary or inneficient entities,agencies and public bodies� 105 entities in central government

3 GO : MAKING IT WORK

Public sector

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� 105 entities in central government� 675 entities in regional governments� 1244 entities in local administration

Clarifying competences and avoiding duplication�Law on rationalisation and sustainibility of the local

administration

Preventing future duplications�Draft Law on the legal regimen of public administration

sectorrationalisation


General government consumption(y-o-y %)

Public sector employees(M€)

2010-2004:+11.4%

2010-2014: -9.9%

2014-2012--16,975M€

(-7.7%)

M€Governmentconsumption

2011 219,673

2012 206,929

2013 204,218

2014 202,698

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Source: INE, NA ESA 2010, current, not seasonally adjusted Source: INE, LFS Q4 2014

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A single web point to access to public administration www.administracion.gob.es 8,9 million visited pages in 2014

Telephone hotline 060 : 7 million calls expected in 2015

Interconnection register system: connects traditional face toface registry offices of the different public administration.480566 registry entries in 2014


One

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480566 registry entries in 2014

Law for market unity: guarantees free movement of productsand services

E-procurement platform

One stop shop for foreign trade

Employment Portal

Business one stop shop

OneStop

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79% of the procedures are conducted electronically

A CEO has been named as the head of the centraladministration in the ITC field

Draft on law of general administration procedures movestowards paper less administration


On line

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Electronic notifications system: 11 million notifications sent in2014

E-invoicing and new account register act: guarantee of expensescontrol and protection of suppliers in their relations with publicadministration322000 invoices received in the first 2 months of the year

On line

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Citizens or businesses don´t have to submit documentsalready held by the AdministrationITC platform for data exchange: Public bodies can

exchange the required information on lineIn 2014 there were nearly 37 million transactions


Onlyonce

Law on transparency: increases accountability and

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Transpa

rency

Law on transparency: increases accountability andcitizens control of the government. It establishes goodgovernance obligations

Start up

Center information and business start-up network

Law on urgent measures to liberalize commerce andcertain services (2012)

Law to support entrepreneurship (2013)

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WORLD BANK´S DOING BUSINESS SPAIN 2015STARTING A BUSINESS


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Procedures(number)

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Time (days)

4,7 4,7

Cost (% of income per capita)

Lessprocedures Less time Less cost

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10 10

6

2013 2014 2015

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2013 2014 2015

4,7 4,7

4,6

2013 2014 2015

procedures Less time Less cost

GOBIERNO DE ESPAÑATo sum up…

3 steps

1 Analysis and planification. High level political support

2 Tools to guide and evaluate the process. Involving everybody and

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2 Tools to guide and evaluate the process. Involving everybody andsetting goals and key perfomance indicators

3 Implementing changes. Focusing on citizens and businesses

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1 An opportunity to change

2 Succesful transformation is a collective effort

What have we learned?

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3 Better regulation has to be permanent

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Thank you

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Thank you

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