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SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMICAND REGIONAL GROWTH

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• Innovation in companies and regions • Easier for companies

Tillväxtverket


From Arjeplog to Malmö

• 9 locations

• Approx. 350 employees

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Simplicity for entrepreneurs

We make it easier to become and remain an entrepreneur

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• Verksamt.se

• Business start-up days

• Regulatory simplification

•Innovation and Young People

EXAMPLES:


Better Regulation

• Exempting certain groups of companies from regulations

• Reformulating regulations designed in a complicated way

• Repealing regulations or using alternatives to regulations

• Developing electronic services

• Increasing service and accessibility

• Providing better integration of services

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Verksamt.se

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Ambassadors for Women´s Entrepreneurship

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Better Regulation Hunt

• Look behind the statistics• Understand small businesses• Share their experiences and

stories • Identify areas of improvement• A communication tool• Trying out a new methodology


Manufacturing

Hotel and restaurant

Transport

Trade

4 industries16 municipalities45 businesses


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”It is more difficult to get hold of the Migration Board than the

Phantom …”

”The Emergency Services are problem solvers - that’s how all Authorities

should act.”

”I § know food inspector, so I don’t want to disappoint her.”

Summary


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• Regulation is a good thing

• The amount of regulation

• Enforcement ensures fair competition

• Dialogue, guidance and support

• Having employees and the responsibility

• Coordination of reporting requirements and inspections

• Public procurement

Summary


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Clear answers makes it easier for Aleris

”We need clear answers from agencies to feel secury with the legislation.”

Susanna Adel Widlert Quality Manager, Aleris


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Lack of guidance creates insecurity

” No body asks of it will be easier or more complicated for the businesses when the law changes.”

Ann-Sofi Grönlunddentist,Sollefteå


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Safety requires regulation

” Developing electronic services makes it easier but it takes time to learn how they works.”

Helén Örtegren Owner, Äventyrslekhuset AB


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Availability on the local level is key

” A little less talking a litte more action please …regarding better regulation”

Jeanette BohmanOwner Skivarps Gästgivaregård


The Government’s Better Regulation Objectives

• The overall aim is to make a significant positive change in day-to-day business operations.

• Five focus areas :

1. Reduced cost to business

2. Reduced and simplified reporting

3. Simplified access points on county and municipal level

4. Follow-up on better regulation suggestions from the business sector

5. Improved quality of impact assessments

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Swedish Better Regulation Council

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• Mandatory for regulators to submit proposals for regulations and their impact assessments to the Swedish Better Regulation Council.

• Transparency – all documents at the Swedish Better Regulation Council are public.

• The Council is assisted by a staff of 9 people from The Agency for Economic and Regional Growth.


Consultation

• Consultation is in principle mandatory

• Early stage: hearings, workshops, surveys, interviews and working gropus

• Later stage: written procedure where legal proposal and an impact assessment is submitted to relevant stakeholders for comments

• Committees of inquiry

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The Government appoints a comittee/commission of inquiry

The committe presents its proposal in a report

The Government circulates the report for comment

The Government drafts a proposal for change – a Government bill

The Government bill is submitted to the Riksdag (Swedish parliament) for consideration

After the parliament committes have discussed the matter, a vote is taken in the Riksdag

The Government promulgates a law

Initiative for change


The process of a new Act

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Case – Better regulations regarding businesses in the welfare sector


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The Government appoints a comittee/commission of inquiry

The committe presents its proposal in a report

The Government circulates the report for comment

The Government drafts a proposal for change – a Government bill

The Government bill is submitted to the Riksdag (Swedish parliament) for consideration

After the parliament committes have discussed the matter, a vote is taken in the Riksdag

The Government promulgates a law

Initiative for change


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Ordinance on Impact Analysis of Regulation (SFS 2007:1244)

General provisions on impact analysesSection 4

As early as possible, before an agency decides on regulations or general advice, the agency shall

1. make an assessment of the financial impact and other consequences of the regulations or the general advice to the extent necessary in the individual case, and document this assessment in an impact analysis, and

2. provide central government agencies, municipalities, county councils, organisations, the business sector and other parties that will be significantly affected financially or otherwise with an opportunity to state their opinion on the issue and on the impact analysis.

If there will be a danger to the environment, life, personal safety or health or a risk of considerable financial damage if a regulation is not decided on, the measures laid down in the first paragraph may be taken after the decision.


Section 6 - An impact analysis shall contain the following:

1. a description of the problem and the desired result,

2. a description of the alternative solutions that exist to achieve the desired result and the consequences if no regulation takes place,

3. information on the parties that will be affected by the regulation,

4. information on the authorisation the agency base their mandate on

5. information on the financial and other consequences of the regulation and a comparison of the impacts of the alternative regulations being considered,

6. an assessment of whether the regulation complies with, or goes beyond the obligations following from Sweden’s membership of the European Union

7. an assessment of whether particular account needs to be taken with regard to the date of entry into force and of whether there is a need for special informational measures.

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Section 7 - If the regulation could significantly affect the operationalconditions of enterprises the Swedish Impact Assessment should alsoinclude the following (SME-test):

• The number of enterprises affected, the industries represented and size of the enterprises.

• The period of time required for the regulation to be implemented and administrative costs for affected enterprises.

• Other costs to enterprises and possible changes enterprises may need to make as a result of the proposed regulation.

• The extent to which the regulation may affect the competitive conditions for enterprises.

• Whether particular account needs to be taken of small enterprises when designing the regulations.

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What we do

enklareregler.se

Knowledge Network Education Tools

• Impact assessments

• Dialog

• Best practice

• About statistics

• Work on Better regulation

• Business calculator

• Web guidelines


Better impact assessments

Education

Method development

Guidance

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Proactive thinking– education for beginners

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Program

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10.00–11.00 Why should you do an impact assessment?Tillväxtverket

11.00–12.15 What characterizes a good impact assessent?Regelrådet/The Swedish Better Regulation Council

12.15–13.00 Lunch

13.00–13.30 How can an effect chain ease the work with the impact assessment?Ekonomistyrningsverket/ The Swedish National Financial Management Authority

13.30–15.00 Group discussion including coffe break

15.00–15.30 Making life easier for businessesThe Federation of Swedish Farmers ,an interest and business organisation for the green industry

15.30–16.00 Summary

Tillväxtverket


enklareregler.se

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Tools

Newsletter

Suggestbetter

regulation measures

What are we doing to simplify regulations?


Web guidelines for impact assessments

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Possibilities to document

Text for help

Examples


Regelräknaren – calculator of economic consequences for businesses

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Makes it easier to calculate cost for

businesses


How we approached the task

• Step 1 Meeting with eight Swedish agencies

• Step 2 List of demands/requests

• Step 3 Public procurement

• Step 4 Agile approach

• Step 5 Demo

• Step 6 Paper sketches

• Step 7 Test on paper sketches

• Step 8 Improvements

• Step 9 Development of the system (web-based)

• Step 10 October – Presentation of the prototype - Positive and negative feedback

• Step 11 Improvements

• Step 12 Launched in February 2015

• Step 13 Launch tour – January to March 2015

• Step 14 Future improvements

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• Impact assessments are not prioritised

• A helpful tool, but not enough/sufficient

• Limited budget 1,2 million SEK

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Challenges with impact assessments

• Attitudes

• Methods for work

• Resources

• Internal support

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