South Eastern Europe Regional Conference on Self Assessment and Removal of Administrative Barriers to Investment 

This conference discussed FIAS cross-country comparisons for S. E. Europe, based on the Administrative and Regulatory Costs Surveys (ARCS) undertaken in 2002 in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia.

The various papers distributed and slide shows presented in the conference are below:

• Summary of the Conference Discussions
• Agenda of the Conference
• FIAS in Southest Europe by Jackie Coolidge

Examples of Best Practice in the Removal of Administrative Barriers:

• Bosnia-Herzegovina: Efforts on Improving the Business Climate
• Bosnia-Herzegovina: FIAS Activity in Bosnia-Herzegovina (English)
• Bosnia-Herzegovina: FIAS Activity in Bosnia-Herzegovina (Bosnian)
• Romania: Company Registration
• Romania: Governmental Developments for Improving the Business Environment in Romania
• Slovenia: The Building and Spatial Planning Reform in the Republic of Slovenia
• Slovenia: Removal of the Administrative Barriers for Investments
• Bulgaria: Breaking the Billion Dollar FDI Limit
• Serbia: Locating in Serbia - Problems and Recommendations (English)
• Serbia: Locating in Serbia - Problems and Recommendations (Serbian)
• Albania: Administrative Barriers and the Legal Framework
• Macedonia: Three Years Since the Implementation of VAT
• Latvia: Systematic Removal of Administrative Barriers

Procedural Time Periods and Business Survey Comparisons:

• From Registration to Inspections
• From Inspections to Taxes
• Trade
• Methodological note on treatment of outliers

Procedure Templates: Administrative Procedures from the Official Perspective

Dialogue and the Action Plan

Early Warning System:
Monitoring, Analysis & Early Warning System (MAEWS)

Investment Compact for South East Europe