Meeting with Ms. Jasminka Barić, the Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts

On October 12, 2017 AmCham participated in a meeting organized by The Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts on the implementation on the Standard Cost Model (SCM) Project aimed at unburdening businesses by removing unnecessary administrative requirements and cutting administrative costs. Meeting was hosted by Ms. Jasminka Barić, Service for Business Environment Improvement, The Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts. Besides the Ministry of Economy, the project coordinator, all other ministries including competent authorities are included in the undertaking to remove administrative requirements and costs in over 40 legislative areas. To ensure the success of the project and gather relevant data from businesses the Ministry of Economy invited organizations that represent business sector. AmCham was recognized as a valuable proactive partner for the project. 

The project is foreseen to last for a year ( September 2017 - September 2018) and it includes 5 stages:

1) Inventory of administrative obligations
2) Data collecting 
3) Measuring administrative burdens
4) Proposing unburdening measures 
5) Implementation of the measures

One of the key conditions for the success of the project is participation of businesses in the second and third stage. AmCham agreed to participate and contribute in the efforts to identify obstacles to doing business and include its member companies to provide inputs on measuring administrative burdens.