PUBLIC PRIVATE DIALOGUE FOR INVESTMENT CLIMATE POLICY REFORM IN FIJI

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PUBLIC PRIVATE DIALOGUE FOR INVESTMENT CLIMATE
POLICY REFORM IN FIJI
Chief Executive Officer Ministry of Commerce,
Business Development Investment
Presentation at the International Workshop on
Public Private Dialogue for Investment Climate
Policy Reform World Bank Conference Centre,
Paris, France, 1 2 February 2006
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• CONTEXT AND PARTICULARITIES OF THE PARTNERSHIP
• Background
• Regulatory Reform Task Force (RRTF)
• FIAS WB Project

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• RRTF OBJECTIVES
• Guidance
• Projects Programs
• Reform Initiatives
• Progress of Reform

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STRUCTURE PARTICIPATION
CABINET
CSI
RRTF
MCBDI
AGENCIES
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• PROCESSES MILESTONES
• Business establishment
• WB Doing Business in 2006 Report
• Facilitation Unit
• Investment Unit
• Company Registration
• Information Summaries
• Private Sector Survey
• Contract Enforcement

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• OUTREACH STRATEGIES
• Awareness Raising
• Information Dissemination
• Media
• Private Sector Organizations

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• MONITORING MECHANISMS
• Self evaluation
• Private Sector Survey
• Cabinet Sub-Committee on Investment

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• INTENDED OUTCOMES
• Measurable improvements
• Improved efficiencies coordination
• Established procedures
• Effective dialogue
• Practical Action Plans
• Skills

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• CHALLENGES
• Negative Perception
• Resistance to Change
• Sustainability

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THANK YOU VINAKA VAKALEVU
ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF THE FIJI VISTORS BUREAU