The machinery of the French administrative and regulatory simplification programme

Simplification of regulation and administrative procedures  – a programme decided at the highest level of the French state and coordinated by the Secretariat-General for Government Modernisation (SGMAP), meets a strong demand from individuals, businesses and local authorities. Within the SGMAP, the Simplification Task Force coordinates the process and provides support to ministries and institutional partners. The programme is based on a participatory approach in which users are involved at every stage: from choice of measures to assessment of their implementation. More...