USAID Project – Partnership for better business regulation

Partnership for Better Business Regulation is a project supported by USAID whose implementation began in 2016. The project is intended to support micro, small and medium-sized businesses in order to better tailor their operations in accordance with the legislation. The project activities are aimed at assisting businesses in the process of compliance with legal requirements and encourage them to take an active part in the policy making that concerns them.

EPI CENTAR International, in partnership with the four Chambers of Commerce in North Macedonia – Macedonian Chamber of Commerce, Union of Chambers of Commerce of Macedonia, Chamber of Commerce of North-west Macedonia and Chamber of Commerce of Information and Communication Technologies (MASIT) – are the implementers of the project that will:

• Help micro, small and medium-sized enterprises improve legal compliance by organizing information sessions on regulatory change;
• Support the establishment of the Platform for Public-Private Dialogue between the Chambers and the State;
• Provide co-financing of services through the implementation of which companies will increase compliance with the regulation through Voucher scheme;
• Create a unique information and interactive internet space and result in better information flow;
• Promotes the Single National Registry of the Republic of Northern Macedonia (ENER) at events organized by the Project;
• Organize forums to facilitate dialogue with local and foreign experts on current business topics;
• Develops compliance checklists;
• Develop a variety of interactive brochures and guides;
• Improve the capacities of the chambers;
• Prepares annual business climate analysis that will enable monitoring of the success of state policies and recording of gaps in them;
• Support public-private dialogue by organizing workshops, focus groups and working groups with Project representatives and representatives of relevant state institutions;

In the coming period, the project will continue to work on constructive solutions for better legal compliance of the companies and support of the mechanisms for public – private dialogue between all stakeholders. All project activities are implemented by EPI CENTAR International in cooperation with the four partners: Macedonian Chamber of Commerce, Union of Chambers of Commerce of Macedonia, Chamber of Commerce of North-west Macedonia and Chamber of Commerce of Information and Communication Technologies (MASIT).

More info can be found at www.biznisregulativa.mk .