Programme

5TH International Conference of
the Commerce Registers of Europe

Tromsø, 11-12 June 2002

Administrative simplification and e-Government

Objectives:

  • Presentation of efforts and initiatives to reduce the administrative burden of companies
  • Description of the facilitation of e-Government - infrastructure - registration - information - distribution
  • Reporting from the ECRF projects
  • Proposals for joint development projects

Tuesday 11.June

08:00 - 08:45

Registration

 

  

09:00

Opening session
Opening of the Conference by Erik Fossum, President of ECRF

09:15

Welcome to Tromsø
by Mayor Herman Kristoffersen

09:30

Opening speech by State Secretary Helle Hammer, Ministry of Trade & Industry
The Impacts of Infrastructure - Registers, Reporting, Information, Communication
   

10:00

Coffee break

 

 

10:20

Morning session - Business Registers and
e-Government chaired by Erik Fossum, Norway
 

EU-initiatives
 
  • EBR, new development and initiatives, by Vito Giannella
  • EQUITAS by Luis Fernandez del Pozo

 

11:20

 Break
   

11:30

 National Initiatives
 
  • Netbased Registration of Enterprises, Norway by Kurt Stian Fagerbakk
  • Registration of companies on Internet, submissions of companies accounts by Ole Blöndal, Denmark
   

12:30

Lunch
   

14:00

Afternoon session- ECRF-Initiatives, chaired by Luis Fernandez del Pozo, Spain
 
  • Achievements in the EU benchmarking exercise and what needs to be done now, by Michael Coyne, EU Commission

14:30

Reports from working groups:
 
  • Benchmarking by Annika Brannstrom and Helen Hogberg

15:15

Coffee break
   
15:30
  • crXML by Paul Farrell
  • Legal aspects by Doerthe Koerner
  • New initiatives
  • On decisions and quality of register data by Niko Schlamberger, Slovenia

17:00

End of session

18:30

Departure for Conference Dinner
   
Wednesday 12. June
 

09:00

Morning session - Reduction of the administrative burdens for the enterprises, chaired by Vito Giannella, Italy
 

EU-initiatives

  • Modernisation of the First Law Directive, by Dominique Thienpont
 

National initiatives

  • Common Unique ID- Code and The Register of Reporting Obligations, Norway,
    by Ketil Ingebrigtsen

10:00

Coffee break
   

10:20
  • Experiences on cooperation between authorities in Finland, by Sakari Kauppinen, Finland
  • se-cci.net, South Eastern Europe Chambers of Commerce and Industry Network, by Milic Tomislav, Montenegro
  • The situation in Romania, Single access point by Cornelia Rotaru, Romania
12:00 Closing session chaired by Erik Fossum
   

12:30

Lunch
   
1400 - 1630 General Assembly ECRF

Working language:
English (no translations to other languages)


Last Updated: June 5th 2002