Islamabad: August 05, 2024:Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb held a meeting with the Managing Director of Jacobs, Cordova and Associates Mr. Scott Jacobs at Finance Division today. Secretary Board of Investment and officials from relevant ministries/divisions were also present in the meeting. The meeting focused on the subject of regulatory reforms
Scott Jacobs presented a new paper, “What Comes Next? Innovation and Regulatory Forbearance,” at the conference, “Regulatory Governance in a Changing World,” June 17-18, 2024, at the University of Pennsylvania. In this short video, Jacobs presents his paper, arguing that we need risk managers rather than regulators to deal with transformational innovations. He argues that
JC&A is pleased to assist the Government of Uganda with measurement and evaluation of the results of a 2017 Standard Cost Model (SCM) review of licensing regimes, assessment of gains/losses of compliance costs for businesses (more than 30 focus groups), review of pending reforms and newer reforms introduced, reform of the licensing e-Portal and re-engineering
Jorge Velazquez, Director of JC&A, was pleased to meet with the Mayor of @GuadalajaraGob, Francisco Ramírez Salcido, to promote reforms to increase municipal competitiveness as part of the USAID #CompetitiveMunicipalities Project, @TheErgoGroup @USAIDMX @cceoficialmx @CEESP1
Scott Jacobs was invited to teach an applied RIA course to the staff of the Thailand National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) in Bangkok. Pictured is Scott Jacobs with NBTC Commissioner Suphat Suphachalasai, and NBTC staff, September 2023
Scott Jacobs is discussing the use of regulatory impact analysis in emerging Fintech issues such as digital assets, ESG ratings, and licensing of virtual banks with the Bank of Thailand. Innovation and risk management are central to the financial industry today, and the Bank of Thailand is in the mainstream of regulators in balancing the
Today Jorge Velázquez, Director of JC&A for Mexico, participated in the signing of the memorandum of understanding between @MunicipioAgs and @CEESP1 to collaborate on the project “Competitive Municipalities: Intelligent Regulation and Business Commitment”. The project is co-financed by USAID and Mexican business. @USAIDMX
The Competitive Municipalities-initiative of @CEESP1 with the support of @USAIDMX, presented 8 June in Western and Bajío region of Mexico 2 innovative instruments for Municipal Regulatory Improvement: Inspections Model and RIA Manual. JC&A’s consultant, Delia Vazquez, participated as one of the key note speakers presenting the inspection model. The event included the participation of Efrén
The Project Municipalities Competitiveness of USAID Mexico supported by Centro De Estidios Economicos was presented in Hermosillo with the results, with the reengineering of processes of 15 municipal procedures, thanks to Regulatory Reform; as well as the reforms to be implemented. The delivery of the Reengineering component of the project Muncopios Competitivos featured the participation
JC&A -as part of the consortium with Centro de Estudios Económicos del Sector Privado (@CEESP1) and the Ergo Group (@TheErgoGroup)- presented in Monterrey the Municipal Inspections Model in the framework of the USAID project “Municipios Competitivos, Regulación Inteligente y Compromiso Empresarial”. This innovative model is meant to improve the inspection function at the Municipal level
Funded by the World Bank, JC&A assisted the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Lao PDR in setting up the Inventory of Business Licenses (IBL) portal (www.bned.moic.gov.la). The IBL aims to improve access to regulatory information on all formalities (licenses, permits, authorizations, clearances, etc.). The IBL is an online location where micro, small, medium, and
