JC&A Senior Director Cesar Cordova presented at the United Nations Commission On International Trade Law’s 2021 Incheon Law & Business Forum: “Navigating the Storm: Helping MSMEs Set Sail with Legal Harmonization” He was a part of the first panel on business registration. Panel 1: MSME Formation: Business Registration Moderator: Ms. Monica Canafoglia, Legal Officer, UNCITRAL
Guyana: JC&A is pleased to be part of Michael Porter’s Global Development Initiative to improve Government of Guyana interactions with businesses and citizens. From left, in Georgetown, Fitzgerald Yaw, JC&A Director Jorge Velazquez, Vanessa Williams, Dexter Smartt, JC&A Director Scott Jacobs, Shercola Exeter, and JC&A Associate Armando Ruiz.
The National Competitiveness Council and the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Mipymes (MICM), presented the results of the evaluation of the Business Opening process in the Dominican Republic, carried out by JC&A http://cnc.gob.do/index.php/es/noticias/item/936-presentan-resultados-de-la-consultoria-para-la-evaluacion-del-proceso-de-apertura-de-empresas
JC&A is starting a new project with Peruvian authorities to provide technical assistance for the implementation of Regulatory Impact Analysis in public entities of the Executive Branch. We are glad to be back working again in Peru.
In Laos, on 21 January 2021, JC&A reported to public and private stakeholders that time needed to register a business was reduced from 173 days to 17 days. JC&A is the lead technical advisor to the Government of Laos for two reform projects that is reviewing and simplifying numerous registration and licensing systems of Laos
Anton Zinovyev, Senior Associate of JC&A, spoke at 10th Central Asia Trade Forum. Anton’s presentation at the panel session on Regional Challenges, Needs And Opportunities In E-Commerce starts at 1:23. Full video of the panel session is available here https://lnkd.in/e8MSFDD
A great group of professionals at the Applied Regulatory Impact Assessment Course in Rome, 14-18 October 2019, offered by JC&A and LUISS University. The next course is scheduled for October 2020, and registration is now open at https://regulatoryreform.com/ria-training/
The JC&A Moldova team on the USAID Moldova Structural Reform Project was pleased to join Nathan Associates in presenting new findings and recommendations for reforming Moldova’s transportation permitting system. You can find more photos from the October 2019 public event at https://www.facebook.com/Reforme.Structurale.Moldova/
JC&A “working with the country’s apex trade body has suggested reforming the regulatory landscape governing the activities of the private sector in Bangladesh to accelerate its growth. Managing Director Scott Jacobs of Jacobs, Cordova and Associates (JCA), … disclosed the assessment at an institutional dialogue titled Synopsis of Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) Training to Federation
The Financial Express, August 2, 2019, Bangladesh loses at least 20 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) for poor regulations, a regulatory reform expert said on Thursday. “Bangladesh is suffering from low level of regulations and the cost would be at least 20 per cent of its GDP,” Managing Director of Jacobs, Cordova
“Dhaka, Aug 1 (UNB)- An international consultancy firm working with the country’s apex trade body has suggested reforming the regulatory landscape governing the activities of the private sector in Bangladesh to accelerate its growth here.” http://unb.com.bd/category/Business/regulatory-reform-a-must-for-private-sector-to-thrive/25020 Pictured are Scott Jacobs and Jorge Velazquez at the closing ceremony for the institutional dialogue titled Synopsis of Regulatory
