4 PRINCIPLES
- Transparency within government promotes openness and accountability of a government's and administration's actions. It entails disclosure of information in a way that the public can readily access and use it. This information may include laws, regulations and administrative decisions of general application, budgets, procurement decisions and meetings.
- Simplification is the process of eliminating all unnecessary elements and duplications in trade formalities, processes and procedures. It should be based on an analysis of the current situation.
- Harmonization is the alignment of national procedures, operations and documents with international conventions, standards and practices.
- Standardization is the process of developing formats for practices and procedures, documents and information internationally agreed by various parties. Standards are then used to align and, eventually, harmonize practices and methods.
To achieve these principles, full cooperation between government authorities and the business community is essential.
