In several days, the new strategic planning document within the regulatory reform, which includes state regulations on the entrepreneurial activity, will be posted on the Economy Ministry’s website for public debates. In an Info-Prim Neo interview of the series “Year 2012 in Moldova’s and Moldovans”, {which was published on December 14}, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Valeriu Lazar said that over the years, the regulatory reform ended with the exclusion of weak rings from the process of registering and running a business. “Today nobody complains that there are related problems in Moldova. Licensing is the next stage on which we focused. In general, we optimized the licensing system and reduced the licensed kinds of activity by one third. Now we are dealing with electronic licensing,” he stated. According to Valeriu Lazar, the licensing situation is more or less good. “But I saw that when we reduced the number of kinds of licensed businesses, some of the institutions introduced authorizations, notices and other required documents. That’s why we promoted the Framework Law on Authorization that defines the same principles for issuing authorizations as for licensing. The Ministry of Economy drafted a bill that transposes the provisions of this law in all the sector laws. In parallel, there was adopted the Front Office Law. We cooperated with the e-Government Center and will select the first 20 or more institutions that will implement the front office principle. ”We must also take into account such international rankings as Doing Business, the Economic Freedom Rankings, and the Global Competitiveness Index. They may not reflect the situation fully, but are like a mirror. When a potential investor wants to adopt an investment decision, they consult these rankings. That’s why a team of the Ministry, with the assistance of the World Bank Competitiveness Enfacement Project analyzed the rankings. We saw where we do good and where we do bad and will work to improve the indexes. For this we need cooperation between institutions,” said the official. The interview with Valeriu Lazar continues the series of 12 Info-Prim Neo interviews “Year 2012 in Moldova’s and Moldovans’ life”. Until now, their opinions about the performance of the passing year were stated by Prime Minister Vlad Filat, the Communist leader Vladimir Voronin, and OSCE Mission Head Jennifer Brush. The next interviews will be with Minister of Justice Oleg Efrim, Mayor of Chisinau Dorin Chirtoaca, Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Vasile Bumacov, and others