1. Approach to Reform by Country: Cases From the Netherlands Rob Velders Rob.velders@gmail.com +31 6 2393 5939 6/3/2014Inspection Reform in the Netherlands1

2. Issues regarding reform of enforcement Mergers Reduction of administrative burden Basic principles Training ICT/tools Regional Environmental Services Cooperation Impact assessment Some observations 6/3/2014Inspection Reform in the Netherlands2

3. Mergers There are several drivers to merge inspectorates: Too many inspection bodies overall Too many inspection bodies per ministry Reduction of burden Effectiveness and efficiency 6/3/2014Inspection Reform in the Netherlands3

4. Reduction of administrative burden Aiming at the right balance between economic growth and compliance Measuring of burden of enforcement Usage of trust and “Inspection holidays” Soft whenever possible, tough when needed Education and Training Certification and accreditation Cooperation 6/3/2014Inspection Reform in the Netherlands4

5. Principles of good enforcement National Government: 2000: Professionalism, independence, transparancy 2005: Cooperative, Risk Based, Resolute Market Surveillance Authorities (2014) Effective: Mission driven, effective, accountable, Efficiënt: Empowering, cooperative, efficient organized Professional: independent, transparent, adequate trained inspectors Local government (almost ready): Independence, professionalism, reliability 6/3/2014Inspection Reform in the Netherlands5

6. Training Many inspectorates have their own training facilities and programs Formation of a national inspection academy 6/3/2014Inspection Reform in the Netherlands6

7. ICT/tools Table of Eleven: behaviour-analysis model (webbased, available in English, German and French language: www.it11.nl)www.it11.nl Tablet-apps Inspectionview: webbased application to consult inspection results of other inspectorates 6/3/2014Inspection Reform in the Netherlands7

8. Regional Environmental Services All municipalities and provinces are forced to hand over enforcement to newly established services Goals: -Quality improvement of enforcement -More distance from local politicians 6/3/2014Inspection Reform in the Netherlands8

9. Cooperation Board of inspectorates (2001) Board of Market Surveillance Authorities (2010) Regional Environmental Services (2013) Conceptual framework on inspections (speaking the same language) Stacked supervision: trying to cooperate between national inspectorates and local supervisors 6/3/2014Inspection Reform in the Netherlands9

10. Some other observations Mergers take at least 2 years There is a tendency to focus mergers of inspectorates towards domains (education, healthcare, food, etc) Incidents are not accepted anymore: “More and tougher enforcement!” Growing political interference Juridical obstacles to exchange information Cooperation is difficult! 6/3/2014Inspection Reform in the Netherlands10