Area: Javna uprava
Competent authority: MNZ
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 259
Initiative accepted and completed: '2014-03-05'
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2014-03-04'
Initiative published: '2014-03-04'
Initiative submitted: '2013-11-28'
Response from the competent authority: 'Reply from the Ministry of the Interior: Thank
  you for your initiative and below we give our opinion on the transfer of the competence
  of VEM points in company registration procedures to banks. Notwithstanding the trend
  towards digitalisation, we need physical VEM points where the user can get all the
  necessary information and assistance in carrying out electronic procedures to start
  his business.The situation in other EU Member States also shows the need for physical
  points where the prospective entrepreneur can get free information and assistance
  in carrying out the procedures. In the Netherlands, for example, despite the initial
  focus on digitising all procedures related to doing business with the State, due
  to user and media trends, there are plans to introduce a small number of physical
  points where users can get information, advice and assistance on procedures in one
  place at the start of their business. In Belgium, on the other hand, the problem
  is that the physical points are privately owned (services at the points are chargeable).
  Each outlet has its own policy and there is confusion in the market. This is why
  Belgium is also seriously considering nationalising physical points, because a would-be
  entrepreneur needs information on how to start a business. Many people also need
  advice, which is then the basis for actually deciding on their entrepreneurial path.
  There are also many people who are not familiar with the electronic world and need
  help with electronic procedures. VEM points offer all this free of charge to would-be
  entrepreneurs. At the same time, the State has the possibility to control the services
  provided by VEM points. It is true that the number of VEM points is too high and
  needs to be reduced. However, the basic concept of VEM points is correct, as shown
  by the examples of other Member States which have adopted the VEM point concept.
  In 2014, we will prepare an action plan with a view to linking all entities of the
  support environment at national level into a single network. Only a coordinated
  action of all entities of the support environment for entrepreneurship can provide
  the appropriate services that businesses need both in the phase of testing an entrepreneurial
  idea, setting up a business, initial operation and in the growth phase. The Single
  Document of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for Ensuring a Better Regulatory
  and Business Environment and Increasing Competitiveness - Action No 3 - Ensuring
  a More Encouraging Business Environment for Investors, also highlights the need
  to regulate the support environment, where VEM entry points also play an important
  role. Within the framework of this action, the line ministries, the Ministry of
  the Interior, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of
  Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, the SPIRIT public agency,
  and the Agency for Enterprise Development and Entrepreneurship (AJPES), have already
  prepared a preliminary analysis of the state of play of the system of VEM entry
  points. On the basis of this analysis and the meetings of the above-mentioned stakeholders,
  it was concluded that the system of VEM entry points, which provides support for
  the establishment and further operation of businesses, needs to be adapted to the
  new conditions and requirements in the economy, while at the same time specifying
  the responsibility for the operation of the system and defining the type and number
  of activities to be carried out at the VEM points. The second part of the measure
  described above concerns the redevelopment of online VEM points to support domestic
  and foreign entrepreneurs, in which the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
  and the Ministry of the Interior also cooperate. The result of the cooperation is
  the creation of a national web portal, namely a part dedicated to (potential) entrepreneurs.
  It is a merger of the content of the e-VEM points and the national web portal EUGO
  Slovenia - Slovenia Business Point, which provides entrepreneurs with comprehensive
  information on the life cycle of their business in one place.'
Text file: 259.txt
Title: Registering companies through banks
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=259
