About Actal
Actal, the Dutch Advisory Board on Regulatory Burden, is an independent and external advisory body that advises government and Parliament on how to minimize regulatory burdens for firms, citizens, and professional workers in healthcare, education, safety and welfare. Actal wants to contribute to a society in which government achieves its goals while minimizing the hindrance of regulation. Actal bases its opinions on signals from society. It thereby seeks new ways to reduce the regulatory burdens in the Netherlands. It challenges regulators to take up these opportunities. Actal works with organisations within and outside the Netherlands, including its sister organisations in other European Member States.
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Annual report 2011
Actal’s Annual report 2011 Less regulatory burden, More power has come out in digital form. The report explains the new role of Actal. On 1 June 2011 the new Board started and Jan ten Hoopen (chairman of the board), Eric Helder en Lili Doude van Troostwijk were (re)appointed. Under its new mandate, the Board advises the Government and Parliament to lower the regulatory burden on businesses, on citizens, and on professionals in healthcare, education, security and social security. Actal now has three advisory tasks: systemic scrutiny, ex ante scrutiny and strategic advice. Actal’s mandate is to include actual signals from society in the basis for strategic recommendations.
The Annual report 2011 includes an interactive content. For optimal viewing we recommend to save the report onto your computer and to view the pdf document in Adobe Reader.