Press Release: Stoiber Group launches ‘Best Idea for Red Tape Reduction Award’

As the European Commission continues its progress towards its goal of reducing administrative burdens for enterprises by 25 percent in 2012, citizens and entrepreneurs are now invited to come forward with their practical ideas for cutting red tape. The High Level Group of Independent Stakeholders on Administrative Burdens (HLG AB) launched today a new competition 'Best Idea for Red Tape Reduction Award'. The competition was presented by Dr. Edmund Stoiber, Chairman of the HLG AB, Member of the European Parliament Jan Mulder, Johanna Maij-Weggen (CoR[1]), Jorge Pegado Liz (EESC[2]), Daniel Trnka (representative of the upcoming Czech Council Presidency), Malgorzata Kaluzynska (Standard Cost Model – Network, SCM), Frank Frick (Bertelsmann Stiftung) and Michael Gibbons (entrepreneur, member of the HLG AB).