e-invest is a Web-based software, intended for all government agencies that manage investment applications. Its primary function is to expedite the flow of project information by allowing involved parties to share all information in real-time.

As part of its National Anti Corruption Strategy, Georgia passed the Law on Licences and Permits on 24 June 2005, which aims at creating a competitve business environment by making procedures clear, transparent and predictible. Licences and permits, which could not be probably explained and justified, were removed, resulting in a decrease in th...

The Horeca Portal is a one-stop-shop for hotel, restaurant and café licenses. It helps entrepreneurs and SMEs to easily find out how to obtain the seven local licenses required in the City, by answering questions on-line and filling out a single form.

Licença Eletrônica is an E-Portal, which enables citizens from the municipality of Sao Paulo to obtain a business licence on line for free. The aim is to formalise micro and small entrepreneurs who are operating within the informal economy. Therefore, only entrepreneurs owning less than 1500m² of space (for conducting business) can obtain th...

The silence-is-consent rule was introduced in Mauritius in 2006. Public authorities are obliged to reply to requests for business licences within three working days. If the time needed to respond a request exceeds three working days, the receipt that acknowledges that the applicant has filed for the permit, becomes his actual business licenc...

The Armenian Law on Licensing was adopted on 30 May 2001 and contains the “silence-is-consent” provision as one of its major features. It states that “when the application for receiving a license is not decided within the given time period [30 days] mentioned in this part, the application shall be deemed satisfied and the applicant may comm...