The National Tobacco Administration, together with other government regulatory agencies, attended the Better Regulations Summit 2022, organized by the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA), on October 7 at the Philippine International Convention Center, Pasay City.
This summit, with the theme, “Enabling Regulatory Reform Towards Bureaucratic Efficiency,” is in line with the ARTA’s push to enable regulatory reforms towards bureaucratic efficiency.
NTA Regulation Department Manager Atty. Rohbert A. Ambros represented the agency on the one-day summit that launched the National Policy on Regulatory Management System (NPRMS) and the Business Processing and Licensing System (BPLS) Operations Manual.
NPRMS is a formal policy that will operationalize the Philippine Regulatory Management System to make sure all regulations are rational and do not add undue regulatory burden and cost to the transacting public and government agencies.
The new regulatory policy aims to promote the adoption of a systematized management of regulations, provide a common framework of good regulatory practices, and establish institutional arrangements for all government offices
The BPLS manual serves as a comprehensive and user-friendly tool for local government units (LGUs) in the adoption of innovative solutions in public service delivery.
According to Atty. Ambros, the NTA under the leadership of Administrator/CEO Robert Victor G. Seares Jr. has been complaint with the call of the national government to streamline the bureaucracy to efficiently deliver services to the transacting public.