El Salvador: Paperwork is Slower than Construction Work
Obtaining a building permit can require filling out 21 pieces of paperwork in eight different entities, which can take up to 276 business days before a response is received.
Although several water access permits were freed up earlier this year after having held up the initiation of 147 construction projects valued at $1.2 billion, the underlying problems that lead to the delays still remain unresolved.
"...The study found that Environmental procedures take about 83 business days.The goal of the OMR is to cut the process by 85 days. According to the specialist, the problem exists because the requirements contained in laws and instruments are not clear.At the ANDA, the response times are 73 business days.In this case work is being done on a regulation with lines for the delivery of feasibility responses and so that the permit does not expire within in a year as it does at present.Another proposal is to create a map which indicates where the areas are that have no drinking water available."
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In Nicaragua getting the paperwork required for cutting down a tree on a piece of land where construction works will be carried out means having to stop the project for months.
Since the logging ban was introduced in Nicaragua, builders have to apply for permits to cut down trees on the land which is to be cleared.
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Editorial
An article on Plazapública.com.gt reports that until very recently, "...
An act to streamline procedures intends to reduce the bureaucratic time delay to 120 days, so that construction companies can dynamize the economy with new buildings.
Currently the number formalities required for a construction project is 18.
Elmundo.com.sv reports that "Carlos Guerrero, president of the Salvadoran Chamber of the Construction Industry (Casalco), who also served as environment minister between 2004 and 2009, indicated that this delay makes the country less competitive and will increase costs unnecessarily. "
The Costa Rican government has announced successes in de-bureaucratizing the country, but employers say that in reality plans to make it happened haven’t actually been put into action.
The business sector does acknowledge that some progress has been made, but is asking for better coordination between the different entities involved in issuing permits.
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