Project HESO - 2nd Quarter April - June 2003

2nd Quarter APRIL - JUNE 2003 RATING Quality Importance
Measures Ranked by Rating Values
(i.e. Contribution to the Economic and Social Development)		 [-300;300] [ -3; 3 ] %
1. Slovakia's Accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Ratified 176,5 2,26 78,0
2. Strategy for Public Finance Management Reform (More Transparency, Hard Budget Constraints, Program Budgeting, Mid-Term Macroeconomic Framework) 170,6 2,26 75,4
3. Proposal for Measures to Improve The Efficiency of the Companies Register (Certificate of Incorporation within 5 Days, Implementation of Standard Forms, Agenda Moved from Judges towards Higher Judicial Officials, Gradual Transition to Comprehensive Electronic Communication) 153,7 2,79 55,2
4. Draft Social Insurance Act (Reform of the Pay-As-You-Go Scheme, Raising the Retirement Age to 62 Years, Stronger Benefits-to-Contribution Tie, Automatic Pensions Adjustment) 133,8 1,72 77,8
5. Draft Amendment to the Telecommunications Act (Proposal on Compulsory Accession of Competitors to Local Lines of the Leading Operator, Broader Competencies of Telecommunications Authority, Simplified License Administration) 127,1 2,29 55,6
6. Draft Act on the Establishment of the Special Prosecutor Office and Special Court to Fight Corruption and Organised Crime 123,1 2,10 58,5
7. Proposal for Introduction of the so-called Key Witnesses (Draft Amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure) 102,7 2,11 48,6
8. Concept for Pension Scheme Reform (1st Pay-As-You-Go Pillar, 2nd Fully-funded Pillar, 3rd Pillar of the Voluntary Forms of Pension Insurance) 97,4 1,10 88,3
9. Public Information Portal Občan.sk 86,0 2,45 35,1
10. Tax Reform Concept (Flat Income Tax - 19%, Unified VAT - 19%, Raising Excise Tax, Exemptions Abolished, Tax Legislature Simplified) 81,9 0,96 85,6
11. Strategy for Reform of Employment in the Public Sector (Tariff Salaries in Public Service Abolished, Point-Based Job Performance Appraisal System in Civil Service along with Tariff Salary, Introduction of so-called Nominated Civil Service, Zero-Tolerance Principle to Corruption, Ethics Code) 79,9 1,49 53,7
12. New Price Measure in Health Care Systems (Cut in Floor Prices and Increase in Ceiling Capitation Prices, Increase in Ceiling Point Price, Increase in Service Prices for Small Hospitals, One-Day Surgery Extension) 69,3 1,37 50,8
13. Project for the Further Decentralisation of Public Administration and Draft Concept for the Organisation of Local State Administration (Further Competencies Transferred, Abolition of District Offices from 2004, Divisional Authorities and Authorities of Specialised Local State Administration Created) 66,4 1,07 62,3
14. Proposal to Introduce Employers' Obligation to Pay Sickness Insurance Benefits in First 10 Days of Sickness Leave (Draft Act on Income Compensation in the Event of an Employee’s Temporary Sickness Leave) 63,3 1,19 53,2
15. Number of Job Positions in Regional and District State Administration Offices Reduced by 5% as of 1st July 2003 59,2 1,69 35,1
16. Refund of Excess VAT Paid to be Received within 6 Months (Amendment to the Act on VAT) 53,8 1,27 42,4
17. Six Per Cent Raise in Pensions 46,8 1,02 45,7
18. Shortening the Patent Rights Period for Original Medicines from 10 to 6 Years (Amendment to the Act on Medicines and Medical Devices) 44,0 1,25 35,2
19. Restoring the Railway Service on 9 Regional Railway Tracks 33,2 1,05 31,6
20. Update of the Project for the Construction of Motorways and High-Speed Roads (Motorway in the North of Slovakia by the Year 2010 - 60% of Total Investment, High-Speed Road in the South and Central Slovakia - 40%, Planned High-Speed Road in the South, Involvement of Private Capital in the Construction) 32,2 0,52 62,3
21. Bank Slovakia Sold (60% of Shares for SKK 360m) 28,5 1,40 20,4
22. 13th Salary to Public Employees in 2003 not Paid (Amendment to the Act on Public Service) 21,6 0,67 32,4
23. Draft Attorneys Act (Unification of the Chamber of Commercial Lawyers of the SR with the Slovak Chamber of Attorneys, Compulsory Membership in Chamber Preserved, Zero-Toleration of Crime Principle for Attorneys, Market Opened to Foreign Attorneys-at-Law) 17,4 0,53 33,0
24. Uniform VAT Rate at 19% Introduced (Amendment to the Act on Value Added Tax) 13,6 0,19 71,3
25. Hotel Forum Sold (for SKK 425m) 9,2 0,50 18,4
26. Raising Viewers and Listeners´ License Fees for the Slovak Television and Slovak Radio by 33% 7,0 0,20 35,7
27. Raising Excise Tax (on Mineral Oils, Beer and Tobacco) -3,7 -0,07 55,7
28. Conduct of Tender for the Supply of Information System for the Social Insurance Agency (Signed without Approval of the Government) -45,6 -1,71 26,7
  RATING of the 2nd QUARTER 2003 (passed measures) 70,8    
  RATING of the 1st QUARTER 2003 (passed measures) 60,3    

Slovak Experts' Committee