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                                      <p style="text-align: justify;">The Project is functionalized to support improvement in livability and competitiveness of Karachi by enhancinginstitutional performance and supporting activities for supporting private sector investment. The main objective is toenhance efficiencies in Sindh’s business Regulatory environment. Through this activity, Regulatory requirements acrossmultiple agencies will be streamlined, made consistent, and automated where possible. A centralized businessone-stop-shop (S-BOSS) will be developed to integrate the streamlined Regulatory requirements for Sindh. The ProjectImplementation Unit, Investment Department Government of Sindh is providing support to improve the business environmentfor private sector investment by streamlining and integrating key Regulatory processes, through:</p>
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                                      <bold style="font-weight: bold; color: maroon; text-transform: uppercase;text-align: start;">(A) Regulatory reform and simplification:</bold><br />
                                      <p style="text-align: justify;">This will entail the preparation of a consolidated Register of business licenses, permits, and “No-ObjectionCertificates” (NOCs) applicable for starting and doing business in Karachi at the provincial and local levels. TheRegister will identify redundant licenses / permits / NOCs.</p>
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                                      <bold style="font-weight: bold; color: maroon; text-transform: uppercase;text-align: start;">(B) Regulatory process mapping and re-engineering:</bold><br />
                                      <p style="text-align: justify;">This will be followed by a process mapping of licenses, permits, and NOCs issued by ten key Regulatory agencies tore-engineer existing processes and develop standard operating procedures (SOPs) to streamline these processes and makethem transparent and less discretionary. This will also identify specific Regulatory changes to help level the playingfield for registration and operations for women-owned businesses in Karachi.</p>
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                                      <bold style="font-weight: bold; color: maroon; text-transform: uppercase;text-align: start;">(C) Architecture and Design:</bold><br />
                                      <p style="text-align: justify;">Sindh One Stop Shop (S-BOSS) will be established to act as a single interface between businesses and key Regulatoryagencies. SID will support the automation of SOPs of selected Regulatory agencies and integrate these into the portal.This process will use existing inter-agency coordination mechanisms in place as part of Sindh’s DB reforms program underimplementation. The SBP will upgrade the recently-launched Bank-financed Sindh Business Registration Portal (S-BOSS) toenable not only streamlined registration but facilitation of all approvals, licenses, and permits for ongoing businessoperations.</p>
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