On 27 March, the Walloon Government and the Government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation presented a progress report on their administrative simplification strategy. A series of measures were set out.
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Administrative simplification is one of the main themes of the Regional Policy Declaration (Wallonia) and the Community Policy Declaration (Wallonia-Brussels Federation).
In October 2024, the two governments set up a task force to work on simplifying procedures and making them easier to understand.
Following meetings with civil society players, the governments identified 4 major expectations on the part of users:
- Develop a customer focus for the administration: put the user, his needs and expectations at the heart of its operation
- Reduce paperwork and processing times
- Make procedures more accessible and understandable
- Reduce and better target controls
During the presentation of the state of progress, examples of simplification projects already planned were presented. On the regional side, these include the following measures:
- Introduction of a personalised one-stop shop (2027)
- Automation of reductions in property tax (end 2026)
- Simplification of planning permission application forms (2025) then dematerialisation of planning permission (2027)
- Support for recruitment in SMEs under the SESAM employment aid scheme: Extension of the time limit from 6 months to 1 year for filling a vacancy following the granting of SESAM aid (June 2025)
- Abolition of the compulsory day of unemployment after temporary work prior to the activation of aid under the Impulsion scheme (June 2025)
- Simplification and acceleration of the processing of investment premiums (June 2025)
- Simplification of individual aid for the disabled (2025)
- Simplification of the funding and control of social action operators (2026)
- Simplification of procedures for crèche project developers (2026)
- Dematerialisation of the environmental permit (2026)
- Comprehensive reform of support for renovation (end 2026)
- Creation of the Housing Agency (2027)
- Establishment of a single Energy Distribution System Operator (DSO) for Wallonia (launch in 2026)
- Simplification of procedures for installing an electric car charging cable on the pavement (2026)
- Simplification of the Road Decree: abolition of the provincial level, simplification of the road plan. .. (2028)
- Simplification of derogation procedures for certain protected species (2025)
- Introduction of a user path for farmers (2025)
- Simplification of administrative procedures under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) strategic plan (2026)
- Simplification of the holding permit for animals (2026)
- Authorisation for the Commissariat général to access urban planning databases to grant certifications (2028)
- Revision of the decree on arms export licences to support the Walloon defence industry (2025)