The Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) launched the One Stop Service (OSS) Centre on 21 October to provide the investors with all necessary services from a single point.
Bangladesh would make a positive change in the next ‘Ease of Doing Business’ index of the World Bank from the wide range of services through the OSS and help increase the investment from home and abroad.
In partnership with 14 different ministries and departments, BEZA offers 107 types of government services at BEZA OSS, where unit investors to Economic Zone can complete all the process for investing in any Zones, from application to obtaining licences and approvals from a single place.
By June next year, investors would get 125 types of services under 27 categories from the OSS centre.
The launching was held at Pan Pacific Sonargaon in the capital, where Private Industry and Investment Adviser to the PM Salman F Rahman and other top officials were present.
BEZA submitted a draft act on one stop service in 2015 and finally the government enacted the ‘One Stop Service Act’ last year. The potential investors would get approvals for various utility services like power, gas, water and telephone from the centre.
The centre would bring down significantly the time in getting utility services. An investor would get power connection in a day while the trade licence in a moment.
The organizations include: Home Ministry, Power Division, National Board of Revenue (NBR), Bangladesh Bank, Office of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms, Department of Public Works, Department of Environment, Export Promotion Bureau, water and sewerage authorities, BTRC, Office of the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports, Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority and other product-related associations as well as local government offices.
The organizations will provide services like project clearance, work permit, visa recommendation, import and export permits, building plan approval, wiring and plumbing plan approval, NOC for foreign loan, local sale and purchase services, utility connection approval, TIN registration, VAT registration, fire clearance and boiler registration to the investors.
BEZA OSS is located on the 11th floor of the Monem Business District at Karwanbazar. Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) supports the establishment of BEZA OSS under a technical cooperation project.
