Dutch Municipal Service Delivery to Entrepreneurs, 2003-2006 Reports

Reports from the Dutch 'Meldpunt Strijdige Regels' (Conflicting Rules Reporting Point) collected nearly 850 experiences from entrepreneurs between May 2003 and March 2006. The data documents conflicting and illogical regulations encountered in daily business operations. The dataset is published by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing patterns of conflicting regulations based on the reported experiences.
• Measuring administrative burden on entrepreneurs as described in the political agenda.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of the 'Meldpunt Strijdige Regels' reporting mechanism.
• Identifying common regulatory pain points for businesses from the 850 reported cases.

Strengths

• Contains nearly 850 specific reported experiences from entrepreneurs.
• Focuses on a defined policy issue: reducing administrative burden for businesses.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is provided in PDF format, which may hinder structured analysis.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Reports collected via the 'Meldpunt Strijdige Regels' (Conflicting Rules Reporting Point).

Time Range

Reports collected from May 2003 to March 2006.

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Netherlands