The global economic outlook is increasingly uncertain. Governments face complex, interlinked policy challenges while managing ever-expanding regulatory frameworks. While regulations are designed to support positive outcomes, fragmented, inconsistent or poorly implemented regulations delay investment, slow innovation, and force businesses to spend valuable time on compliance instead of driving productivity.

Nearly all OECD countries recognise the importance of reducing regulatory burdens and simplifying rules. Yet, despite years of reform and red-tape reduction initiatives, regulatory complexity continues to grow. Why have past approaches fallen short? What needs to change to ensure that reform impacts are sustained over time?

Join us at the 2025 OECD High-Level Symposium: Simplifying for Success on 17–18 November 2025 in Paris. Engage with global leaders, explore innovative approaches, exchange experiences with peers, and provide feedback on new OECD data on burden reduction and simplification.

The Symposium forms part of the OECD Simplifying for Success (S4S) initiative, which supports renewed government efforts to deliver simple, smart and streamlined regulations to unlock prosperity.

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