"The burosaurus must be shot down." This is the appeal of Confartigianato Imprese Sardegna to simplify the bureaucracy which, even on the island, has an almost overwhelming weight between «laws, laws, paperwork, regulations, quibbles, decrees, interpretations, forms and reforms», slowing down or blocking «the most of the notices, competitions, measures and acts against companies, entrepreneurs, employees, production and economic development, also considered as papers and certifications are, in most cases, already available to the Administrations».

«The example - says the association - is given by public works on the island: 53.3% of the days necessary to carry out one are taken up by crossing times, given by the time interval between the end of a phase and the beginning of the next phase, mainly attributable to administrative activities necessary for the continuation of the implementation process of a work. Therefore, more than half of the time companies spend "waiting" for bureaucratic steps. The phases are those of planning - preliminary, definitive and executive - assignment. Consequently, only 44.7% of the time is spent in the phase of actual construction of the works».

In the ranking drawn up between regions, the island is in sixth place for "crossing times": in first place Sicily with 60.8% of the days of "break", followed by Puglia (60.2%) and Abruzzo (58. 5%).
Among the most virtuous regions are Emilia Romagna (only 35.6%), Trentino (38.2%) and Valle d'Aosta (41.4%), against a national average of 54.3%.

This is what emerges from the report, produced by the Study Office of Confartigianato Sardinia, on the "Weight of bureaucracy on the Island" which, using data from the European Commission and the Agency for Territorial Cohesion, analyzed the weight of the management processes of the Public Administration on businesses and citizens.

«The burosaurus, despite the good intentions of every national or regional government that has just taken office – comments Maria Amelia Lai, President of Confartigianato Imprese Sardegna – has always found in Italy the ideal habitat to survive and regenerate itself, also through growth and the multiplication of the competences of the Administrations, of the Bodies and of every public office. Added to these problems is the "defensive bureaucracy", or rather the fear of making a mistake on the part of an official, manager or employee when faced with the interpretation of a law, which in fact blocks or slows everything down».

An example above all: what happened with the Superbonus 110%. "If the tax incentives for construction have supported the recovery after the pandemic, their positive effects have been delayed and weakened due to the trickle of regulatory changes, a real nightmare for businesses, professionals, condominium administrators and families". «Every intervention aimed at simplifying bureaucracy is a step forward for the growth and development of the island - adds Daniele Serra, regional secretary of Confartigianato Sardinia - if it is also aimed at crafts and SMEs, which represent the beating heart of the our economy, the whole community will benefit from it». For Confartigianato Sardegna «a simple and efficient Public Administration is one of the priorities to support the relaunch of economic activities. In the relationship between companies and the Public Administration, the logic of "preventive suspicion" must be replaced with that of "subsequent control".