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Azerbaijan and Korea are bolstering joint efforts to offer better services in public administration on the occasion of Interior Minister Hong Yun-sik's latest visit to Azerbaijan. The Embassy of Azerbaijan in Seoul said last week that Hong attended a forum in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku from Aug. 18 to 20 to discuss ways of using information and communications technology (ICT) to improve the public administration system with relevant officials there. Hong signed a memorandum of understanding concerning mutual cooperation in e-governance with Inam Karimov, chairman of the State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations. Hong also met Prime Minister Artur Rasizade and Communications and High Technologies Minister Ramin Guluzade.

Deputy communications minister Elmir Velizadeh says that the draft law will be introduced into Milli Majlis before the end of 2011.

“The drafting work is approaching to the end and be submitted for approval of the government until the end of the year,” he emphasized.

In accordance with the amendments to the Law on Road Traffic", approved by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on 15 November 2011, registration of motor vehicles (obtaining certificate of registration and license plates) will be carried out after application in e-form.

As the Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Communications and IT Iltimas Mammadov said, the center begins its work in full capacity from today.

He said application of electronic digital signature in Azerbaijan will allow intensifying development of interaction of public institutions, including will contribute to the development of e-services and e-commerce.

According to the MCIT, all e-services rendered and created by governmental agencies will be transferred to single portal e-government, which is currently at stage of development and will be ready soon.

An e-government executive group has been established in Azerbaijan, Trend reports.

The group was created at an event “Development of e-government and transition to digital government: new concept and look into future.”

The event was attended by representatives of various government agencies working in this area.

The work is carried out within the "Cadastre - Real Estate Registration" project in Ganja and Sheki.

At present, the State Committee works on technical inventory of land and real property regardless of ownership.

In accordance with the Open Government Initiative National Action Plan for 2016-2018, the Council of State Support to Non-Governmental Organizations under the Auspices of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Friday held a constituent assembly of the Government-Civil Society Dialogue Platform on Open Government Initiative.

The assembly was attended by representatives of state agencies and non-governmental organizations.

Agency’s chairman Inam Karimov says that the new mobile service (a possibility of using the services of ASAN-centers via mobile devices) means "My government is always with me!".

By Order #02 from 10 June Defense Industry Minister Yavar Jamalov endorsed the Administrative Regulation of MDI services. The Regulation entered into force on 14 June.

In accordance with it in electronic (online form) the Ministry will accept applications and documents for obtaining special permission for export of goods, works, services, and intellectual property subjected to export inspection.

The Ministry reports that in the course of the session communication minister Ali Abbasov pointed out that state program E-government will enable to improve transparency when considering appeals from citizens, ensure e-services by state agencies, simplify use of these services by citizens and businesses, allow removal of bureaucratic obstacles and take serious measures in this direction.

The new program is continuation of the state program on developing the ICT sector in Azerbaijan in 2010-2012.

The program is aimed to create the e-government, develop the methods of management by means of implementing modern information and communication technologies in state bodies, providing e-services, as well as taking comprehensive measures to provide simplified and free access of citizens and organizations to such services.

Addressing to meeting Elmir Velizadeh, deputy communications minister of Azerbaijan, informed that up to date the country had already introduced more than 10 out of the 20 services envisaged by the State E-Government Development Program.

Deputy communications minister Elmir Velizadeh of Azerbaijan emphasized that Azerbaijan actively developing ICT area hopes for co-operation with Latvia in it.

“Over the past 5 years ICT sector growth in Azerbaijan made up about 32%. Its growth is expected this year as well despite the global economic crisis. To the large extent, this is a desert of private companies making 80% in this sector,” Velizadeh said.

The information age presuppose developing of the information and communication technologies at fast pace to ensure security and stable development of any country of the world. Azerbaijan, the leading country of the region in terms of the ICT, continues to develop this sector by attracting major player and startups to share experience in the sphere at Bakutel exhibition.

The BakuTel 2015 – International Telecommunications and Information Technologies Exhibition and Conference is open in Baku for the 21st time from December 2 until December 5.

The sustainable development of the sphere of information communication technologies is an integral part of the economic and political reforms which are currently implemented in Azerbaijan, Minister of Communications and High Technologies Ramin Guluzade told Trend.

“State programs which are aimed at the comprehensive development of the non-oil sector are currently underway in the country. The programs necessitate the switch of the ICT sector to the new level. Azerbaijan is the first and the only country that adopted the strategy of switch to the information-oriented society in the South Caucasus region,” he said.

Under the document, the Ministry of Communications & IT of Azerbaijan is to ensure for one month the technical capabilities for posting draft legal acts prepared by the central executive authorities and the Cabinet in E-Government portal.

The Rules came into effect on 18 January 2013. By his order Kerimov also instructed to develop an annual plan for the organization and performance of state e-services, as well as cost estimates for this.

Deputy Communication and Information Technologies Minister of Azerbaijan Elmir Velizadeh has reported that to date the list of about 300 electronic services has been worked out which are planned for activation within State Program "Electronic Government".

"In the course of the project implementation we are going to increase the number of electronic services through expansion of the state services list provided in electronic format. To date, 16 state establishments have been connected to e-government portal, 12 of which provide about 60 electronic services. We expect that after opening of primary version of the portal the number of state establishments connected to the portal and people employing e-services provided by state bodies will grow day by day. The portal will be fully launched when the country’s all state bodies are connected to it", - he noted.

Isbyandiyar Aliyev, head of the Strategic Planning Department of the Ministry of Communications & IT of Azerbaijan, says that some of these services are not integrated into E-Government portal.