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Institute for eGovernment

The amount of money saved from choosing electronic services is shown on an actual savings counter service, available at the administration’s website: http://rzeszow.uw.gov.pl/licznik-oszczednosci-ezd/rok-2012.html.

Telemedicine, i.e. the use of the internet, satellite communication or mobile networks for the delivery of medical services, is still in its infancy in Poland.

free-hotspot.com hat heute bekannt gegeben, dass die polnische Stadt Szklarska Poręba seine erste „Free HotSpot-Zone“ in Europa ist. Dieser Titel bedeutet, dass der öffentliche WiFi-Zugang überall im Ort durch ein lückenloses Netzwerk von kostenlosen HotSpots bereitgestellt wird. Der kostenlose WiFi-Internetzugang wird nun in über 50 Hotels, Restaurants, Cafes und anderen öffentlichen Einrichtungen im Stadtzentrum und den umliegenden Gebieten angeboten.

Paradigms of e-government are around the world are led by Estonia, whose size allows for experimentation and implementation of the most advanced and enviable systems in the world. Yet the tales of Estonia, may soon be surpassed by Poland, whose Digital rebirth is an ambitious project that will set the bar higher than anywhere in the world.

One of the leading minds behind this vision for a Digital Poland, has been Krzysztof Szubert, Strategic Advisor to the Minister of Digital Affairs and Plenipotentiary of the Minister for International Affairs.

Key European eGovernment decision makers will meet in Poznań (Poland) to talk about the future of eGovernment. European Ministers responsible for eGovernment will hold an Informal Ministerial Meeting, where they will exchange views on the future of Borderless Services, the development of the Large Scale Projects, the Connecting Europe Facility and other key issues related to the development and up-take of eGovernment services in Europe. The "Borderless eGovernment Services for Europeans" conference will be celebrated on 17-18 November 2011. The European Council supports eGovernment services, as it was agreed during its meeting held in May 2011.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (www.healthcareIT.frost.com), Social and Economic Benefits of Healthcare IT in Poland, finds that Poland ranks below the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average in terms of healthcare spending per capita. However, efforts to modernise the healthcare structure are set to galvanise the uptake of IT systems by the healthcare sector.

»Können wir schon Schampus trinken?« Mit dieser Frage will der polnische Ticker linuxnews.pl einer Entscheidung des polnischen Senats huldigen mehr Open Source in die Bildung zu bringen. Das sich vorerst nur auf die Systeme des Ministeriums beziehende Gesetz schreibt allen Mitarbeitern vor, kostenloser oder Open-Source-Software, die zur direkten Verarbeitung von Daten genutzt wird, den Vorzug zu geben. Noch vor einer Woche hatte sich die Regierung (Sejm) mit einer klaren Mehrheit gegen eine Änderung des Gesetzes entschieden.

ITU News talks to Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.

Q: What is your vision for Poland’s digital future at the European level and beyond?

Poland is already among Europe’s fastest-developing countries and is rapidly bridging the digital divide.

Increased availability of e-services via our governmental portal (gov.pl) helped Polish citizens get through the time of isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, we have continued digitalizing more public services, making them accessible for all, especially for people with disabilities.

The Central Register and Information on Business Activity (Centralna Ewidencja i Informacja o Działalności Gospodarczej - CEIDG, in Polish), which is run by the Ministry of Economy (Ministerstwo Gospodarki, in Polish), has introduced the CEIDG-1 form to replace the EDG-1 form. The new form is available from the ceidg.gov.pl and firma.gov.pl websites.

The modernisation of the Certification Centre will facilitate two major projects:

• pl.ID, the Polish ID Card
• Information System of Emergency Notification (System Informatyczny Powiadamiania Ratunkowego - SIPR, in Polish), the tele-information system which facilitates the common European emergency call service 112.

The amendments are designed to improve the quality of public services by requiring that every public institution should create an electronic service for document filing by citizens, and improve access to official documents in electronic form, including application forms, and online communication with the public.

According to Michal Boni, minister of administration and digitization, services provided to citizens need to be improved at both the central and local government levels.

A report by the Supreme Audit Office (NIK) has found that local government in Poland is still heavily reliant on using paper to record information.

Only two of the 24 councils surveyed use mostly electronic documents.

“Almost all communes and city councils use a traditional [paper] system to manage documents. Only a few have implemented a system with mainly electronic documents […] Poland still has a lot to do to implement e-administration,” NIK concluded in its report.

The Ministry of the Interior and Administration (Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji - MSWiA, in Polish) in collaboration with the National Electoral Office (Krajowe Biuro Wyborcze, in Polish) has created the service 'Append to the register of voters' ('Dopisanie do spisu wyborców', in Polish). This service provides a free, simple and convenient method of communication for citizens with the relevant municipal office, and between different municipal offices. It enables citizens to electronically list themselves as a voter in an electoral district different from their place of domicile or permanent residence. For authorities, offering this service enables them to receive requests from citizens about the electronic addition to the list of voters, and to make and receive electronic transmissions of information with other authorities for the deletion from the list of voters in another voting district.

Following amendments to the law, the promulgation of prescriptive legislation and certain other kinds of act will be passed to RCL in electronic form only. As a result, the electronic version of the legislation, which previously was merely complementary to the original paper version, will be validated as it bears a digital signature, the only form of authentication and confirmation of the date of the act.

In order to set up a limited liability company online in Poland, one must submit their application through the E-MS service of the Ministry of Justice and sign it with a secure eSignature supported by qualified certificates. From 1 June 2012, one will have the possibility to sign their application by means of a Trusted Profile, which is a free alternative to commercial eSignatures.

Poznan just checked off several items on its Smart City list. On Monday, the Polish city launched a new application, that both keeps citizens informed about important events and facilitates their communication with the local authorities.

The Smart City Poznan app can signal anything from road perturbations and breakdowns to weather warnings, and smog reports. What is more, it enables users to report problems or submit suggestions with just a few clicks.

The services provided by Aleksandrów Kujawski include additions to the electoral register, renting premises, and records for nursery school, kindergarten and schools. Other municipalities providing a high number of services are Kraków, the previous record holder with 76 services, Mińsk Mazowiecki with 63, Żmigród with 60 and Chełmek with 58.

Thanks to a Trusted Profile, a free form of electronic signature available through the platform ePUAP, it will be possible not only to log in to PUE, the new system of the Social Insurance Institution (Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych - ZUS, in Polish), but also to handle official matters. The Trusted Profile will confirm the identity of a citizen when submitting applications and documents online or making payments.