The development of electronic government in Bulgaria is crucial for overcoming the crisis, the chairman of the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA), Bozhidar Danev, said. Making the state administration electronic can help solve many problems, e.g. staff optimisation and efficiency, fast servicing etc.
Bulgaria is among the last countries in the European Union in use of electronic government services. That is not due to the unwillingness of companies and citizens to communicate with the administration via the internet but to the lack of working services, BIA commented. Only 8% of people in Bulgaria use online administration, Eurostat data show.
A few hundred million leva is necessary for the financing of electronic government, BIA reckons. The money is even now available, since Bulgaria can use up to EUR 934 million under the EU operational programmes. There are also additional sources of financing e-administration, such as private capital.
The implementation of such a project will have a lot of advantages for the economy of Bulgaria, Danev pointed out. It will help improve administrative efficiency, curb the grey economy, reduce regional differences and cut the administrative burden on businesses and citizens.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Hristo Laskov
Quelle/Source: Пари, 02.11.2009
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