In 2011, Bulgaria will allocate about 35 million leva under the EU's administrative capacity operational programme for the project, Deputy Finance Minister Boryana Pencheva said.
Bulgaria will collaborate with South Korea through the Centre for information technology co-operation, the Transport Ministry said.
"We will work on four projects, but our main goal is to transfer the best practices of the Republic of Korea to the Bulgarian e-government," the centre's general director, Nedyu Popivanov, said.
The centre has a $1.5 million budget, which will be provided by the Korean government for a period of three years, Popivanov said.
Bulgaria's co-operation with Portugal was agreed during Dyankov's visit to the southwestern European country, where he was briefed on the Simplex programme, intended to reduce administrative burdens and simplify administrative procedures for citizens.
In terms of the European Commission's requirements, online administration services in Bulgaria should be available to 50 per cent of the population and 80 per cent of business by 2015.
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Quelle/Source: The Sofia Echo, 13.03.2011