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The introduction of a new referral model aims to reduce the workload of the University Clinical Centre of Skopje so that teachers become able to devote more time and attention to scientific and educational work, as well as to more complex health cases.

Bujar Osmani, the country's Minister of Health, attended the launch event at the Clinic for Paediatric Surgery in the capital Skopje. He said that the introduction of the solution constitutes a major step towards creating a fully electronic health system.

Through the application, Mr Osmani explained, a specialist doctor can obtain a patient's complete medical record electronically, with all the historical data covering previous tests and referrals from the family doctor.

The project will be implemented for those public bodies that have not yet introduced electronic systems for tracking the status of citizens’ requests. Its main objective is to create an integrated document management system for the state administration bodies to track and store documents electronically.

The Minister for Information Society and Administration, Ivo Ivanovski said during the press conference, on 16 May 2012: “This project is the next step of the Government’s and MISA’s efforts to facilitate administrative procedures and the life of citizens and state institutions.”

Ivo Ivanovski, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's Minister of Information Society and Administration, said: "The cooperation will last until 31 March this year and will work on specific projects to reform public administration."

The Ministry of Information Society and Administration has digitised 53 new fifth- and sixth-grade textbooks, bringing the total number of educational materials for student use to 103.

Ivo Ivanovski, the Minister of Information Society and Administration said at a press conference on 4 November 2011 that traffic for the digital library is very high, as tracking data reveals that there were about 342 visits to the first 50 textbooks over the past school year. He announced that digitisation will continue for all copyrighted textbooks by the ministry, and only such printed copyrighted materials will be placed in electronic form.

The project aims on the one hand to strengthen national and local systems’ integrity by providing transparency and accountability to citizens and municipalities in order to improve the municipal services provided. On the other hand, it is an opportunity to engage citizens more actively in the work of the municipal administrations to solve problems.

Minister of Information Society and Public Administration Ivo Ivanovski presented Thursday the project's benefits before members of the ICT Chamber within the Macedonian Chambers of Commerce.

Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, deputy Minister of Information Society and Administration Marta Arsovska-Tomovska and the Director of the PRO, Goran Trajkovski presented the new service a few days before its launch.

Tax returns can be submitted from any place and at any time by filling in personal data and using an electronic signature obtained from one of the country's two registered issuers of digital certificates ('Makedonski Telekom' and 'KIBS'). The electronic signature costs about 900 denars (approx. €14,5) and can also be used for all other electronic services.

The new method of payment is quick and easy and can be used by any citizen or student for the charges made by public offices and universities for various services. It involves an application which enables leading smart phones to effect payment in just three steps.

The events took place in the cities of Tetovo (14 March), Štip (17 March), Skopje and Bitola (22 March) respectively.  Main presenters included representatives of the non-profit organisation promoting Open Software in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Слободен софтвер Македонија -, the Metamorphosis Foundation and the Ministry of Information Society and Administration.