Minister for Home Affairs and Environment Dr. Tonio Borg on Thursday launched an online application which will allow the public to order Public Registry Certificates over the Internet. The service which is available at certifikati.gov.mt is another in a series of government services which have become accessible online over the last months. Speaking at the launch Minister Borg noted that the request for certificates continues to grow every year and is now above 100,000. The possibility of ordering these certificates online is an important step in making this process more efficient, he stated.
Minister for Justice and Local Government, Dr. Austin Gatt, responsible for the e-government initiative, also addressed the press and pointed out that this was one of the most important e-government applications to go online. He stated that the service should not only prove popular with the Maltese living in Malta but also with many emigrants outside of Malta who now have a simple way of ordering certificates. He also noted that this was the first e-government service which was developed by a private company and that although it was a complex application was developed in a very short period. “This is in line with Government’s declared policy of working closely with the local ICT sector in order to make Malta a center of excellence for ICT” he concluded.
The application was developed by e-shore, one of the leading Internet development companies in Malta, and recent winner of the 2002 Web Awards with the Airmalta web site. E-shore CEO Keith Fearne commented that “ e-shore is proud to have delivered the first e-government service application developed by private enterprise. The solution was developed with very tight deadlines and to tough guidelines. Since it was the first time this has happened it was a bit of a learning experience for everyone, but the full co-operation of the respective departments, the Minsitry of Justice and Local Government and MITTS ensured that this project was completed on time and to spec. We also are proud to have proved that the local IT sector can deliver if asked to and hope that more projects will be entrusted to the local industry so that we can continue to grow our expertise.”
E-shore is the corporate Internet business of Terranet Ltd, a subsidiary of Maltacom. Terranet Ltd also operates www.di-ve.com.
Quelle: di-ve.com
