IfG.CC - The Potsdam eGovernment Competence Center

Minister for Home Affairs and Environment Dr. Tonio Borg launched on Thursday 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. Minister for Justice and Local Government, Dr. Austin Gatt, who is 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 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 within 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 it can continue to grow its expertise."

E-shore is the corporate Internet business arm of Terranet Ltd, a subsidiary of Maltacom plc.

Quelle: di-ve.com