The project will be finished in a year. If successful this model will be applied to the whole Armenian Government. The project envisions creating a modern computer network, installing necessary equipment, retraining FM employees. The best example of e-government in FM is the issuance of e-visas. The next step is e-certificate of no previous conviction for those seeking jobs abroad. This phase is to be carried out together with Justice Ministry. For this purpose the computer networks of the two ministries will be united. The FM's experience will be applied to the whole government structure. Officials from different ministries are now being trained in England under the program. Jagus says that the Armenian authorities are actively promoting the e-government introduction into the executive power. He hopes that the demonstration of the pilot project results will stimulate the whole process.
The other bloc of the IT.Am program envisions technically modernizing the European Regional Institute of Information Technologies of Armenia, creating a modern academic network and drafting a flexible IT education program there to allow to train necessary e-government specialists. This education system will timely react to changes on the market and will be open for novelties in the sphere. The two blocs of the program cost a total of 1.2 mln EUR.
Quelle: Armenia Diaspora, 25.01.2005
