According to ILNA, the Head of Hamkaran System Company’s State Clients Department, Mohsen Karbaschi, referring to government’s intention to establish the e-administration soon and the practical methods for achieving that objective, added at a press conference of that company here on Monday, “a virtual ICT-oriented government capable of handling the entire affairs of a real government is called and e-government.”
He added, “The establishment of such a government that would meaningfully decrease the system’s involvement in executive affairs is predicted in country’s 20 year perspective, as well as Iran’s comprehensive four year plan, and in it respecting the clients, decreasing the people’s and the public institutes costs of living and running, the need to government’s getting as small as possible, and privatization are all kept in mind.”
Karbaschi referred to the survey his company has done on concerned parties’ viewpoints on e-government, reiterating, “These surveys show some 96% of the public have already been benefited from the relatively limited services offered by e-government in Iran.”
He added, “84% of them believe it is saving lots of time, 66% believe the e-government is more flexible, 39% say it is more accountable in much shorter time, and 37% argue it provides more useful, more comprehensive information.
He added, “96% of the organizations and industries have said they have been benefited from the advantages of the e-government among whom 84% believe it is saving time, 59% say it is more flexible, 43% say it is faster, and 40% say it provides more appropriate, more comprehensive information.”
Head of Hamkaran System Company’s State Clients Department added, “Only 4% of the industries and organization, as well as 4% of the public do not believe the e-government has any advantages compared to the actual government.”
He said that Iran’s GNP share of the IT usage is around 0.03% and the per capita share of Iranians in the field is less than ten US dollars annually.
Karbaschi added, “This share is much less than that of such countries as South Africa, Chile, Brazil, Malaysia and Canada.”
He reiterated, “Iran meanwhile ranks 65th in the world in terms of electronic fitness that is six steps lower than our country’s previous year stand.”
Karbaschi added, “The World Bank’s experience in a group of countries that have experienced the e-government proves that 20% of them have mainly invested in IT, 35% in process change, and 40% in administrative culture making for the concerned staffs.”
Quelle/Source: Taliya News, 07.03.2007
