IfG.CC - The Potsdam eGovernment Competence Center

The third and most important phase of the national electronic government project will begin in early 2005, the head of the e-government department of Civil Aviation Organization announced here on Wednesday. Pedram Keshavarzian told ILNA that the giant project will be undertaken in three phases, with phase I completed in late October. "Phase I was the information dissemination phase," he said, adding that the website of the project can now provide surfers with the required information about the trend of work.

He said the second phase began last month. "In phase II, we are trying to establish a greater communication with our clients who will be requested on our website to fill in some forms," he said, adding that short message service (SMS) and other telecommunication means can also be used for the purpose.

Keshavarzian said in the end of phase III, all the government's activities can be conducted via electronic systems.

He said the Civil Aviation Organization has managed to create its own site and use SMS to disseminate news and information thanks to the e-government project.

Most Iranian ministries and state organizations have designed their websites in recent years to render services electronically as part of nationwide efforts to develop e-government.

Many of them are eager to have an English-language site as well.

Quelle: IranMania New, 02.12.2004