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In February 2013, the Minister of Information Society and Administration, Mr Ivo Ivanovski, announced the launch of a project called the ‘Introduction of a system for tracking the status of a document through the use of mobile technologies’. Its aim is to improve efficiency and ensure greater transparency in public administration.

The project will be implemented for those public bodies that have not yet introduced electronic systems for tracking the status of citizens’ requests. Its main objective is to create an integrated document management system for the state administration bodies to track and store documents electronically.

Read more: MK: Electronic system to track the status of a document using mobile technologies

Since 16 February 2012 citizens have been able to submit online via the eTax website their annual tax returns to the Public Revenue Office (PRO).

Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, deputy Minister of Information Society and Administration Marta Arsovska-Tomovska and the Director of the PRO, Goran Trajkovski presented the new service a few days before its launch.

Tax returns can be submitted from any place and at any time by filling in personal data and using an electronic signature obtained from one of the country's two registered issuers of digital certificates ('Makedonski Telekom' and 'KIBS'). The electronic signature costs about 900 denars (approx. €14,5) and can also be used for all other electronic services.

Read more: MK: Online submission of annual tax returns now available for citizens

The Ministry of Information Society and Administration (MISA) announced the launch of a public procurement procedure for the development of a project called ‘eReminder’; its purpose is to send reminders via email or SMS to citizens regarding their administrative obligations towards public institutions. Five public institutions will be participating in the initial phase of the project.

The Minister for Information Society and Administration, Ivo Ivanovski said during the press conference, on 16 May 2012: “This project is the next step of the Government’s and MISA’s efforts to facilitate administrative procedures and the life of citizens and state institutions.”

Read more: MK: eReminder project to be launched by the end of 2012

All textbooks under copyright by the Ministry of Education and Science have been digitised and placed on 'e-ucebnici.mk', a digital library for storing, searching and browsing electronic books intended for students, teachers and parents or guardians.

The Ministry of Information Society and Administration has digitised 53 new fifth- and sixth-grade textbooks, bringing the total number of educational materials for student use to 103.

Ivo Ivanovski, the Minister of Information Society and Administration said at a press conference on 4 November 2011 that traffic for the digital library is very high, as tracking data reveals that there were about 342 visits to the first 50 textbooks over the past school year. He announced that digitisation will continue for all copyrighted textbooks by the ministry, and only such printed copyrighted materials will be placed in electronic form.

Read more: MK: Ministry of Information Society and Administration digitises educational materials