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Institute for eGovernment

The project is a key scheme for establishment of infrastructure and framework for information society and e-government. The system will provide high-speed data transmission between Baku and provinces.

The Ministry of Communications & IT of Azerbaijan reports that at present the Center for Certification Services is working to ensure safe access to portal E-Government from smartphones and other mobile devices. In the 1st quarter of 2013 the citizens will be able to use mobile authentication and the use of services available on the portal.

Agency’s director Iskander Chadirli says that they would like to introduce system of electronic state procurement already in 2010 but this project is a component of e-Government Program in Azerbaijan.

Within the EDS project, an e-government certification centre is established which is responsible for providing digital signatures to governmental agencies. There is also a centre for service of commercial structures.

Communications & IT minister Ali Abbasov has stated that the EDS system will soon be introduced officially and issue of EDS will start.

Azerbaijan has risen by 12 points in the E-Government Survey 2016 compiled by the UN, which is traditionally published every two years.

The country went up from 68th place to 56.

Azerbaijan is joining the list of governments adopting distributed ledger technology to promote efficiencies.

Osman Gunduz, Chair of the Azerbaijani Internet Forum (AMF), announced the country will start using blockchain on the information systems and registries of the Ministry of Justice.

Azerbaijan Government Eyes Blockchain Application on Notaries, Courts, Penitentiaries, NGOs, Registries

Azerbaijan is working to align its ICT infrastructure in accordance with European standards, Ramin Guluzade, Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of the country said at a meeting dedicated to the role of multi-gigabit GEANT network in the integration of Azerbaijani science and education in Europe.

Guluzade noted that, within the framework of the Eastern Partnership program, a number of research institutes and universities of Azerbaijan have joined the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA).

An Austrian delegation led by Andreas Reinhard, Deputy Federal Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology has today visited the Azerbaijan Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies (MCIT).

During the meeting, Azerbaijani Deputy Minister Elmir Valizade praised the relations between the two countries in the ICT sector, AzerTAc reports.

The sides will also discuss establishing an ICT bilateral cooperation working group, Azerbaijani Communications and IT Ministry Scientific Capacity and Strategic Planning Department Director Isfandiyar Aliyev told Trend. The group's first meeting will be held in early 2011.

Azerbaijan has presented a list of its proposed working group members to Belarus. Belarus is expected to present a similar list to the Azerbaijani side.

"The development of information technology and satellite launch creates great opportunities for cooperation with other countries, including with Estonia. A good example of this cooperation is the creation of the most important link of "electronic government" - its electronic portal by the Estonian company Subernet together with local companies," Mammadov said.

Azerbaijan and the European Union have reached an agreement on the joint implementation of digital transformation and human capital development projects in Azerbaijan, Trend reports with reference to the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan.

According to the information, the agreement was reached at a meeting of Minister of Digital Development and Transport Rashad Nabiyev with representatives of the Directorate-General for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations during their visit to Baku.

Addressing the meeting, Mammadov spoke about the work carried out in the ICT sector in Azerbaijan and activities that will be undertaken this year, namely the implementation of the broadband internet project and expansion of fiber-optic infrastructure in remote areas.

He said issues will be considered during the two-day joint workshop on ICT, which started today. The Korean side's delegation includes representatives from 22 enterprises and companies.

Azerbaijan and Turkey will hold a joint digital transformation forum at the end of 2022, Trend reports on Jan. 15 via the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan.

According to the ministry, the forum is aimed at involving the private sector in projects in the field of digital transformation, expanding cooperation in the B2B (business-to-business) and B2G (business-to-state) formats.

Within its framework international experts have remarked upon for uniting programs on e-government and m-government.

Ibrahim Kushchu, founder-director and associate professor of the International Consortium of Mobile Government, says that m-government is an analog of e-government in a more unique option.

Azerbaijan’s Minister for Communications and Information Technologies Ali Abbasov and Latvian’s Minister for Special Assignments for Electronic Government Affairs Ina Gudele had discussions over cooperation in establishment of E-Government in Azerbaijan and joint ICT projects.

According to communications minister Ali Abbasov, an international association founded for these ends is to tackle problems of policy formulation to determine the level of ICT adverse effect on the environment.

The UN Development Program released its report entitled "E-Governance in Azerbaijan: UNDP's contribution to promoting transparency and accountability in public administration" in Baku on Thursday. Minister for communications and information technologies Ali Abbasov said in his opening speech that electronic public administration greatly contributes to fighting corruption and setting up new mass media in the country. He said e-governance projects have a measurable impact in bringing about reform of Azerbaijan's public sector.

- Which new technology is expected to be introduced in Azerbaijan in the nearest future?

- By 2010 transition of every country to next generation documents from traditional papers is slated to be complete. These documents have to be prepared so as to not allow counterfeiting, forgery or fraudulent use of identity papers and travel documents. Not only in every country individually, but also a database in the interstate basis has to be established for identification of citizens. In March 2006, Azerbaijan’s President issued a decree to set a commission for implementation of the State Program for Establishment of Biometric Identity System. Our institute has been involved in preparation of this project. In 2009 it is expected to prepare biometric passports in Azerbaijan. Our country is cooperating in this field with structures under the United Nations, including International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and International Organization for Migration (IOM).