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To him, 8 state agencies have already been integrated into the e-government portal and this number increases. “At present time, several state agencies increases the variety of e-services and all state agencies are expected to be integrated into the portal soon. Our main purpose is to establish mutual relations between the organizations. Common standards, regulations, technologies are considered to apply in this regard”.

The number of electronic health cards issued by the Health Ministry to the parents of newborns in the first half of 2015 increased by 13.5 percent compared to the beginning of the year.

The Center for Health Information under the Health Ministry reported that the number of e-health cards issued in January-June 2015 has increased by 115,372, reaching 970,687 items.

In addition, in the first half of the year, the Ministry has issued 2,391 e-cards to patients who receive free medicines, bringing the total to 69,759 patients.

The committee has ensured the paying of fees in e-form in real time, as well as security of transactions and individual data as continued operations to execute the presidential decree as of May 23, 2011 on .'Some measures in the sphere of rendering electronic government services', the report said.

He noted that the Health Ministry's strategy until 2015 also envisages developing the electronic recipe system.

According to him, e-services in particular will provide the possibility of determining the disposition and location of freight carriages in the entire railway network.

To him, new services will allow to reduce official-citizen communication to minimum and eliminate wasted time. At the same time, the citizens will receive necessary certificates via the e-services in a short time. Besides, confiscation property will be realized in a e-format, APA reports.

According to sources in the Ministry, the session drafted the rules and sample administrative regulation to coordinate issues related to provision of e-services, defined the list of e-services to be provided. It was stated that this list has been submitted to the Cabinet.

It was noted that eight state bodies already use e-services and measures are taken to connect them to e-government portals.

The statement was made on Tuesday by Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan Elmir Velizade.

According to him, "the list of organizations increases every day"

"The decree of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev ‘On some measures in the field of provision of electronic services by public authorities’ of May 23, 2011 contributes to the fact that, firstly, the organizations expanded the list of electronic services, and widely introduce them.

Head of the Committee Abbas Alesgerov has stated that work on provision of e-services is implemented within execution of the order of the Head of the State from 23 May 2011 " On organization of e-services’ provision in state bodies".

Following the decree of Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev ‘On some measures in the field of providing electronic services of state bodies’, the Electronic Water Portal of Azersu OJSC (http://e-su.az) has been launched, the company told Trend.

“This system is used for the first time in the housing sector,” said Emil Ahmadov, Head of the electronic management and modern technologies department of Azersu OJSC.

The Order endorsed the regulations of granting a special permit (license) for the exchange activity and the collection, processing and marketing of non-ferrous metal waste, including precious metals and stones; administrative registration of grant agreements of commercial legal entities; administrative regulations of provision of a certificate of origin; administrative regulations of provision of a certificate of quality of exported goods. Enforcement of regulations is assigned to chief of the Ministry’s General Department Rovshan Atashov.

The first "smart village" in Azerbaijan's Karabakh region almost ready, Azerbaijani Minister of Agriculture Inam Karimov said at the scientific-practical conference entitled "Karabakh: New Panorama of South Caucasus Opening to the World", Trend reports on Dec. 24.

The minister stressed that the creation of the Araz Valley industrial park and the Aghdam industrial park in the region will have a great impact on development of agriculture.

Communications & IT Minister Ali Abbasov informs that last year investments in ICT development totaled $415 million.

Official distribution of "ASAN-imza" signatures started in May.

The first ASAN Service center, which successfully ensures unified and coordinated provision of services by state bodies, was established under the State Agency for Public Services and Social Innovations under the President of Azerbaijan in January.

The statement came from Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfas Garayev at an event held on the occasion of the World Tourism Day.

According to him, work on the creation of this system is still actively pursued.

Foreigners and stateless people willing to extend their stay in Azerbaijan for more than 10 days can register at their place of residence through the e-government portal e-gov.az, the Data Processing Center (DPC) of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Communications and High Technologies said July 11.

DPC said the e-service called “Receipt of Documents for Registration by Place of Residence" is now available in the e-government portal services provided by the Azerbaijani Migration Service.

E-government expert Alasgar Mammadli says that today Internet service cost is 12-13% of citizen’s average monthly wage.

"This indicator in Russia is, for example, only 1-2%. In other developed countries, there is a segment of free access to the Internet on the market of Internet services, which accounts for 1-2% of the total market.

The news was announced by Isfandiyar Aliyev, Head of Strategic Development Department at the Ministry on November 12.

Adoption of the new document is expected by the year-end, he said.

Rufat Gulmammadov, the MCIT Information Society Department’s director, said that the workgroup is works on preparation the second stage of the programme “E-Azerbaijan”.

Communications minister Ali Abbasov informed that e-government project negotiations with WBG have been conducted.

“The Bank has already given its preliminary consent on project realization,” the minister said.