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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on development of e-government and shift to digital government, APA reports.

According to the decree, State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan is to carry out state policy and regulation in e-government, function as coordinating body for formation, integration and effective management of state information reserves, provide management and activity of E-government portal, take necessary measures on its improvement, organize exchange of information between information systems and information reserves of state bodies and provision of e- services through E-government portal, as well as take measures for development of government to business and business to government e-services and prepare draft Action Plan on Shift to Digital Government and submit to the president of Azerbaijan.

According to the Fund, the poll showed that 57.27% of the visitors use the website (www.sspf.gov.az, www.dsmf.gov.az) for e-services, and 42.73% do not do that.

The Ministry reports that altogether 3271 individuals engaged in entrepreneurship activity without creating legal entity have been registered since 1 July, start of on line registration.

Earlier head of Commercial legal entities state registration department of Tax Department of Baku Nigar Alimova told that introduction of individuals’ on line registration in Azerbaijan is one of e-government’s directions and the most important innovation after introduction of single window system.

According to the information, the project is being carried out within the grant agreement on the intellectual property rights automation control system signed between the committee and the Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry of the Republic of Korea on October 11, 2011.

According to the Committee, in this regard the SSC provided an opportunity of e-payment of state duties in real time regime. At the same time it was ensured safety of transactions and personal information.

According to sources from the Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies, e-postal services are also among them.

This service will help the prompt delivery of a letter from one address to another.

Aliyev tasks the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies to accelerate the interaction with other government agencies regarding the transition to e-government, the Deputy Minister Iltimas Mammadov said.

“The transition to e-government does not mean the transition of only one ministry or department. Each department must prepare a related infrastructure for the introduction of e-services to further ensure their connection to a single e-government portal,” he said.

The last few years saw the government of Azerbaijan carry out considerable and effective work to ensure rapid economic development, improve the living standard and ensure people's social security, and remove bureaucratic barriers in public agencies. In this context, establishment of ASAN service, an innovative new agency aiming to make services more accessible for citizens, and application of other advanced services has been of critical importance. Introduction of a biometric passport is one of such significant steps.

Launch of first telecommunication satellite into orbit in 2013 is one of Azerbaijan’s technical achievements during its independency. Now, we’re preparing for launch of the next satellite, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said in his letter to the participants of the Bakutel 2017, the 23rd Azerbaijan International Telecommunications and Information Technologies Exhibition and Conference.

At the meeting Elchin Mammadov, representative of the Ministry of Communications & Information Technologies of Azerbaijan, has said that until the end of 2011 the country will put into operation a single portal of e-government services.

The next step of the project on “Modernization of Sustainability and Efficiency of ICT Infrastructure and Services in Azerbaijan” will start soon.

This will be possible thanks to agreement reached between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Azerbaijan and the country’s Ministry of Communications and High Technologies 8.

"This will further enhance the ability to render services to the population," he said.

"The state agencies attach great importance to the development of electronic services," he said. As of 2013, some 735,000 people used 318 services available on the portal."

According to Babayev, the competition is being held jointly with Azerbaijan's Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies. This is included in the plan of events approved in 2013 in connection with declaring this year as an ICT one.

According to sources in the Information center on ICT, the project which was launched in early 2012, is the last stage within the creation of the Automated Registration System for the Department of Cadaster of Registration of Rights for Immovable Property under the State Registration Service of Kyrgyzstan.

According to statistics, the CIC National Certification Center issued 265 EDS certificates to businesses and individuals in January.

176 out of 419 state e-services are available at portal E-Government.

Azerbaijani Minister of Communications and Information Technologies Ali Abbasov said that activation of application of information technologies in education, rendering of electronic services to taxpayers, automation of process in customs and migratory services, public health, retirement insurance, admission of students was observed over 2009.

The electronic real estate registration project has been presented in Baku today.

"This will allow citizens to receive comprehensive services in on-line mode without visiting the relevant agencies," Jalilov said.

“For successful implementation of the Programme there should be achieved progress on all of its components and for that it is needed to prepare society for these processes,” Gulmammadov.

The State Agency will be established to increase transparency in the activity of state bodies, render better services to citizens by using new methods and modern innovations, adhere to ethical rules and courteous treatment towards citizens, improve rendered services and accelerate the transition to electronic services.