IfG.CC - The Potsdam eGovernment Competence Center

According to sources in the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan, to this end it is necessary to visit the E-services page on the official website of the Ministry of Justice (www.justice.gov.az) and fill the due application.

Azerbaijan’s Innovations Centre will soon present new services, which will be available at ASAN Ödəniş (ASAN Pay) multifunctional mobile application.

A source in the center told Trend that the application will allow to pay fees, state duties, communal public services and others.

The number of appeals submitted to "ASAN Service", Azerbaijan’s leading e-Government institution acting on behalf and in cooperation with other state entities in public service provision, reached 13 million by late 2016, while the number of provided services hit 12,369 million.

Inam Karimov, Chairman of the State Agency for Public Services and Social Innovations under the President of Azerbaijan, made the remark while addressing a Cabinet meeting on January 10.

State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Korea have signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation on providing e-government and state services.

The memorandum of understanding was signed by Inam Karimov, Chairman of the State Agency for Public Services and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Hong Yun-sik, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Korea, APA reported.

Azerbaijan, which is a regional leader in the ICT sector, intends to expand its international cooperation to further develop the sector.

SPAN, one of the largest Croatian IT companies engaged in software development and system integration, is ready to create joint ventures in Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan and Iran have launched a new transportation-related infrastructure project known as “e-TIR,” which envisages the full electronic transit operations at the Astara border crossing between the two Caspian region neighbors, Caspian News reported on Friday.

“The advantages of this online project are competitive and mechanized exchange of goods, accelerated transportation, reduction of violations and the elimination of administrative bureaucracy,” head of Iran's Customs Administration Mehdi Mirashrafi said.

Azerbaijan and Korea discussed the current status of negotiations on projects in the fields of innovation and smart cities, which will be implemented by Azerbaijan's Digital Development and Transport Ministry in collaboration with the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA).

The discussion took place during a meeting between Azerbaijani Digital Development and Transport Minister Rashad Nabiyev and Korean ambassador Lee Eun Yong.

AICT2013 is co-organized by Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies, Education Ministry , Qafqaz University, Baku State University, Lomonosov Moscow State University Baku branch, Institute of Information Technology, and Azerbaijan Technical University.

Speaking at the event, rector of the Baku State University, Academician Abel Maharramov said 2013 was declared the Year of Information Communication Technologies in Azerbaijan.

The conference will be attended by Deputy Minister of Communications and High Technologies of Azerbaijan Elmir Valizade, representatives of the Azerbaijan Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, State Committee for Property Issues, State Customs Committee, State Agency for public services and social innovations at the President of Azerbaijan.

Baku and Helsinki have discussed the development of cooperation with Finnish companies with experience in the smart industry and smart city sectors, Azernews reports.

The discussion took place during a meeting between Azerbaijan’s Deputy Economy Minister Sahib Mammadov and a delegation led by Finnish Foreign Ministry Under-Secretary of State for external economic relations Nina Vaskunlahti.

Consultant of the Ministry’s Information Society Development Department Etibar Umudov has reported that demand for e-signature will rise after launch of e-government portal , when it becomes main tool for use of electronic services for authentication.

The purpose of the visit was further expansion of relations between the two countries in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT).

The Ministry of Communications & IT reports that website www.copag.gov.az contains separate section E-Services, in which control panel responsible for the information base was created.

The administrative regulation of e-services has been developed, the rules for registration of copyright, instructions, e-application forms prepared and conditions for free use of e-services created.

All government agencies in Azerbaijan will soon offer electronic services to citizens and foreigners residing in the country, following a presidential decree signed on May 23, 2011.

The online portal is scheduled to launch within three months since publishing the law. Once in operation, it will allow access to services, such as applications for property ownership certificates, getting a foreign diploma recognized or arranging address registration. The cabinet of ministers has yet to determine the full scope of services that each government agency may offer electronically.

Electronic signature will be used while approving customs declaration in Azerbaijan, the Information Technology Center reported on December 9.

Technical details on the use of e-signatures in the process of certification of electronic declarations were discussed by authorized representatives of the ITC and the State Customs Committee.

The Ministry of Communications & IT informs that the minister has ordered the timely execution of the Plan. No other details are given, but it is indicated that the departmental plan is based on the requirements of the "Action Plan in connection with announcement of 2013 the Year of Information & Communication Technologies in the Azerbaijan Republic", endorsed by the country’s president in March.

"The ministry carries out systematic measures for introducing and expanding e-services, and is preparing the appropriate electronic support and the necessary legislative framework. Today, duties are paid in the online mode, and documents confirming these payments are also carried out in e-form," Safarov said.

Internet portal of the school www.mesafedenmekteb.edu.az has been also presented at the opening ceremony, the ICT Information Centre told Gun.Az.

The event was attended by Education Minister Misir Mardanov, as well as different representatives of the education sphere.

The Electronic government portal in Azerbaijan now features a function for convenient online payment.

The Automated Payment Utility Service of the state payment portal is integrated into the e-government portal, says the Computer Information Center under the Communications and High Technologies Ministry.

The objectives of the project are to increase the use of non-cash payments, simplifying the process of budget payments, and the integration of e-government projects with the infrastructure of the national payment system.

The report notes that the following services are available:

• Underwriting services of documents and requests in connection with the registration of a notifications of holding real property that is the subject of the mortgage;

• Underwriting services of documents and requests in connection with the liquidation of the notifications of holding real property that is the subject of the mortgage