IfG.CC - The Potsdam eGovernment Competence Center

The conference was held to discuss the global practice in developing and using the e-government, modern forms of cooperation between public organizations in the field of e-governance, using the information and communication technologies in the field of customs and other areas of the economy, as well as examining the current situation on innovative methods of governance and exchanging the experience in this area.

According to the Ministry, now to get access to the portal it is necessary to use e-application system for receiving the identification data.

Having appeared not so long ago, the digital economy has already become one of the main ways through which many entrepreneurs and governments all over the world do their work.

The term, originated in 1995, refers to an economy that is based on digital computing technologies. In this new type of economy, digital networking and communication infrastructures provide a global platform where people and organizations devise strategies, interact, communicate and collaborate.

Today in Baku at the III Scientific & Practical Conference "E-Customs Service: A Look into the Future" SCC chairman Aydin Aliyev has claimed that the Committee has already transferred to an e-system of internal documents.

E-mortgage is under introduction in Azerbaijan in compliance with the Presidential Order on Some Issues of Mortgage Lending.

Under the Order, the Azerbaijan Mortgage Fund has acquired its legal competence through the approval of its Charter, a new procedure for mortgage lending, including subsidized mortgage lending, and new powers concerning the application of e-mortgage system from 1 January 2017 via E-Government portal.

This was possible thanks to the changes made to the Cabinet of Ministers decision, dated Nov. 24, to approve the “Rules of e-services on specific fields provided by central executive bodies” and “List of types of e-services”, published Dec. 8 by the official press.

Today at the presentation of information system of real estate facilities’ electronic registration , Deputy Chairman of the State Committee Rafig Jalilov reported that the Committee started provision of e-services at the site of State Real Property Registry Service from 1 March (emdkdedrx.gov.az).

The Program, in particular, implies introduction of individual ID numbers for citizens of Azerbaijan. Individual numbers of citizens will be included in the single register of e-services and be an access code to them. The program also focuses on the transfer of all existing public servants in an electronic format.

Azerbaijani IT company will help Afghanistan in creating an addressing system of Kabul.

SINAM Company has presented technical advice on the project of creating an addressing system of Kabul to the public authority in Afghanistan, the company reported.

Technical recommendations prepared by the company have been approved by the Municipality of Kabul that introduced them to the higher authorities.

The Ministry informs that work is underway to improve e-services on wedding.

Now, for marriage it is sufficient to enter section Civil Status of Ministry’s portal to fill out an e-form of Application for Marriage and confirm this application.

Isbandiyar Aliyev, the director of the Information Society Department of the Ministry of Communications & Information Technologies, says that network of high-speed Internet Azdatacom will be used as a base of single e-government infrastructure.

“Azdatacom will be used as basis of infrastructure, but if necessary there can also be involved additional fiber-optic lines,” Aliyev noted.

"This occurs on the backdrop of the general development of the ICT sector in the country," Abbasov said. "If to take into account that Internet penetration rate in Azerbaijan hits 65 percent, 30 percent of which accounts for broadband access, this figure is ahead of the world average at 2-2.5 times."

Ministry of Economic Development of Azerbaijan reported that the visit’s main purpose is to familiarize with e-registration system (“single window”) based on the Latvian companies’ experience.

Gulmammadov said that Azerbaijan participates in all actions on this issue. If all the issues meet interests of the Republic, Azerbaijan is ready to take part in these projects.

The government of Azerbaijan has launched issuance of mortgage loans in electronic format, starting from August 10.

The Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies reported that for registration, citizens need an electronic signature [E-imza] or ASAN signature [ASAN imza].

"Insurers will be able to provide statements for the first half and second quarter of the year in an electronic form in July," Muslimov said.

The software allows to carry out these operations in the on-line-mode. State Fund has received 6205 electronic applications on May 31 in order to provide electronic reporting.

According to the Ministry, work within the e-registration of cash machines project has been already completed.

The current project is the next step of the Ministry of Taxes for the development of the entrepreneurship, formation of favorable business climate and facilitation of business registration procedure in the country.

The committee said in a statement issued on Thursday.

Participants must register on the web page (www.dgk.gov.az) of the committee before September 1.

He said that at present, the list of electronic services has been prepared and approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.

"We are ready to render about 60 e-services to the population at this portal," he said. "A certain part is delivered via "single window" principle. Besides rendering electronic services to the population, our main goal is to create conditions for citizens to submit their proposals, the requirements for electronic services. This will allow creating new services to meet the needs of the population."

In the first quarter, the committee completed work on the introduction of software and hardware systems.

The committee's official website has an e-services section, which in the next few days will be fully functional.