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E-government portal to launch mobile platform

3 September 2015 13:48 (UTC+04:00)
E-government portal to launch mobile platform

By Nigar Orujova

Azerbaijanis will be able to enjoy the opportunities of the Electronic Government portal via their mobile phones in the near future, according to the Information and Computing Center at Communications and High Technologies Ministry reported on September 2.

The new mobile platform will be available to the public in September. As mobile phone penetration in the country stands at 112 percent, the efficiency of the mobile portal of the e-government is beyond question.

“The initial version of the application will be functional in the environment of the operating system iOS. In the future, owners of mobile devices running Android OS will be able to benefit from it. The application will include a number of functions that allow using some electronic services of public institutions,” said the Center.

The mobile platform is designed to provide a new level of efficiency and convenience for citizens and organizations receiving services, as well as information about the activities of state institutions.

The e-government portal is a key tool for supporting work with citizens and enterprises in the public and private sectors. It aims to reduce the number of documents requested from citizens, as different bodies will interact with each other electronically.

Access to the portal is carried out using a digital signature, the identity data of the private entrepreneurs and citizens, verification data, as well as a mobile authentication system, which can be obtained after registration on the portal.

The e-government portal was launched in Azerbaijan in 2013. Currently, the portal offers about 400 e-services through 45 government agencies. Over one million citizens are active users of e-services of the state agencies.

Moreover, the e-government portal creates conditions for the provision of e-services to citizens of foreign countries.

All services of Azerbaijan’s government agencies are expected to be online by 2020.

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Nigar Orujova is AzerNews’s staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @o_nigar

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