Company LOGO Workshop on Macedonian e-Gov project and best UE practices (Slovenian experience) Skopje Blagica Andreeva Ministry of Information Society Government of the Republic of Macedonia

20/02/2009e-Gov, Macedonia2 2. IS Projects 3. e-Procurement 4. EXIM 5. Employment registration Content Towards an 1. IS Framework

20/02/2009e-Gov, Macedonia3 I. NSIS&AP II.NSECIT&AP III. NSNGB IV.NPAA (title Information society services) V. Government Program INSTITUTIONAL AND STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK Information society focused - Ministry of Information Society - National Council of Information Society

20/02/2009e-Gov, Macedonia4 Strategic priorities Continuous ICT development IS service development Networking of the domestic with the global economy Increasing the administrative culture in using ICT Information security STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND GOALS E-Gov strategic goals: Increase the administrative culture in ICT usage Strengthening the administrative ICT capacities Increase the public institutions effectiveness and efficiency better national and international collaboration among institutions Increase the collaboration with NGO, private and academic sector

20/02/2009e-Gov, Macedonia5 Current legislation enabling IS development in Macedonia  Law on Electronic Communications  Law on e-commerce  Law for data in electronic form and Electronic signature  Law on consumer protection  Law for Protection of Personal Data  Law on Copyright and Related Rights  Convention of Cyber crime ratified 2004  Law on Customs Measures for Protection of Intellectual Property Rights  Law on access to public information  Law on Industrial property  Law on obligations  Law on interception of communications  Law on public procurement  Law on legal protection of services that are based on or concern conditional access  Law on interception of communications LEGAL FRAMEWORK

20/02/2009e-Gov, Macedonia66 2. IS Projects Educational Computer for every student Program for distribution of free vouchers for computers Scholarships for talented ICT Infrastructural Free access points in rural areas Single public database and registries National Certificate Authority Citizen’s Free courses for computer skills for citizens Free internet access points- internet clubs Business’ “Interactive Macedonia”- G2B services (e-Gov project) Improvement of e-commerce Government One-stop government portal Electronic record and document management system in the public administration

20/02/2009e-Gov, Macedonia7 1.E-Procurement 2.EXIM 3.Employment registration Benefits  24/7 Availability  Time and money savings  Increased efficiency in the administrative processes  Standardized and harmonized data and info in the submissions that will enable exchange of data  Increased control in the administrative processes  Increased Transparency USAID-funded E-Gov applications E-Gov Project 3 more G2B + 4 more G2C 1 G2G

20/02/2009e-Gov, Macedonia88 3. e-Procurement ( E-Gov project- USAID and the Public Procurement Bureau Legal base: Law on public procurement; Rulebook for system usage Users: Public Procurement Bureau; Contracting authorities (procuring institutions); Economic operators (companies); State Appeal Commission Development:  First system version developed for city of Skopje, 2005  Information security revision, 2006  Continuous development and upgrade (in compliance with the EU Directives), 2007/2008  Final version, 2008 Legal obligation for usage:  At least 30% of the planned public procurements contract awards starting from 1 st of January, 2010  At least 50% of the planned public procurements contract awards starting from 1 st of January, 2011  100% of the planned public procurements contract awards starting from 1st of January, 2011

20/02/2009e-Gov, Macedonia9  Registration  E-Decision for Public procurement  Announcement of Public procurement  E-Request for proposals  Object filling  On-Line Q&A  E-Bidding (Bid Preparation and submission  Reception and encryption  E-Bid opening  Evaluation of biddings  Request for explanations/additions to the proposals during the evaluation  E-Awarding  Sending notification for the contract award  Public procurement with Limited procedure  Public procurement with Partial subject  Re-evaluation of bids  E-auction  Direct auction  E-auctions in circles  Complaints posting and their resolution 3. e-Procurement functionalities

20/02/2009e-Gov, Macedonia10 3. e-Procurement screen shot

20/02/2009e-Gov, Macedonia11 4. EXIM single portal for import/export licences ( 4. EXIM single portal for import/export licences ( E-Gov project- USAID and the Customs administration Legal base: Law on data in electronic form and electronic signature; Law on general and administrative procedure; Regulation on establishment and usage of the information single-window system for import, export and transit of goods Users: Customs Administration, 15 government institutions, companies Development: First phase of the project- finished (licenses and tariff quotas) Second phase will finished in 2 months (customs declaration processing) Third phase follows starting in September (additional functionalities depending on the future needs)

20/02/2009e-Gov, Macedonia12  One-stop information for the process of getting import, export and transit licenses  Submission of requests and tracking the status of the license from office  Equality among electronic and hard-copy submissions  Possibility for last minute administrative tax payment  Issuing electronic permission and tracking its usage  е – requests for customs quotas and и on-line monitoring the allocation  е– tracking of the administrative tax payments 4. EXIM single portal for import/export licences functionalities 4. EXIM single portal for import/export licences functionalities

20/02/2009e-Gov, Macedonia13 4. EXIM single portal for import/export licences Screen shot 4. EXIM single portal for import/export licences Screen shot

20/02/2009e-Gov, Macedonia14 5. Employment registration ( 5. Employment registration ( E-Gov project- USAID and the Employment service agency Legal base: The system is fully in compliance with the EU Practice (part of the regulatory reform) Users: Employment service Agency, Pension and disability fund, Health insurance fund, Central registry, employers, employees Status: The system is fully functional (was launched in December 2008)

20/02/2009e-Gov, Macedonia15  For the employees: -Overview of the current status (registered or no) -Overview of the employment history file  For the employers: - On-line employment registration (simple procedure) - Online advert publish - Overview of the employment registered file  For the institutions: - Exchange of relevant data - Reform in the procedure (more efficient procedure) 5. Employment registration Functionalities and benefits 5. Employment registration Functionalities and benefits

20/02/2009e-Gov, Macedonia16 5. Employment registration Screen shot 5. Employment registration Screen shot

20/02/2009e-Gov, Macedonia17 Conclusion & future activities Business sector Government officials Technology providers NGO Key players/stakeholders for e-Gov development

20/02/2009e-Gov, Macedonia18 “E-Gov Macedonia” Presenter: Blagica Andreeva