€-governance to start from government in Armenia

YEREVAN, June 26. /ARKA/. The introduction of e-governance in Armenia will start from the government, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan told reporters after the opening ceremony of the DigiTec Business Forum in Yerevan.

“This ambitious program of e-governance is necessary to eliminate all the system shortcomings,” Sargsyan said.
According to the premier, they have already held meetings with the representatives of the business community to discuss the concept of e-governance.

“We are going to publicize this document for the people to be aware of the nature and succession of the steps necessary to introduce an e-governance system in Armenia,” the premier said.

Hayk Chobanyan, Director of the Nork Information and Analytical Centre, RA Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, told ARKA that Armenia has been working consistently on introduction of e-governance system and formation of an e-society.

During the recent years the new information and analytical centre has been working hard to introduce information technologies into the system of public administration focusing on public services. However, IT may be largely used in the private sector as well, he said.

One of the priority tasks of e-governance is said to be reduction of corruption risks and bureaucracy, as well as simplification of government-citizen contacts. --0--