28 government agencies to be included in e-workflow system in Armenia by end of 2009

YEREVAN, June 25. /ARKA/. Twenty-eight government agencies are to be included in the system of electronic document flow in Armenia by the end of 2009, head of government administration David Sargsyan told journalists Thursday.

Ten administrative regions of Armenia, 17 ministries and the government administration are to be connected to the system, he said.

Currently the system is being introduced in Armenian Ministry of Healthcare and the same is to be done in the ministries of urban planning and nature protection next month.

Today the system unites seven state agencies – government administration, ministry of finance, ministry of economy, ministry of territorial administration, ministry of diaspora, foreign ministry and administration of Kotayk region of the country.

The program is implemented with assistance of the World Bank.

Several ministries are expected to get connected to the system every month and the whole process is to be completed by the end of the year, Sargsyan said.

According to him, there will be no difficulties with connection and communication between the bodies. Connecting Nagorno-Karabakh Republic to the system is also under consideration.

E-workflow system is to be introduced in the State Revenues Committee with assistance of the EU.

Sargsyan assured that the e-workflow system of state agencies is fully secure and it will take at least seven years to break in.

It is not known yet when a system connecting all government bodies (presidential administration, government, ministries and agencies – ARKA) is to be created, he said.

“We will be back to this issue next year as the first WB credit program is to be completed by the end of the year. The second credit is expected to be received in 2010,” he said.

Sargsyan reported that the WB extended $10mln to Armenia under the program of support to public authorities, including $500,000 spent on introduction of e-document flow system. N.V. –0--