Polish „Computerisation Act” Dr Dariusz Bogucki Department of Information Society Acting Director e-mail: dbogucki@mnii.gov.pl MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY

Ministry of Science and IST National IS co-ordinator 21.12.2001: Change of Law on Central Administration Sections (fundamental for administration): the new Section “Information Technology” was introduced 1.07.2002: Minister of Science (at the Office of the State Committee for Scientific Research) responsible for: IT infrastructure, networks and systems in administration; Establishing of IT standards in administration; Supervising and supporting of IT project in public central and local administration; Education and vocation on IT Technology (standards); Development of Information Society in Poland; International cooperation within the IT sector and participation in the EU programs. 1.04.2003: Ministry of Science & Information Society Technology instead of SCfSR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY

Polish eGovernment Strategy ePoland – National Strategy on the Development of Information Society in Poland for the years 2004-6 (approved 22.01.2004) Main Goals: building a knowledge-based economy in Poland; improvement of citizens’ living standards in Poland 3 main Objectives: to provide affordable, fast, and secure Internet access to all citizens and businesses; to develop broad and valuable on-line content and services; to achieve widespread ICT literacy „Computerisation” / „eGovernment” Act: 17 II 2005 MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY

Main projects in ITC area (1) ICT infrastructure for science: PIONIER: Polish Optical Internet Network – fast Internet for Polish Science (dedicated high speed fibre optic). High speed computing centers (Warsaw, Poznań, Gdańsk, Cracow) and GRID Computing Solution (based on OSS!) Information Society Projects: IKONKA Project: The network of public internet access points in public libraries 1534 in 11 regions (in 2006 all country) Polish Internet Library: The largest digital library in Poland with 25 350 digitalised entities eGovernment area: ePUAP: Integrated information platform supporting the provision of electronic public services for administration (front-office). STAP: Internal network of Polish Public Administration (back-office) EWD-P: European Information (U32) workflow for Polish Administration MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY

Main projects in ITC area (2) Infrastructure area (cooperation with Ministry of Infrastructure): National Broadband Strategy for years 2004-6 (approved by Government in 2004) Polish Telecommunication Act (fully compatible with EU Directives) Digital „swich over” strategy Active participation in all EU Programs in ICT area: IST / 5 & 6 FP IDA II / IDAbc eTEN, eSafe and eContent Other Projects: National Schengen Strategy (SIS II/ VIS) MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY

MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY eGovernment in Poland eGovernment Services in Poland and in the UE (Cap Gemini) 32% 38% 35% MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY

The Computerisation Act (1) Act on „Informatization” of Public Entities: Voted 17 II 2005 almost unanimously; Published 20 IV 2005; The „Constitution” for IT Section in public administration: Horizontal law (changes in 22 acts where ICT was mentioned); The role of the Act: Gives citizens and business the right to contact public authorities electronically (changes in 18 „sectoral” acts); Establishes Multiannual Strategic Plan for IS Development in Poland (in the 2007-13 perspective) Establishes multiannual projects of public interest (horizontal and sectoral ones) MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY

The Computerisation Act (2) Technological neutrality of IT systems used by the public sector as a general rule Standardization and interoperability of Public Administration systems: Sets the minimum requirements for IT systems used for the fulfilment of public administration tasks, the public registers, the the electronic exchange of data between public entities. Introduces The National interoperability framework for public sector IT systems, in order to facilitate seamless communication both among public bodies and between government and citizens and businesses Supervisory and financial support for IT project in public central and local administration; MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY

The Computerisation Act (3) EU 2007-13 perspective Multiannual ICT Developement Plan Sectoral project … Sectoral project Horizontal project …. eGovernment Act (horizontal) MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY

Estimated cost of public ICT projects for the years 2004-2008 Name M€ No The Chancellery of the Prime Minister 1,1 4 Ministry of Finance 645,7 12 Ministry of Economy and Labor 11,8 6 Ministry of Infrastructure 166,7 22 Ministry of Culture 16,7 18 Ministry of Health 8,9 14 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development 1,8 Ministry of Treasury 8,4 8 Ministry of Justice 406,9 Ministry of Environment 190,1 51 Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2,0 Ministry of Science and Information Society Technologies 60,5 10 Ministry of Interior (incl. Police) 5156,1 40 Total 6671,6 215 MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY

e-PUAP eGovernment „One stop shop” Electronic Platform for Public Services To turn the idea of ‘Gateway to Poland’ form 2002 into concise and systematic plan to introduce a full functionality of digital office at national level Timing – 5 years. Integration of front-office services and back office (STAP Project) The project assumes availibilty of 19 services for citizens and 9 for enterprises. To use the service the electronic signature will be needed The project is now under consulation with regions and other enitities of the public sector, and will be under proceedings of government in may According to the estimates of the MNiI, the cost of the project will amount to 1 billion PLN (aprox. 250 mln €) MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY

Administration Front office: The ePUAP Project The Gateway of Poland MOST = Midleware & Transactional Server Back office Internal Network STAP Office1 WWW XML Office 2 WWW XML Clients Citizens and Enterprises Different Channels Portal MOST: Authorisation; Payments; Transactions (lnternal logic) Office 3 WWW XML MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY

Administration Back office: STAP- Internal Network STAP objectives: Secure internal network of Polish Public Administration (platform for internal administration systems like EWD-P) Back-office infrastructure for eGovernment systems (data exchange betweeen systems) EU TESTA / CCN Network Local Domain Secure access to Internet (one-point-access) Planned future actions: 2005-6: launching of STAP in Warsaw (56 points) 2006- : extension of STAP to the regions. MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY

National Developement Plan for years 2007-13 Draft of NDP for years 2007-13 was approved by Polish Government 11.01.2005 According to Minister of Science and Information society technologies will be responsible for the new Operational Program ”Science, New technologies and Information Society” with 4 actions dedicated to Information Society and knowledge based economy developement: Innovative Electronic Economy; Improvement of public access to eServices Development of valuable digital content Education and Training for Digital Literacy MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY

The new Operational Program (1) Innovative Electronic Economy: Modern eGovernment: stimulation of development of innovative A2A, A2B and A2C eGovernment services (especially in pan European aspect) – administration front-office business process reengineering Access to public registers on-line: administration back-office business process reengineering Innovative eBussiness: development of innovative eBussiness services - with active implementation of R&D Projects in practice MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY

The new Operational Program (2) Improvement of public access to eServices: Broadband for all: stimulation of broadband access to Internet especially in digital divide regions ICT infrastructure for science and development: stimulation of ICT R&D and participation of Polish institution in ERA Multichannel access to eServices: mobile platforms, access via IDTV, PDA, infokiosks etc Development of valuable digital content: Development of digital content (especially for pan European / transborder services = multilingual), Development of innovative digital content based services MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY

MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY Conclusions ICT is a key factor for our common European future Poland would like to be a good and reliable partner for EU cooperation in ICT area: Our plans of ICT infrastructure and eServices modernisation are fully compatible with EU actions and plans (i2010) MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY