Conference Pan-European eGovernment services for citizens & enterprises E.3 Services for enterprises Development and improvement of Information Systems of Public Administration in the Czech Republic Brussels 19 – 20 September 2002 Ebbo Petrikovits Office for Public Information Systems Czech Republic

2 Content of the presentation Introduction of the Office for Public Information Systems Framework programme of the Office and key programmes Registers in public administration Summary

3 The Office for Public Information Systems Central administration body responsible for co- ordination of PA information systems Based on the Act No. 365/2000 Coll., on Public Administration Information Systems Main activities –Strategic planning –Management and audit (projects coordination) –Implementation –Public information services (IT knowledge database, Public Administration Portal) –Administration of information systems –International projects coordination –Support of e-commerce development

4 Framework Programme „Support of the Information Society Development“ Key programmes –Communication infrastructure of the public administration –e-Government

5 Communication infrastructure (CI) Subprogrammes: Services of the CI Common services (voice & data transmission) Reference interface services Directory services, Access portal, PKI, security Connection to TESTA II (Eurodomain) Financing Security of the CI Standards of the CI services Administration of PA domains

6 E-Government Subprogrammes: Public administration portal Tools for management of e-Activities –Standards for PA information systems –Security policy of the PA information systems –Certification of PA information systems –eEurope+ activities Implementation of e-Activities –Metainformation system of the PA –Catalogue of information sources –Electronic journal of public tenders –Participation in IDA project –e-Procurement Legislation of PA information systems

7 Legislation for PA information systems Legislation for registers of PA Legislation for the support of electronic business Legislation for geographical information

8 Legislation for registers Principal goals for building up of registers in PA Development, processing and use of reliable and trustworthy registers in electronic form Facilitation of citizen’s communication with public administration Better and faster communication within PA Facilitation of processes within PA (paperless office)

9 Legislation for registers Basic registers Register of population Register of economic units (entities) Registr of territorial units and real estates

10 Register of economic units present situation No single and relevant register for all legal forms of businesses Double registration of natural and legal persons Low quality of data maintained in registers Protection of third parties only in theory

11 Principles of the new register of economic units (i) Coverage - all types (legal forms) of economic units Central register in electronic form only Register will be maintained by public administration body Registration procedures carried out by network of registration points (single contact points) Registration points connected to the central register (on-line)

12 Principles of the new register of economic units (ii) Application for registration in both paper and electronic form (application of electronic signature) Simplification of registration process (unified forms for application) Register will maintain history of individual units and attributes Each record kept in the register marked by time and author stamp

13 Summary Benefits for businesses Proposals of relevant legislation for registers and information systems in PA (e.g. Electronic registers with legal value) Development and maintenance of reliable basic registers in PA Facilitation of processes in PA by using electronic registers Improvement of communication between businesses and PA Ensuring real protection of the third parties (register of economic units)

14 Summary Benefits for citizens Simlpification of communication between citizens and PA Improvement of processes inside the PA Universal electronic contact point for citizens Real implementation of the motto: let circulate data not citizens

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