The State Agency for E-Governance of Ukraine has presented its work plan for 2015. The main task of the newly established body is to implement state policy in the field of e-governance and informatisation, and in the formation and use of national electronic information resources.
"The introduction of e-governance to improve government effectiveness will make the services provided by public authorities to Ukrainians transparent and accessible. The Agency's agenda was developed in line with Strategy 2020 and the reforms within the framework of the socio-economic development of the European Union for the period until 2020," said Oleksandr Ryzhenko, Chairman of the State Agency for E-Governance of Ukraine, at a press briefing held at the Media Center of Reforms, which operates with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation.
The Agency's key performance indicators for 2015 are as follows:
— Pilot operation of the system of electronic interaction between government electronic information resources, with 10 priority government information resources connected to it.
— Provision of 10 priority services in electronic form (from the list of 20 basic European Union services).
— Launch of an open data web portal; presentation of 5 priority information resources of the authorities as structured data sets for automated processing.
— Pilot operation of an e-democracy web portal and creation of an innovation centre for e-governance development in Ukraine.
— Development of the concept and implementation of the State Programme for E-Governance Development "Electronic Ukraine 2020"; approval of information in all areas of the programme.
According to a study by the Razumkov Centre, more than 60% of Ukrainians have visited government websites. Half of them are interested in opening hours and the documents required for administrative services, the other half in advice. "24% of Ukrainian citizens want to have control over online petitions that the relevant authorities are bound to consider, and to make proposals on draft decisions. 19% expressed willingness to take part in consultations on local, regional and state policy organised by the authorities on their web pages," said Roman Kobets, an expert of the working group on the development of state policy in the field of e-government under Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman.
The study was conducted by the Razumkov Centre from 12 to 18 September 2014 in all regions of Ukraine except the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. A total of 2,017 respondents aged 18 and over were interviewed. The margin of error is 2.3%. The survey was conducted with the support of SIDA, the Swedish International Development Agency.
Source: Ukraine Crisis Media Center