Digitalisation as an enabler : egovernment as universal platform. Jüri Kahn Ambassador, PhD (Economics) MFA, Estonia

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1 Digitalisation as an enabler : egovernment as universal platform Jüri Kahn Ambassador, PhD (Economics) MFA, Estonia

2 Digital infractructure as an enabler Connectivity (broadband, fiber-optic, spectrum, frequencies, regulatory etc.) (hard infrastructure) Digital data, digital registries, applications, interoperability, data security, information systems etc. (soft infrastructure) : Government driven development no direct return of investments Applications, not just connectivity, will bring Digital Dividends! No need to wait until last mile will be connected!

3 History 2000: e-tax Board (prefilled e-declarations) 2000: m-parking, e-banking, e-cabinet, e-school 2001: e-population register, egis, e-participation 2002: interoperability framework ( x-road ), 2002: ID card with electronic chip - PKI, digital signature 2004: e-public Finance Management, 2005: voting via Internet 2007: mobile-id, 2007: e-police information system 2008: e-health information system 2008: e-justice information system 2008: e-business registry 2010: e-prescription, e-invoice, e-file 2011: state portal data bases, more than 600 complex application

4 egovernment e-government comprehensive, universal system enabling e-services based on e- registries, data exchange layer (interoperability) and e-id based PKI. Interoperability framework: secure exchange of data between databases via internet (X road) Personal e-id for secure autentification, authorized access and e-signature Legal, institutional and technical infrastructure

5 egovernment example: Parental benefit best egov service in 2004 (interoperability of 5 information systems from 5 government institutions)

6 e-participation example E-Voting in Estonia More than 30% of voters in 2015

7 National chip-based Identity Card, 2002 Compulsory for all residents Issuing authority: Estonian Citizenship and Migration Board Service contractor: TRÜB Switzerland Conformance with: ICAO Doc part 3 Inside 16 Kb RSA crypto chip are : 2 private keys; authentication certificate; digital signature certificate; personal data file

8 Mobile-ID (in SIM card) Doesn t need software installed on PC Doesn t need web browser support Works on any handset Can be supported by any operator 8 12 May 2017

9 national interoperability framework 160 DB 5 ~ April 2010~ services 550 org. 500 DB 1,100,000

10 STATE AGENCY OF MEDICINES - Coding Centre - Handlers of medicines HEALTH CARE BOARD - Health care providers - Health professionals - Dispensing chemists POPULATION REGISTER BUSINESS REGISTER HOSPITALS 2009 FAMILY DOCTORS 2009 PHARMACIES 2010 january SCHOOL NURSES 2010 september ehealth architecture PRESCRIPTION CENTRE 2010 january HEALTH INSURANCE FUND REGISTER X-Road, ID-card, State IS Service Register PATIENT PORTAL v2 DOCTOR PORTAL 2013 SOCIAL INSURANC E BOARD PORTAL 2012 X-ROAD GATEWAY SERVICE 2009 PHARMACIES AND FAMILY DOCTORS X-ROAD GATEWAY FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES 2014 EMERGENCY SERVICE MOBILE WORKSTATIT IONS NATION- WIDE HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM 2008 december ANONYMIZED HEALTH DATA FOR STATISTICS 2013 STATISTICS PORTAL 2013

11 E-Justice Architecture

12 efile E-File AET MIS KarReg KRMR efile VangIS KIS VMP SAP

13 efile Need for Interfaces Between IS-s AET KIS VangIS KarReg MIS KRMR

14 efile Legal Protection Systems MIS Police Information System KRMR Criminal Case Management Register (prosecutors office and investigative institutions) KIS Court Information System TÄITIS Bailiffs Information System VANGIS Information System of Prisons KRHIS Probation Information System KARREG Punishment Register (penalties and fees) AET Public E-File RKIS IS of the Supreme Court of Estonia

15 National Digital ID management State monopoly and responsibility to identify its residents and issue certificates to the e-id documents state guaranteed identity Centralized identity management One person one identity Verification of certificates via Public Identification Code Obligatory for all government institutions to accept Usable for all public services

16 Way forward: Cross border cooperation X-road : Finland and Estonia : model for REC-s in Africa?

17 How to develop the e-government? Explanatory phase: Decision makers : Parliament, PMO, CIO of ministries and agencies - Awareness of possibilities, conditions, human resources, time, price. Decision-making phase: evaluation of resources and sustainability, launching the e-government development Determining priority areas : e-id, x-road, e-registries, e- services Incorporating e-government components into the line ministeries development strategies Practical implementation

18 What EU and AU can do together? 1) promoting awareness building training courses, workshops, conferences - learning from champions. 2) supporting preparations of national strategies for launching e-government systems 3) supporting implementation: a) institutions needed for management b) legislation needed for determining rights and responsibilities of actors c) technical development implementing technical components into the national e-government system d) technical supervision, upgrade

19 What we have to do? 1) Ownership: demand should come from Africa 2) Political readiness from EU: not only connectivity 3) EIP supporting digitalization, as well as EDF, ITF 4) Institutionalization of cooperation : EU AU D4D Advisory Team, African egovernment Academy 5) Metodology for comprehencive approach Could EU Africa Summit will support launching e-government related cooperation already in 2017?

20 Learn more: EU development days 2017

21 Thank you!