Baku, Azerbaijan, April 9
By Huseyn Valiyev - Trend:
The total number of electronic digital signatures (e-signatures) issued by the Azerbaijani National Certification Services Center in the first quarter of 2014 increased by over 3.4 percent and hit 18,452 units as of April 1, 2014, the Data Processing Center of the Azerbaijani Communication and High Technology Ministry told Trend on April 9.
The state bodies were provided with 12,675 e-signatures, 755 e-signatures were issued to the legal entities and 5,022 to citizens.
There were 34,062 appeals in March. This figure hit 301,496 in February 2014. There were 566,105 appeals from December 2012 to March 31, 2014.
The electronic services available on the portal were used 982,325 times over the past period.
Some 253 services of the total number of approved electronic services (428) are available on the "electronic government" (e-gov.az) portal. The total number of e-services placed on the websites of Azerbaijani state organizations is 459.
The 'Electronic Government' website is a key tool for supporting work with citizens and businesses, belonging to the state and private sectors. It aims at reducing the number of documents required by the citizens, with the help of an electronic interaction among different bodies.
The access to the portal is conducted with the help of e-signature, the identity data of the private entrepreneurs and citizens, verification data (login and password), as well as mobile authentication system, which can be obtained in an electronic form after registering on the portal.
Translated by NH
Edited by CN