28 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO BE INCLUDED IN E-WORKFLOW SYSTEM IN ARMENIA BY END OF 2009

ARKA
June 25, 2009

YEREVAN, June 25. /ARKA/. Twenty-eight government agencies are to be
included in the system of electronic document flow in Armenia by the
end of 2009, head of government administration David Sargsyan told
journalists Thursday.

Ten administrative regions of Armenia, 17 ministries and the government
administration are to be connected to the system, he said.

Currently the system is being introduced in Armenian Ministry of
Healthcare and the same is to be done in the ministries of urban
planning and nature protection next month.

Today the system unites seven state agencies – government
administration, ministry of finance, ministry of economy, ministry
of territorial administration, ministry of diaspora, foreign ministry
and administration of Kotayk region of the country.

The program is implemented with assistance of the World Bank.

Several ministries are expected to get connected to the system every
month and the whole process is to be completed by the end of the year,
Sargsyan said.

According to him, there will be no difficulties with connection and
communication between the bodies. Connecting Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
to the system is also under consideration.

E-workflow system is to be introduced in the State Revenues Committee
with assistance of the EU.

Sargsyan assured that the e-workflow system of state agencies is f
ully secure and it will take at least seven years to break in.

It is not known yet when a system connecting all government bodies
(presidential administration, government, ministries and agencies –
ARKA) is to be created, he said.

"We will be back to this issue next year as the first WB credit
program is to be completed by the end of the year. The second credit
is expected to be received in 2010," he said.

Sargsyan reported that the WB extended $10mln to Armenia under the
program of support to public authorities, including $500,000 spent
on introduction of e-document flow system.