Večernji list: SARAJEVO – Images of ministers who come to the Government Sessions with piles of papers soon will be in BiH as well the matter of the past. The Council of Ministers of BiH, i.e. the Ministry of Traffic and Communication of BiH, intensively started the works on the project of e-government, or electronic government, which should, if everything is as planned, come to life in three months at the latest. Many call that project exactly the government without paper, said Božidar Škravan, the adviser to the Minister of Traffic and Communication Božo Ljubić.
The advantages of the e-government system
Financial part of the project is covered by the European Commission with 95 per cent and the UNDP with five percent, and the implementation of the project is entrusted with the Ministry headed by the minister Ljubić, while the expert team, whose members are series of university professors from BiH, is headed by the Ljubić’s adviser Škravan. Besides the “removal” of the paper, the advantage of that system is also the availability of all the important and needed data and documents which ministers can use at the sessions, which was not the case until now. Exceptionally important advantage of the e-government system is also the fact that the ministers will be able to attend the sessions of the Council of Ministers of BiH, no matter where they are.
Ministers can be anywhere
Minister can be in America, Mostar or at home, and with simple connection to the internet and entrance in the system, he will be able to equally participate in the work of the Council, state the proposals and adopt or refuse the decrees, said Škravan. Next to that, available to them will be data from other levels of authority, and they will be able to acquire data from other countries etc. more easily, which is sometimes needed during the discussions at the sessions. All that together is a part of a wider project of information society in BiH, and it is implemented in a parallel manner on other levels as well.