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Increasing transparency of public administration through availability of information on Internet
Belgrade,
17 September 2010
Minister of Telecommunications and Information Society Jasna Matic announced today that a by-law obliging all state organs to have a website with correct and updated information will be adopted by the end of the year.
Jasna Matic and Rodoljub Sabic
Author:
Fonet
Speaking at a press conference at which results of a survey on freshness of information on the webpages of state organs were presented, Matic said that this will boost the efficiency of the administration and reduce costs to companies.
Also, she said that a law that will regulate this field in all areas will be passed next year.
Director of Transparency Serbia Nemanja Nenadic, who presented results of the survey, said that state organs in Serbia do not use Internet enough and voiced hope that measures will be taken soon to correct this.
He said that the survey showed that some state bodies do not have on their websites the document outlining their jurisdiction and competencies, although that is required by law, and that none of such documents that appear on the websites contain full information.
The state organs either had no information at all about execution of their last year’s budget, or such information was incomplete, Nenadic pointed out.
Many state bodies did not change links that refer to .yu domain, and the survey also showed that the concept of electronic services is on a very low level.
The Director of Transparency Serbia said that the state bodies have little information on their websites about their future plans, and that their plans of work and reports are almost never put on the Internet.
UN Resident Coordinator in Serbia William Infante said that the use of information and communication technologies improves efficiency of work, increases transparency and save time and money, and that the electronic administration reduces corruption through simplification and depersonalisation of rules and procedures.
Commissioner for Information of Public Interest Rodoljub Sabic said that there is no better way to increase citizens’ trust in state organs than by increasing transparency of their work.
The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society carried out this survey in association with the UNDP in July 2010, on the sample of 21 institutions.
Also, she said that a law that will regulate this field in all areas will be passed next year.
Director of Transparency Serbia Nemanja Nenadic, who presented results of the survey, said that state organs in Serbia do not use Internet enough and voiced hope that measures will be taken soon to correct this.
He said that the survey showed that some state bodies do not have on their websites the document outlining their jurisdiction and competencies, although that is required by law, and that none of such documents that appear on the websites contain full information.
The state organs either had no information at all about execution of their last year’s budget, or such information was incomplete, Nenadic pointed out.
Many state bodies did not change links that refer to .yu domain, and the survey also showed that the concept of electronic services is on a very low level.
The Director of Transparency Serbia said that the state bodies have little information on their websites about their future plans, and that their plans of work and reports are almost never put on the Internet.
UN Resident Coordinator in Serbia William Infante said that the use of information and communication technologies improves efficiency of work, increases transparency and save time and money, and that the electronic administration reduces corruption through simplification and depersonalisation of rules and procedures.
Commissioner for Information of Public Interest Rodoljub Sabic said that there is no better way to increase citizens’ trust in state organs than by increasing transparency of their work.
The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society carried out this survey in association with the UNDP in July 2010, on the sample of 21 institutions.
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