REPUBLIC OF CROATIA Central State Administrative Office for e-Croatia INFuture 2007 – The Future of Information Sciences Zagreb 7-9 November 2007 e-Croatia.

REPUBLIC OF CROATIACentral State Administrative Office for e-Croatia

INFuture 2007 – The Future of Information SciencesZagreb 7-9 November 2007

e-Croatia 2007Fostering the Development ofInformation Society in Croatia

Diana Šimić, Ph.D. Deputy State SecretaryCentral State Administrative Office for e-Croatia

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Programme e-Croatia 2007Background

Framework programme for development of information society in Croatia

Built on international best practices WSIS eEurope, i2010 eSEE Agenda

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Programme e-Croatia 2007Key Enablers

Strong political commitment Clear and well communicated vision Good coordination and planning Monitoring and benchmarking Enabling regulatory environment e-Readiness of all stakeholders

ICT providers Government Citizens

Business

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Programme e-Croatia 2007Main goals

Safe and secure communications infrastructure Enabling legal framework Promoting use of ICTs in all sectors

education, science, culture, public administration, business

Public administration reform Reduction of administrative burdens Optimisation of business processes with use of ICTs eGovernment services

IT education at all levels

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Implementation Mechanisms 1/4

Central State Administrative Office for e‑Croatia

Cabinet level body National Council for

Information SocietyGovernment advisorybody

APIS ITe-Governmentimplementation agency

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Implementation Mechanisms 2/4

Information and Communication Technology Strategy (2002) Programme e-Croatia 2007 (2003) HITRO.hr Programme Strategy (2004) National Programme on Information Security (2005) Open Source Software Policy (2006) Broadband Strategy (2006) National Programme of Digitalization of Archive, Library and

Museum Heritage (2006) National Strategy for Development of e‑Business

(entered technical consultations)

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Implementation Mechanisms 3/4

Benchmarking online availability of public services:2004 – 3,5 %

2005 – 31,6 %

2006 – 50,6 %

Citizens

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Implementation Mechanisms 4/4

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Infrastructure

Information security Law on information security Institute for Security of Information Systems CARNet CERT

Electronic communications Law on telecommunications (2003) Broadband strategy (2006) Regulatory Agency

Research infrastructure CARNet AAI – EduRoam CRO – NGI (Srce and partners)

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Education

Computers and access to Internet All educational institutions equipped with computer labs and

Internet connection All student dormitories provide free broadband for students

e-Learning Central school portal (www.skole.hr) e-Learning portal “Nikola Tesla” (lms.carnet.hr) On-line educational system (ucilica.carnet.hr)

Curriculum for ICT skills National Educational Standard defines ICT curriculum ECDL adopted as a national standard for basic skills CARNet’s ELA – e-Learning Academy

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Science

Open access portal for Croatian scientific journals (hrcak.srce.hr:150 journals / 1425 issues / 14006 articles with full text)

World Summit Award In 2003: www.blue-world.org

In 2005: www.kopacki-rit.hr and www.fauna.hr

In 2007: host to the WSA Grand Jury

iProjects

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Culture

Croatian cultural heritage – rich source of digital content Libraries – at the forefront of e-services National Programme of Digitisation of Archival, Library

and Museum Heritage (2006) ARHiNET – Central Archive Information System CultureNet (www.culturenet.hr)

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eGovernment Services

Fully on-line services Tax services for businesses Customs and tariffs services e-Crew Central pension registry Obligatory pension insurance Registry of Concessions Central Registry of Databases

containing Personal Data

etc.

Access to information Company registry Land registry and cadastre Ship registry Registries of NGO’s, political parties

etc. Official Gazette –legislation and notices

on public procurement National Archives – Central Information

System HIDRA – Croatian Information,

Documentation and Referral Agency Central Portal – MojaUprava

etc.

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Central Portal

User in the focus Information accessible to everybody

(organization, content, style and web accessibility)

All information in one place Horizontal coordination structure Strategic partnership with APIS IT, gov3

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eBusinessLegal Infrastructure

Electronic Signature (2002) Telecommunications (2003) Electronic Commerce (2003) Intellectual Property Rights (2003) Personal Data Protection (2003) Electronic Media (2003) Right of Access to Public Information (2003) Electronic Document (2005) Information Security (2007)

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eBusinessStrategic goals

Remove remaining legal barriers to eBusiness Build institutional capacity in public administration,

judiciary and the archives Adopt international standards for eBusiness Develop infrastructure for public knowledge Establish advisory services for eBusiness Improve adoption rates of eCommerce with eOrder and

eInvoice Establish best practice recognition systems

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eInclusion

Access to technology and equal opportunities Broadband Strategy and e-Croatia Programme include

specific measures to reduce digital barriers (e-Islands, digital Istra, etc.)

PCs and internet in all schools

W3C – Web Accessibility Initiative(http://www.w3.org/WAI/)

Strategy for switching to Digital TV broadcasting (all EU MS to switch-over by 2012)

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Next steps 1/4

Infrastructure Round up the legal framework for information security

Institutional capacity (Institute for Information Systems Security, CARNet CERT)

Legal framework for electronic communications

Digital TV switch-over

Education Education in use of ICTs for teachers

Creating high quality online national educational content

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Next steps 2/4

Science Increased funding of IT research

Foster participation of businesses in scientific research and faster transfer of technology

Include digital research publications in peer review for scientific promotion

Culture Digitalization of national heritage

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Next steps 3/4

eGovernment Further development and implementation of the National

interoperability framework (in line with EIF)

Central authentication and authorisation gateway for access to all eGovernment services through the Moja Uprava portal

National eID on smart-card

Secure transactional infrastructure for eGovernment services

Extending HITRONet

Connecting HITRONet to the EU sTESTA

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Next steps 4/4

eInclusion Subsidized development of broadband infrastructure on

islands and other remote areas

Availability of PCs and internet in all schools

Digital TV switch-over for rich media content

Implementation of W3C WAG to make digital content more easily accessible to people with disabilities

Subsidized ECDL training for unemployed and senior citizens

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Alice and the Red Queen running hand in hand — Illustration to the second chapter of Through the Looking Glass by John Tenniel. Wood-engraving by the Dalziels. (source: victorianweb.org, http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/tenniel/lookingglass/2.4.html ) This image may be used without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose.

Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!

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