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SOCIAL-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND E-GOVERNMENT IN AZERBAIJAN

SOCIAL-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND E-GOVERNMENT IN AZERBAIJAN. Azer Amiraslanov US Telecommunication Training Institute Washington DC 31 may 2006. Azerbaijan Republic. Caspian Sea. General information. The area of Azerbaijan is 86.6 thousand sq km.

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SOCIAL-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND E-GOVERNMENT IN AZERBAIJAN

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  1. SOCIAL-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND E-GOVERNMENT IN AZERBAIJAN Azer Amiraslanov US Telecommunication Training Institute Washington DC 31 may 2006

  2. Azerbaijan Republic Caspian Sea

  3. General information • The area of Azerbaijan is 86.6 thousand sq km. • It borders with Iran (765 km) and Turkey (15 km) in the south, Russia in the north (390 km), Georgia-in the north-west (480 km) and Armenia in the west (1007 km). • On the eastern side it is surrounded by the Caspian Sea. • Administratively the Republic is divided into 65 regions. • There are nine different climate zones. • The religion of a large part of population is Islam. • Since 1988 as a result of territorial claims from Armenia and military aggression, about 20% of the Azerabijani territory has been occupied and about 1 million population is refugees and internal displaced persons (IDP).

  4. Population • The population is 8.4 million people. • Population’s increase is 1.1%. • 52% of them live in urban and 48% reside in rural areas. • Male population forms 49% and female population - 51%. • Young people of 18-34 years of age make up 30% of the population. • The average life expectancy is 72.3 years.

  5. Increase of population (%)

  6. Political system • The state independence was proclaimed on October the 18th, 1991. • The Constitution was adopted on the referendum held on November the 12th, 1995. • State power in Azerbaijan is based on the principal of division of powers: legislative, executive and judicial. • The legislative power is executed by the Parliament. • The head of the state is President. The executive power belongs to the President. • The Cabinet of Ministers is the supreme Executive body of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan headed by the Prime Minister. • The Judicial power is implemented solely by judicial bodies.

  7. International cooperation • Azerbaijan has membership in: • The United Nations (UN) • Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) • Council of Europe (CE) • Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) • GUAM • Organization of Islamic Conference • Black Sea Economic Cooperation and Organization of Economic Cooperation (OEC). • International Monetary Fund • World Bank, • Azerbaijan also actively co-operates with the European Union, NATO • Azerbaijan has also been included into the European Neighborhood Policy.

  8. Economic programms • Sustainable development strategy • Strategy on Employment • Oil incomes management strategy • Program on State Support to Small and Middle Entrepreneurship • Demographic Development Concept • State Program on Development of Tourism • State Program on Poverty Reduction and Economic Development • National ICT for Development Strategy • State Program on Social-Economic Development of Regions

  9. Strategic Projects • Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline • Baku-Tbilisi-Arzurum gaz line • Transport Corridor Europe, Caucasus and Asia (TRACECA) • Baku-Axalkalaki-Kars railway project

  10. Oil strategy • 21 international contracts • Oil strategy started in September 1994 by signing a 30-year contract between Azerbaijan State Oil Company and 13 worldwide oil companies on the joint exploitation of 'Azeri', 'Chirag' wells and deep part of 'Guneshli' well in Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea and production sharing. • 30 foreign companies from 15 countries • Total amount of investments - US$60 billion

  11. “OIL BOOM” and Its Impacts • Expected “Oil boom” in the country starting from 2005 • Increase of oil export from 10 million tons to 50 million tons per year • 3 times growth of GDP and 2.5 times growth of National Income in 2005-2008 • US$100 billion oil income in next 20 years • Expected “multiplication effect” of incomes from energy sector

  12. OIL FUND • On December the 29th 1999 the former president Heydar Aliyev, signed a Decree 'On the Establishment of State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan Republic'. • The main goal to create Oil Fund was to ensure fair division of oil wealth among generations. • One of main targets of Fund is to accumulate and increase oil revenues for future generations and to use these revenues for present generations by taking into consideration the current social needs of the country, economic progress and development requirements.

  13. Economic Growth (%)

  14. GDP Per Capita(US dollars)

  15. Investments(mln AZN)

  16. Share of the private sector in the GDP

  17. Global aspects of ICT • Sustainable development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a major specific feature of the globalized world. • The fast development of this sector is evaluated as the next stage of technological revolution. • In the last 20 years electronic communication has greatly developed. This worldwide progress is the result of privatization process and competition in the ICT sector. • In spite of this, some countries can not use ICT opportunities on equal terms. As a result, it leads to the deepening of extremely social-economic difference among countries. • This is why the Secretary General of UN Mr. Cofi Annan in the Geneva Summit underlined the role ICT in poverty reduction, economic development and global social problem solution.

  18. Significance of IT for Azerbaijan • Broad use of IT is especially important in the developing countries like Azerbaijan. As stated by the President of Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev in Geneva Summit, IT has turned into a component of our daily life. • Today the main creator and bearer of new information technology are the youth. It means that this sector has sustainable development prospects. At the same time we should consider that Azerbaijan can not be isolated from globalization process covering the world. To benefit from this process depends on maximum using existent abilities of IT. • Information Communication Technology (ICT) is the most important factor impacting the development of society. This field positively influences government entities, public organizations, economic, business and social sectors, as well as culture, education, science and people’s daily lives. • Many developed and developing countries have benefited from the wide use of ICT-offered advantages. In general, a well-informed civil society plays a vital role in the future of human civilization.

  19. Significance of IT for Azerbaijan • ICT is essential for transitive countries. On the other side, this global-scale process supports the integration of countries into the world community. • The transition to an intensive information society, integration into the world community and globalization are the primary objectives for many international organizations, including the United Nations and the Council of Europe, both of which encompass many countries including Azerbaijan. • UNDP projects implemented in the ICT field in Azerbaijan are directed towards the realization of these principles. The essential goals of UNDP are to support the integration of Azerbaijan into the global information society, to improve the well-being of the population through modern technologies and to provide sustainable democratic development in Azerbaijan.

  20. National Information Communication Technologies Strategy. • ICT are the most powerful means to have access to the world market, to increase political responsibility, to improve basic services and to strengthen national development opportunities. But without an ICT policy, most people in developing countries, particularly vulnerable people, can not benefit from the development. • Establishing a supportive environment for transition to an intensive information society is also one of the main objectives of the Government of Azerbaijan, and important measures have been taken in this direction. For example, National ICT for Development Strategy (2003-2012) has been adopted. Various large-scale projects on public administration, education, infrastructure and other fields are also being implemented. • The National Strategy reflects state policy for the usage of ICT and its broadening. It determines key goals, objectives, priorities and main activity directions. • The strategy takes into account society’s requirements and advanced global experience. It also facilitates democracy, development and Azerbaijan’s integration into the world community.

  21. The key objectives of the National Strategy • create and develop a legislative base of the information society; • establish an environment to ensure the opportunities to the citizens and social institutions to obtain, disseminate and use information; • conduct effective, transparent, and controllable state administration and local self-administration, create electronic government, form and develop electronic commerce; • ensure country’s information security; • integrate country into the international information society; • eliminate the ‘digital divide” in the country.

  22. E-GOVERNMENT IN AZERBAIJAN • E-governance is a growing component of UNDP development programming in Azerbaijan. Over the past five years, UNDP has developed a portfolio of programmes valued at over $12.2 million • During the last eight years UNDP Azerbaijan has developed a unique and impressive governance portfolio with an increasing focus on “e-governance”. This portfolio mainstreams information and communication technologies (ICTs) as a means to implement ambitious and wide-ranging public administration reform aimed at increasing efficiency, transparency and accountability in the public sector, as well as modernizing the instruments of the state. • UNDP projects have facilitated public administration reforms in the State Customs Committee, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the State Social Protection Fund, the Central Election Commission, the State Agency for Standards, Metrology and Patents, and the Ministry of Justice.

  23. E-GOVERNMENT IN AZERBAIJAN • High-level political support for ICT-enabled reform, grounded in a recognition that reform is necessary for socio-economic stability. • Another important facilitating factor in the uptake and effective functioning of the ICT system is high-level political support for this approach. • E-governance is not a “magic bullet” that can resolve underlying structural problems or impose normative change. But it can help to encourage more profound organizational and normative transformations. • This evaluation validates the findings of other e-governance reviews: ICT and “e-governance” can be tools for achieving effective public administration reform, but success or failure at the outcome level (greater accountability and transparency) is entirely dependent on how these systems are used.

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