Main eGovernment infrastructure components

Last updated: October 2011

Portals

Central Public Administration Portal (CPAP)

The Central Public Administration Portal (CPAP), under the administration of the Ministry of Finance and operated by the National Agency for Networking and Electronic Services (NASES), provides a central and unified access to information resources and services of public administration. Among the most important tasks of the portal include directing the interested party to use a particular eGovernment service of relevant information sources.

Since mid-2009, the electronic service ‘general submission’ has been available. It allows citizens and businesses to make an electronic submission, application, notice or notification for the public authorities which use a central electronic registry via CPAP. 409 government entities were registered at the end of 2010. More than 7 800 submissions were made with and 296 applications without an advanced electronic signature. The most utilised link is Points of single contact for criminal records: nearly 48 000 applications were implemented. Annual health insurance accounts are being provided by the portal through the eForm. This service was used by 800 000 people in 2010.

informatizacia.sk: Information Society Division's portal

The Information Society Division, operating under the Ministry of Finance as the key government body responsible for the information society, launched the 'informatizacia.sk' portal in 2007 with the aim to provide comprehensive information on the strategies, legislation, standardisation and other activities concerned with the information society.

Portals of public authorities

The administration section and self-government portals belong to the respective administrators. Administration section and self-government portals provide more detailed information and may enable the performance of transaction services within the relevant special agendas.

Ministry of Justice legislation portal

The portal offers search capabilities for documents at various stages of the legislative process based on user-selected criteria. It monitors, archives and retrieves material of a legislative nature during the legislative process. By virtue of the portal, public institutions, citizens and organisations are able to transparently monitor the legislative process. These r egistered users are also given the opportunity to actively participate in the legislative process (through individual or collective comments).

CSIRT.SK (Computer Security Incident Response Team)

The main task of the portal is to present basic information about the unit CSIRT.SK and its working agenda. It provides the possibility of reporting the incidents and vulnerabilities relating to security of computer and communication technologies; it also creates a space for progressive services of the unit CSIRT.SK.

Network

GovNet

GovNet is a project aimed at building a physical network among Public Administration bodies, which was launched in the early 1990s. Govnet provides the public administration with services such as encrypted eCommunication, helpdesk, supervision, webhosting, antispam and antivirus protection.

eIdentification/eAuthentication

JIFO

The JIFO initiative has created new personal unique identifiers for citizens using cryptographic algorithms and will be used within all sectors of applications (SIFO).

eID card project

An eID card project has been implemented since September 2009. It mainly aims to:

• introduce a single eID card as a means of identification and authentication of individuals within the domains of eGovernment, eHealth and possibly other areas from public and private services;
• create the conditions for personalisation of eID cards and provide the necessary hardware and software infrastructure that supports the process of collecting data from citizens and the production of documents;
• create the conditions for the central distribution of eID cards to citizens, together with supporting documents;
• make available electronic services of eID solutions to all citizens, including those without internet access;
• ensure availability of electronic services of eID solutions for eGovernment services at EU level;
• ensure the issuance of eID cards to all citizens, including disabled persons;
• ensure the clearing system for payments in issuing eID cards.

The call was concluded in September 2009 and implementation of the national project will continue until 2012.

eProcurement

Information System of Electronic Public Procurement (EVO)

eProcurement in Slovakia is managed by the Office for Public Procurement. The system of eProcurement (EVO) covers only some procedures and phases of procurement (preparation, planning, eNotification, and partially eTendering and eAwarding). EVO integrates several electronic systems dedicated to each sub-phase. Currently, EVO supports the eSubmission of tenders for above and below the limit contracts regarding open and restricted procedures. In 2009, a feasibility study for the improvement of eProcurement services and the extension of these eServices on all procedures categories was developed. The implementation of the national project will continue until 2012.

The general objectives of the national project on eProcurement are as follows:

• build a new fully-integrated information system for collecting data based on Web services and data processing;
• complete, expand and possibly upgrade the Information System of Electronic Public Procurement (EVO) to support all phases of the contract award stage, particularly phases of the evaluation;
• develop a consistent and highly accessible website for the Office for Public Procurement/publishing portal of the Office.;
• support the conceptual view of the activities related to public procurement.

The implementation of the national project will continue until 2012.

Knowledge Management

Slovak Library-Project KIS3G

Public libraries offer the possibility to search for a specific title and to make an electronic reservation, or to obtain an electronic copy. The National Slovak Library portal enables access to libraries in Slovakia that can search for a specific title and reserve it electronically. The portal has been developed under the national project KIS3G by the Ministry of Culture, and it is open to all libraries interested in participating.

Currently, there are 28 libraries involved. For online searching in catalogues, users do not need any authentication. For electronic reservation and obtaining an electronic copy, users have to provide a user name and a password that is issued by the respective library following registration and ID check. A detailed description on how to search and reserve a title is available. Furthermore, it is possible to extend a title via telephone, or the Internet.