payment control system and consequential increase in revenues for local self-government budgets and the national budget, to reduce shadow economy and illegal work (especially by natural persons providing accommodation services), to improve statistical monitoring of the movement of tourists, to implement an active marketing policy and to increase competitiveness of Serbia’s tourism offer. These activities will result in digitalisation of tourism and hospitality through implementation of modern technologies in the operations of both economic operators and the public sector. 1.4.3 e-Construction, е-Agriculture E-CONSTRUCTION – As regards e-construction, significant progress has been made recently with regard to electronic building permits. Implementation of an electronic building permit issuance system is based on the new Law on Planning and Construction, and as such poses a key reform challenge. The key effects of implementation of the electronic building permit issuance software include faster and cheaper obtaining of permits and a one-stop shop for all permit-related procedures. Activities are underway to improve the software and enable faster and easier obtaining of electronic building documents by adding new functionalities and upgrading the existing ones, based on needs stated by system users and an analysis of e-document issuance. Numerous activities are also underway within the mandate of the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure to digitalise processes and procedures concerning Energy Performance Certificates, spatial and urban planning, inland waterway transport and navigation safety. Е-AGRICULTURE – The Agriculture and Rural Development Strategy of the Republic of Serbia for the period 2014-2024 identifies, as an activity aimed at achieving the strategic objectives, the development of all types of analytical information systems supporting agriculture, including any missing parts of agricultural statistics, the public reporting and forecasting service system, market information, registers etc. The Directorate for Agrarian Payments plans to digitalise the procedure for granting subsidies to farmers by implementing an IACS. Subsidies will be granted according to the procedures and in the manner set forth in the IACS (Integrated Administrative and Control System), which is used for granting, controlling and monitoring agricultural subsidies (all direct payments and rural development payments linked to the surface area of agricultural land). The Directorate for Agricultural Land operates an information system comprising three web-based applications and one desktop (client-server) application. The two web-based applications are used in the development and implementation of the Annual Protection Programme and regulation and use of agricultural land by all local self-government units in the territory of the Republic of Serbia and the Directorate for Agricultural Land, while one application provides public access and services, as well as viewing of information on state-owned agricultural land. Plans are underway to upgrade the existing information system, in order to complete the full set of affairs and processes within the purview of the Directorate for Agricultural Land. 32