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by all means. It is necessary that the public administration modernisation is an ongoing, cyclical
process, which does not stop at the achieved, but is ready at any time to offer new and better
content and performance to those aspects which further will be considered by society as norm.
Thus, a modern and efficient public administration is not a fixed condition, but the process within
which the process modernisation and transformation do not possess a single or campaign-type
character, but the already digitalised public administration processes are evolved and updated
according to the maturity level of the society, its current behaviour and demand trends, and taking
advantage of the capabilities provided by the current ICT solutions and services.
The main benefits of this action direction will be reflected in the increased efficiency of public
administration (decision-making speed, accuracy, relevance to the actual situation, the possibility
to involve wide range of community groups in policy planning and assessment and reduction of
administrative costs), as well as opportunities for people to get a clear, timely and consistent
information on public administration services and their rights, creating opportunities for people to
engage to a greater extent in decision-making and law-making processes by using modern
technologies. Public and private sector service cooperation and synergies have a significant
reduction potential of administrative burden.
According to the current situation and challenges, further actions for the modernisation of public
administration have to be focused and planned in the following areas:
* process modernisation of public administration basic activities;
* public e-participation and e-democracy;
* single public administration data space;
* optimisation of ICT infrastructure.
5.3.1 Process Modernisation of Public administration Basic Activities
Information and its processing is an integral part of the public administration process. Timely and
high quality information is necessary for both the preparation and the implementation of a
decision. Also a decision making is related to the generation and distribution of new information
and data. Public administration processes, which are characterised by a high standard information
processing intensity, have high process progress efficiency, quality improvement and automation
potential, implementation of which, through the appropriate ICT solution, could result in
optimisation of both the public administration resources and reduction the administrative
burden on inhabitants and businesses and improvement of the transparency and operational
efficiency of public administration. Choosing appropriate ICT solutions thoughtfully, it is
possible to achieve that the cooperation among actors of public administration processes both
within the institution and between institutions is carried out only electronically.
5.3.1.1 Transformation and Optimisation of Basic Activities Process
Before the ICT entered the economy, the only widely accessible information storage and transfer
technology in work organisation of public administration was a paper document. The specifics of
this technology largely have determined the organisation principles and traditions of public
administration. In the early stage of public administration digitalisation, public administration
ICT solutions were usually made based on the processing of this document-oriented information.
As a priority automation was performed only on document creation, storage and availability, and
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