Russia: the way from electronic to open

government Dr. Vladimir Drozhzhinov

Chairman, E-government competence centerMoscow, Russia, vladdroz@yandex.ru

Content• State program of Information Society (IS)

development in Russia• Information and communications technologies

(ICT) as IS enabling technology• Russian E-government: all-Russian SOA

infrastructure (3-tiers system of interagency communications)+ unified federal government e-services portal + 83 regional government e-services portals + all Russian network of multifunctional centers (MFC) with static and mobile service offices

• Russian open government: transparent, inclusive and accountable to citizens, enabled by e-Government

State program of Information Society development in Russia in

2011-2020 A long term state target programwhich aims to foster the use of ICT bycitizens and organizations providingequal access to open governmentinformation resources, development ofpublic digital content, implementationof innovative technologies and radicaltransformation of the statemanagement while also buildingtrusted and secure national andtransborder information space.

Strategy for IS development in RussiaStrategy for IS development in Russia

State program of IS development in Russia (2011-2020)State program of IS development in Russia (2011-2020)

Key government documents considering IS development in Russia (validity date)

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Forecast of long term social and economic development of Russia

Main directions of federal government activities

(2020)

(2018)

(2015)

(2030)

The Russian Federation national action plan on joining to the global initiative "Open Government Partnership" in 2013-2014

The national action plan for open government development in 2013

Key Players of State program of Information Society development in Russia in 2011-2020

Program operator: Ministry of telecom and mass communications of the Russian Federation

E-Government national infrastructure single designer, developer and

operator: Rostelecom OJSC

Rostelecom Group is Russia’s largest national

telecommunications operator with presence in all 83

Russian regions. The Group is a universal operator

and undisputable leader of broadband and pay-TV

markets in Russia with over 9 million fixed-line

broadband subscribers and over 6 million pay-TV

subscribers. The Group is also an important

innovator that provides solutions in the field of E-

medicine, E-Government, cloud computing and E-

education. Major Groups’ stakeholder – Russian

government

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2009

State program is the tool for IS strategy realization

2011 2020

2009 202011 2020

Strategy for IS development in Russia

2015

2015

Quality of citizens' life and business development ecosystem

Safety in IS

Open e-GovernanceRussian ICT-market development

State program of IS development in Russia (2011-2020)

Bridging digital gap and building base IS’ infrastructure

Digital multimedia and cultural heritage

Plan for strategyrealisation

Plan for strategyrealisation

Стратегия развития информационного обществаСтратегия развития информационного общества

ICT deployment in education and science and ICT-professionals educationICT deployment in education and science and ICT-professionals education

ICT deployment in health and social servicesICT deployment in health and social servicesICT deployment in cultureICT deployment in culture

ICT deployment for life safetyICT deployment for life safety

e-Government development (since 2011 – open gov.)e-Government development (since 2011 – open gov.)

ICT-industry developmentICT-industry developmentBridging digital gap between 83 federation’s subjectsBridging digital gap between 83 federation’s subjects

Telco infrastructure developmentTelco infrastructure development

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Russian Federation — Key Geographical Data influencing ICT-infrastructure expansion

• Capital — Moscow• Russia is located in the eastern part of

Europe and in the northern part of Asia• Total area —17,098.2 thousand km²• As of 1 January 2010:

– agricultural acreage amounted to 13% of the total area,

– Forests — 51 %,– surface waters (including marsh)

— 13%• Population as of 1 January 2012 --

143,030.1 thousand people• Density of the population as of 1

January 2012 — 8.3 people per km²• Maximum length, thousand km:

– Longitudinal direction — 4– Latitudinal direction — 9

• Administrative structure:– Number of Federal administrative

districts – 8 (see map)– Number of Russian Federation

subjects – 83– Municipalities – circa 24,000

Russian e-Government infrastructure

Unified government services portal usage as of September 2012

• Number of registered users -->3,000,000

• Number of government services presented in the portal -- >61,000

including >3,700 e-services• Number of portal visits since

portal start of operation at the end of 2009 -->200,000,000

• Number of services requestsprocessed by the federal system of interagency

communications –>340,000,000

2006 – Start of the reform coordinated by RF Ministry for economicdevelopment with goals: results based budgeting introduction ingovernments of all levels, formalization of its’ functions and services asadministrative regulations, anticorruption regulation introduction.2007 – 1. The idea of MFC coined out (compare with «Рoupatempo»

citizen's service centers in Brazil).2. 18 regional MFC pilot projects were funded by federal

government.3. TOR development for MFC in residences (cities, villages etc.)

with different populations numbers.2008 till now – MFC Network is the national initiative with participants

from all regions and municipalities, coordinated by RF Ministry foreconomic development.

All Russian network of multifunctional centers (MFC) with static and mobile service offices

Building MFC Network as part of public administration reform initiative

Regional offices of federal

government bodies

MunicipalAdministration

(Local government)

Citizens

Businesses

MFC

MFC charterer

Regional system of interagency

communications

Users of government and municipal services: RF citizen, foreign citizen, person without citizenship or organization who applied directly in person or through it’s representative for a government or municipal service

Region’s Administration(Government)

MFC stakeholders in regions of Russia

ü MFC consists of front and back officeü These offices could be located in one building or

may be separated and connected by communication lines

ü Front office could be static or mobileü MFC front office could be stand alone, collocated

with “Russian Mail” or “Russian Saving Bank” service office

ü In 2013 MFC Network will give access to government and municipal services for 20 % of RF citizens; in 2014 - 40 %; and in 2015 год - 90 %

MFC features

Static and mobile service offices

Yakutija-Saha Region Tomskiy Region

National Cloud Platform, https://www.o7.com/

1. OPEN GOVERNMENT = E-GOVERNMENT THIRD GENERATION (EGOV 3G)

2. OPEN GOVERNMENT = ICT-ENABLED GOVERNMENT TRANSFORMATION INTO OPEN, PARTICIPATORY, ACCOUNTABLE AND CITIZEN-DRIVEN GOVERNMENT

3. OPEN GOVERNMENT DOES NOT REPLACE E-GOVERNMENT BUT BUILDS ON IT

Emerging Model: Open Government. Lower Costs – Better Results

Open Government Ecosystem: Key Components

Regulations on open data and open government in Russia

• Decision of the Presidium of the Presidential Council for the Development of the Information Society from September 2, 2011 “On freedom of access to federal, regional and municipal information” --http://ictgov.ru/upload/iblock/648/6485daa93751de564e9c31dfc16d0d2c.pdf

• Presidents Executive Order № 601 of 7 May, 2012 “On Main Directions of Developing the System of Public Administration” -- in English http://eng.kremlin.ru/acts/3769, in Russian http://kremlin.ru/acts/15239

• On March 6, 2013 WG “Open government data counsel” was established as part of Government commission for coordination of Russian Open Government activities --http://открытыеданные.большоеправительство.рф/

• On May 21, 2012 Russian PresidentVladimir Putin appointed Mikhail Abyzov to position of Minister without portfolio responsible for Open Government --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Abyzov

• On September 26, 2012 Russian government approved the list of members of Government commission for coordination of Russian Open Government activities with Dmitry Medvedev as the commission’s Chairman and Mikhail Abyzov as vice-Chairman --

• On July 26, 2012 Russian government approved the list of members of the Experts' counsel under Russian government --

Russian open government portal -- http://большоеправительство.рф/

First international conference on open governmenthttp://конференция.большоеправительство.рф/en/

Some Open data sites in RussiaOpen data pages on portals of some RF federal government bodies:• Ministry of Education and Science -- минобрнауки.рф/открытые-данные• Ministry Of Economic Development -- www.economy.gov.ru/opendata/ ,http://zakupki.gov.ru• Overseeing Service for Education Organizations --www.obrnadzor.gov.ru/ru/about/information_systems/opendata/• Ministry for Communications and Mass media --http://minsvyaz.ru/ru/directions/?regulator=129Open data pages on portals of some RF regional government s:Moscow government – data.mos.ruOpen Region portal of Tul’skaya Region: http://openregion71.ru/Open budgets pagesMoscow government -- http://budget.mos.ru/Committee for citizens initiatives – http://budget4me.ruOpen data on portals of some RF NGO organizations:Open data hub -- hub.opengovdata.ru.

What next? Smart government of Russia? Source: Gartner

It was “Russia: the way from electronic to open government ” by Vladimir

Drozhzhinov

Thank you for your attention!

In this presentation information from portals of RF Ministry for communication and mass media, RF Ministry for economic development and RF Minister of open government is used.