MINSK, 28 April (BelTA) - In Belarus, digital transformation has become sustainable and irreversible, Belarusian Communications and Information Minister Konstantin Shulgan said as he opened the international forum #GBC in Minsk on 28 April, BelTA has learned.
"A lot has already been done to ensure that digital transformations in our country become sustainable and irreversible. First, I would like to note that the e-government platform has been modernized and now offers more opportunities in terms of electronic services for households and business," the minister said.
The e-government platform will continue to be improved, the minister said. It is, in his opinion, a universal mechanism that will "usher in a completely different era of electronic communication between the state, man and business in Belarus."
Konstantin Shulgan noted that Belarus is among the states that has done a great work on this front and holds fairly high positions. “For example, in terms of the e-government readiness Belarus is among top 40. As for the development of the electronic services and technologies that are based on information and communication systems and networks, Belarus is 32nd among 200 nations. We continue to create all the necessary conditions for digital transformation," Konstantin Shulgan said.
The international forum #GBC (government, business, citizens) is a unique event in the sphere of telecommunications. The main goal of the forum is to present accomplishments and projects in the area of digital government, search for new ways of digitization and interaction between the state and the private sector and citizens by means of information and communication technologies. #GBC is supposed to become a platform for discussing the state, development, and prospects of Belarus' digital future, transition of interaction at all levels to the digital dimension.
The main tasks of the forum include a presentation of accomplishments in the area of digital government and projects in the course of implementing the government program “Digital development of Belarus in 2021-2025”, a demonstration of implemented projects and promising products of IT companies, communications and telecommunications companies, the involvement of interested countries in transboundary interaction in the course of exchanging legal documents, the development of partnership and interagency interaction, the improvement of the IT knowledge of the society.
