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Germany plans to speed up health sector digitalization with new laws
Germany's Cabinet introduced plans to allow the widespread use of electronic prescriptions and digital patient files on Wednesday at the end of the coalition government's two-day retreat in Meseberg, writes German news agency DPA.
After years of delays, e-prescriptions are to become standard and obligatory for practices by the beginning of 2024. At the beginning of 2025, all people with...
The digitalization in North Macedonia in 2022: One-click services are still far away, the citizens pay the price
The reforms concerning digitalization, their progress, are ongoing challenges that North Macedonia faces. Digitalization should be in step with the latest trends and improve the lives of the citizens, offering high-quality, fast, and efficient services. At a time when the world and Western countries are moving forward every day, the Republic of North Macedonia (MKD) is still lacking appropriate...
The high school students in Skopje did not get the promised tablets, the procedure is ongoing
Photo: Hal Gatewood, Unsplash
The Mayor of the City of Skopje, Danela Arsovska, in her electoral “Manifesto for Modern Skopje” promised that all high school students and teachers will receive tablet computers, as well as training for the teachers on the use of the equipment. Allegedly, the City of Skopje is currently working on this promise, so we evaluate it...
“e-Society.mk”: Where are the Balkans in the Digital Agenda?
(This content is a translation of the original article in Macedonian, published on the 6th of December 2022)
The first panel discussion of the 18th international conference e-Society.mk, which started on the 6th of December, was devoted to the topic “Digital Agenda Observatory – Where is the Western Balkans now?” The EU Digital Agenda for the Western Balkans was adopted...
e-Society.mk annual conference opened, cyber resilience for freedom and security in focus
(This content is a translation of the original article in Macedonian, published on the 6th of December 2022)
Metamorphosis Foundation for the 18th time organized the international e-Society.mk conference, which started on the 6th of December. The two-day conference in the Marriott hotel in Skopje with the motto “Cyber Resilience for Freedom and Security” started in a completely full room,...
The digitization of the admission in the student dormitories in Skopje has still not been implemented
The Goce Delchev Student Dormitory in Skopje / Photo: Meta.mk
In May this year, “State Student Dormitory – Skopje” announced that admission in the state dormitories at the beginning of the academic year will be digitized, which will put an end to the waiting in long lines and to the extensive documentation necessary for admission. However, the announced digitization was...
Macedonia should intensify its digitalization activities, the European Commission remarks
Regarding digital transformation, the Republic of North Macedonia has a long way ahead. Even though the county has implemented reforms in this direction, there is still much work to be done. This is stated in EC's latest report, for 2022, on country's EU-accession progress. The report stresses the faults that North Macedonia will have to work on rectifiying, but...
NMacedonia wants to join EU’s new Digital Europe program
The Government of North Macedonia in yesterday's session reviewed and adopted the Information on the Accession of the Republic of North Macedonia to the Digital Europe (DIGITAL) program, prepared by the Ministry of Information Society and Administration, Government's press service informs.
"DIGITAL is a new European Union’s program aimed at bringing the digital technologies closer to the businesses, the citizens...
Institutions use the interoperability platform “as they wish”, citizens wander around counters [infographic]
Institutions in the RNM communicate very little with each other through the Interoperability Platform, which is intended for the exchange of data through electronic systems, with the aim of more efficient and faster provision of services. The data provided by Portalb.mk show that, in general, all institutions on the Platform have a decrease in the number of executed transactions,...
Josifovska-Danilovska: Without a digital identity there is no continuation of the digital transformation of public services
Digital identity is very important to discuss in the digital age because without digital identity we will not be able to continue with the digital transformation of public services. Estonia’s road to digitalization is a good example to follow and master in the local circumstances of our countries. This was stated at the panel “Dialogues for the Digital Agenda:...
North Macedonia: Still no new law on the digital textbooks, pupils forced to use print copies only
There is not a bit of progress about the process of digitalization of the education in North Macedonia. The pupils will still study the traditional way, from print textbooks. Of course, the other option is available - if they choose so, they can study from whatever e-books are available. Even though it promised, the Ministry of Education and Science...
Truthmeter.mk: Lots of courts and judges, but little Justice
With the systematization of the judicial network for judges in all levels of courts and for all types of courts, 636 judicial seats are provided, and 493 seats have been filled, but even with this number, we are leaders in Europe. With 34 courts, we are leaders in terms of the number of courts, but we can never get...
Teachers give support: Changes in primary education in North Macedonia bring benefits to the minority communities
The reform of the primary education that will start at the beginning of the next school year are good for the whole society in North Macedonia. From what we saw and understood so far, and we have seen pretty much, and taking into account that the whole process of sketching the changes has been implemented in a transparent way...
The pandemic directed the light to the problems and the need for functional digitalization of higher education
Empty amphitheaters, empty student dormitories - the pandemic has emptied the locations where students used to live, study and socialize. During last year, the lectures and the exams took place at home and the new conditions for studying additionally stressed the problems that the students faced even before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
Last year, several events marked the...
The Czech Academy of Sciences published online its Old Church Slavonic archive
On the 22nd of December 2020, the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) published on the internet a digitalized version of its Old Church Slavonic Language archive. Among other documents, it features a voluminous dictionary consisting of over 20 000 entries and over 840 000 word forms, informs Meta.mk agency.
The Gorazd digital portal for the Old Church Slavonic language (gorazd.org)...
COVID-19 crisis confirmed the need for promoting safe access to digital technologies
The COVID-19 pandemic is the best indicator for the need of digital technologies, that one way or another we are all using for work, learning, studying, fun, communication, playing games i.e. for normal functioning. They will have to be developed and promoted so that all citizens will be able to have access and possibilities for safe use.
This was stated...
Starting from October, citizens will be able to get documents in electronic form – an electronic portal will become operational
Starting from October, a new national portal for electronic services will start working that will allow the citizens, apart from the regular procedure, to receive their documents in an electronic way i.e. only by several clicks, which will help to remove bureaucracy procedures, walking from one stand to another and waiting long ques informs Portalb.mk.
The Ministry of Information Society...
Citizens and firms will follow online the progress on their privatization claims
The citizens and the firms will be able to follow online the progress on their privatization claims in the Property and Legal Affairs Office, through the webpage privatizacija.finance.gov.mk.
- There will be no more cases left in the drawer. We found a systematic solution, the platform privatizacija.finance.gov.mk, through which citizens and firms can, either from their home or office, follow...
Zaev and Tsipras: We are building bridges – opponents to the agreement will see the benefits
Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras, at a press conference projected a joint message that with the Prespa Agreement, both Greece and North Macedonia will benefit both the citizens and future generations, and that opponents of the agreement will in time, see all the benefits. They said the current political leadership is committed to building bridges and demolishing walls, that...
Manchevski: Central electronic population register and e-services portal nearly finished
Today, Minister of Information Society and Administration Damjan Manchevski spoke at the first e-commerce conference held in Skopje and referred to the importance of providing e-services as the basis for the digitalization of Macedonia.
"The final activities are underway to launch a new national e-services portal, as well as a central electronic population register. The portal will provide faster and...
