At the meeting, the e-Correspondence Project has been presented and the results of the pilot phase and the next steps have been discussed. The project was launched in April 2011. The eCorrespondence project developed a common set of rules for the implementation of the secure exchange of electronic documents between state institutions, entailing the use of electronic signature and encryption mechanisms. Six public authorities take part in the pilot. The Turkish Presidency; the Prime Minister's Office; the Ministry of Justice; the Ministry of Interior; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and General Directorate of State Archives were designated as pilot authorities for the project. The administrations have tested the specifications and the eCorrespondence Package.
The first pilot e-correspondences have recently been realised between the Ministry of Interior and Turkish Presidency and also the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A legal framework is under development.
The e-Correspondence Project is linked to the e-Interior project from the Ministry of Interior, Turkey’s e-Transformation programme, initiated in 2005.
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