The table below aims at gathering the administrative and governmental bodies of Czech Republic, which are responsible for digital public administration policies and interoperability policies.
National
Since March 2022, Ivan Bartoš serves as Deputy Prime Minister for Digitalisation. In this role, Mr. Bartoš helps ensure the implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, in particular its Digital Transition chapter, as well as address digital government issues more efficiently. The digital government governance changes shall facilitate the implementation of the whole-of-government approach to digital transformation foster an efficient use of resources across administrations and promote public sector innovations. The EU Applied Policies Department of the Government Office manages initiatives in the field of AI and the European Data Economy. The Department is also responsible for the coordination of the European Digital Agenda within the state administration in line with priorities set by the Government of the Czech Republic. The Department coordinates national positions on horizontal topics and initiatives linked to the Digital Single Market and their promotion at European level. The Department is tasked with conducting public consultations in this field.
| Ivan Bartoš Deputy Prime Minister for Digitalisation Contact details: Source: https://www.vlada.cz/en/vlada/; https://www.mmr.cz; https://digitalnicesko.gov.cz/ |
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Ondřej Profant Deputy Minister and CIO Contact details: Source: https://www.vlada.cz/ |
The Digital and Information Agency (DIA) is responsible for policies and legislation related to the interoperability, governance and use of central information systems of public administrations and shared services, as well as for the monitoring of the compliance with the accessibility regulation across all public administrations.
The DIA manages a number of central government information systems, such as the Data Mailbox (Datová schránka), the Czech POINT, the Government Portal, the Registry of Rights and Responsibilities (of public administrations) and the Registry of Contracts. It also acts as the technical administrator of the national identity scheme in compliance with the eIDAS Regulation, the national TESTA coordinator as well as the national supervisory body for the implementation of the Web Accessibility Directive (Directive (EU) 2016/2102).
The agency will also function as competence centre for user research and update of the sectoral digital strategies, providing support to central and regional public administrations.
| Martin Mesršmíd Digital and Information Agency Director Contact details: |
| Petr Kuchař Digital and Information Agency Chief Architect of eGovernment Contact details: Source: https://www.dia.gov.cz |
Individual government departments and agencies implement digital initiatives falling within their respective areas of competence, as well as individual action plans decided at cross-governmental and departmental levels by domain area.
The National Agency for Information and Communication Technologies (NAKIT) provides conceptual development of critical communication infrastructure and secure solutions for shared government services. Among eGovernment projects implemented by the Agency there are: (i) national government network services, including interconnection with the TESTA network of European Commission; (ii) the eGovernment Security Operations Centre, and (iii) the Citizen's Portal. NAKIT also ensures a secure communication and information environment for the national Integrated Rescue System and security forces operations.
The State Treasury and Shared Services Centre (SPCSS) provides infrastructure, computing capacity, operation systems, databases and applications in its data centres, tailored to the needs of national public administrations, with an emphasis on a high level of security and availability of services. The ICT infrastructure service ensures the provision of necessary capacities and performance parameters with the same parameters as would be the case of ICT infrastructure operated on the customer's own premises (servers, storage, network connectivity, licenses, administration and supervision). SPCSS services comply with the Cyber Security Act No. 181/2014 Coll.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade is responsible for the broadband development and the Digital Economy and Society initiatives under the Digital Czech Republic Programme. Additionally, the Ministry of Industry and Trade leads the implementation of the Single Digital Gateway Regulation, in co-ordination with the Ministry of Interior.
| Petr Očko Head of the Digitalization and Innovation Section Contact details: Source: https://www.mpo.cz |
The Government Council for Information Society and the Government Council for Public Administration are two expert advisory bodies providing a platform for the coordination of national digitisation efforts. Both Councils perform the role of permanent advisory, initiation and coordination body to the government.
In the Czech Republic, the public administration and the management of public services are decentralised. 14 regions and 6 258 municipalities use central eGovernment infrastructure and services, while also providing their own digital services to citizens. As such, regional and municipal authorities are responsible for defining eGovernment policies and strategies within their respective spheres of competence, while a common approach is defined by the National eGovernment Strategy. In addition, the national Association of Regions and the Union of Towns and Municipalities develop complementary strategies and promote the exchange of best practices among their members.
The Union of Towns and Municipalities of the Czech Republic undertakes support and advisory activities for Czech local authorities and promotes the interests of local administrations in relation to central executive and legislative bodies.