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Good Practices and Innovations in Public Governance 2003-2011

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<strong>2003</strong> Category 2: Egypt<br />

• Integration prevented doubl<strong>in</strong>g requests for the provision of documentation by<br />

the applicants;<br />

• Specify<strong>in</strong>g the required fees accord<strong>in</strong>g to laws <strong>and</strong> regulations, thereby request<strong>in</strong>g<br />

only the m<strong>in</strong>imum rate <strong>and</strong> ensur<strong>in</strong>g that the fee scale is uniform<br />

throughout the country; <strong>and</strong><br />

• Indicat<strong>in</strong>g the timeframe for obta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g any service.<br />

To achieve these steps, it was necessary to unify rules <strong>and</strong> requirements by prepar<strong>in</strong>g<br />

forms for each service. Consequently, any citizen seek<strong>in</strong>g a service receives a receipt<br />

list<strong>in</strong>g all the procedures <strong>and</strong> steps required, the agencies to direct compla<strong>in</strong>ts to, <strong>and</strong><br />

the time necessary for completion.<br />

The m<strong>in</strong>istry cont<strong>in</strong>ues to develop E-government services, thus demonstrat<strong>in</strong>g a susta<strong>in</strong>ed<br />

commitment to <strong>in</strong>novation <strong>and</strong> improvement of public services. In January<br />

2004, the M<strong>in</strong>istry launched the country’s <strong>in</strong>tegrated e-Government Portal for onl<strong>in</strong>e<br />

services. The bil<strong>in</strong>gual portal <strong>in</strong> Arabic <strong>and</strong> English enables all stakeholders to<br />

browse government announcements, search for <strong>in</strong>formation related to particular services,<br />

<strong>and</strong> access onl<strong>in</strong>e services all at a s<strong>in</strong>gle user-friendly one-stop-shop. S<strong>in</strong>ce<br />

2007, some government services are available onl<strong>in</strong>e.<br />

For more <strong>in</strong>formation, please visit: www.edara.govt.eg<br />

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