site.btaBulgaria, North Macedonia Sign E-Governance Cooperation Declaration

A declaration on cooperation in electronic certification services and electronic identification was signed by Bulgaria’s E-government Minister Bozhidar Bozhanov and North Macedonia’s Information Society and Administration Minister Admirim Aliti here on Monday. The cooperation document is the first to have been signed electronically. 

Bozhanov commented during the signing: “This declaration is one of the many steps in our joint work with the Republic of North Macedonia. We wish to achieve much more and to see real results.”

On his part, Aliti said that the two countries will cooperate and achieve significant results from their joint work. 

According to the declaration, the two countries will share good practices and will exchange experience between the central state bodies in the area of strategic planning of electronic certification services and identification, programming, management and implementation of programmes under the EU’s external assistance instruments. The goal is to build administrative capacity in the partnering institutions.

The sides will explore the opportunities for concluding a memorandum aimed at regulating the relations related to mutual recognition of electronic certification services provided by certification services suppliers in Bulgaria and North Macedonia.  

The declaration sets up a joint working group comprising representatives of the two countries at leadership and expert level. To be held are trainings, seminars, expert working groups as well as educational visits in the areas of cooperation, and information and document exchange.

The declaration does not concern international agreements and other commitments made by the two sides as well as such stemming from Bulgaria’s EU membership.