E-GOVERNMENT IN BULGARIA – STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RESULTS FROM IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS

Abstract

The development of e-Government is the main priority in the strategic documents of the Republic of Bulgaria during the programme period 2014-2020. The projects financed under Operational Programme “Good Governance” are of key significance both for the attainment of the strategic objectives and of the expected results input in them. The purpose of the publication is to analyse the conformity between the strategic documents and the projects implemented in the sphere of e-Government in the country. A desk analysis, an empirical analysis and other scientific methods are applied for the attainment of the purpose in the research. Problems in their development are identified as a result of the analysis of the current projects and alternatives are proposed for their elimination. Perspectives are outlined for the future development of the e-Government in Bulgaria in conclusion.

Keywords

• strategy
• operational programme
• e-government projects