Ministry of Electronic Governance Bulgaria
Overview
The Ministry of Electronic Governance (MEG) conducts the policy for digital transformation of the Republic of Bulgaria, creating the necessary regulatory and technological conditions for the development of e-government, information technology and the information society. MEG ensures the network and information security of the services and resources it provides to other administrations, citizens and businesses in accordance with the user requirements and in compliance with national and European legislation.
The vision of the Ministry is to empower citizens, enterprises and administrations in order to achieve a human-centered, sustainable and more prosperous digital future.
Electronic governance is the main driver for the digital transformation of public institutions. The policies that MEG is working on to fulfill its commitments and responsibilities to the public are information society and information technology/digital transformation; e-government; network and information security; construction, development and maintenance of shared resources and a secure e-government internet node.
The main activities of the Ministry are aimed at supporting the transition from an institution-centered approach in public governance to a governance focused on the needs of citizens and businesses, deploying advanced digital technologies.
The Motivation Behind Joining VELES
MEG is a natural partner in this kind of project with a view to open data and spatial data policy, the scope of which in the last few years has been expanded at the European level through legislative acts such as Open Data Directive, Data Governance Act, Proposal for Data Act, Proposal for Artificial Intelligence Act, Proposal for European Health Data Space; Financial programmes of the European Union for 2021-2027: Horizon Europe, Digital Europe, Programme Scientific Research, Innovation and Digitisation for Intelligent Transformation.
Responsibilities & Contribution
The VELES project envisages the creation of a regional hub. MEG, as the Bulgarian lead government organization in the field of data governance and data sharing policy, will be responsible for contributing to defining the regulatory and policy framework aspects related to the strategic planning and piloting of Work Packages 3, 4, and 6.
MEG currently maintains both the National Spatial Data Portal and the National Open Data Portal and conducts all data policy interactions with other stakeholders: government, citizens, business, science, NGOs, etc.
