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National Vision of the ICT Development in the Republic of
Azerbaijan and perspectives of the growth of the export potential
(Vilnius, December 2002)
Dr. Maleyka Abbaszade
Azerbaijan Republic
Chairwoman of State Students Admission
Commission
Coordinator of the National Information
Communication Technology Strategy
(NICTS) Project
Human Development Index in Azerbaijan and its component indices
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
HDI
0718
0.707
0.696
0.692
0.697
0.706
0.772
0.738
0.746
0.751
Life expectancy Index
0.745
0.742
0.743
0.735
0.753
0.770
0.772
0.770
0.780
0.782
Education Index
0.870
0.880
0.880
0.880
0.868
0.871
0.878
0.880
0.895
0.895
GDP Index
0.540
0.498
0.464
0.462
0.470
0.477
0.510
0.560
0.563
0.576
GDP per capi.
2 540
1 980
1 610
1590
1 675
1 740
1 850
2 850
2924
3 148
Dynamics of human development index in
Azerbaijan and selected countries
1995
Countries
HDI
1999
% difference from
world average HDI
HDI
% difference from
world average HDI
France
0.913
+34.2
0.924
+29.0
Austria
0.908
+33.5
0.921
+28.6
Portugal
0.853
+25.4
0.874
+22.1
Hungary
0.829
+21.9
0.829
+15.8
Mexico
0.772
+13.5
0.790
+10.3
Russia
0.778
+14.4
0.775
+8.2
Bulgaria
0.775
+14.0
0.772
+7.8
Azerbaijan
0.692
+1.8
0.738
+3.1
Turkey
0.716
+5.3
0.735
+2.6
Jordan
0.704
+3.5
0.714
-0.3
Iran
0.688
+1.2
0.714
-0.3
Moldova
0.704
+3.5
0.699
-2.4
Uzbekistan
0.683
+0.4
0.698
-2.5
Azerbaijan: Main ICT projects (in millions USD)
Telecommunication Projects
Investments on modernization of the communication system (Upgrade of
Digital Switch for IP-telephony, ISDN, Broadband network, Frame Relay,
ATM, new services SDH, ADSL, etc.) till 2005
870
TRACECA project on supply of fibre optic cable system for signaling for
the railways of Caucasian Countries
15 (1-st stage)
20 (2-nd stage)
EBRD project Trans Asia Europe fibre optic cable highway
28
BP project laying fibre optic cable along Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline
15
Information Technology Projects
“National Information Communication Technology Strategy” Project
1,2
Tax Systems Project
15
State Oil Company Computer Automation Project
15
National Bank Automatic Banking Check Clearance Project
5
Capacity Building and Data Transmission Network Implementation for the
State Customs Committee
0.575 (1-st stage)
0.7 (2-nd stage)
BP project for Enterprise Resource Planning implementation
10
Computer Center for Training and Information and Telecommunication
Services
0,99
Source: ITC Technology Team Mission Report, 2002
Azerbaijan: GDP Growth 1996-2002
12
11,1
10
10
9,9
8
10,3
7,4
6
5,8
4
2
0
-2
1996-1,3
1997
1998
1999
GDP (percentage growth)
2000
2001
2002
(Oct.)
The Republic of Azerbaijan –
Structure of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI)
by Sectors (Value: US $ million)
Sector/Year
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Total
Industry
44
147.4
472.4
871.7
990.1
622.3
296.5
3700.4
Oil Industry
22
139.8
416.2
780.1
891.8
544.5
546.1
3288.5
Construction
25
3.5
23
104.2
153.4
28.9
31.0
344
Trade & Service
45
1.2
8.5
74.0
100.3
55.5
16.6
249.1
Transport & Communications
4
2.6
15.1
21.2
37.1
38.6
17.3
131.9
Other
32
-
-
39.9
41.1
429.6
452.7
116.3
Source: Ministry of Economic Development, June 2002
On February 7, 2002 the joint project "National
Information Communication Technology Strategy
(NICTS) development and its initial implementation
in the Republic of Azerbaijan" between the
Government of Azerbaijan and UNDP was signed.
The aim of the Strategy:
Via wide application of information-communication
technologies promote democracy and build
information society in the country.
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Main goals of the strategy
 Creation and development of legislative
basis of the information society.
 Development of human factor in the society, ensuring
profitable conditions in getting education and medical
services for citizens. Creating favorable environment to
ensure civil rights and social institutions for free obtaining,
distributing and using of information.
 Realisation of effective, transparent and operated state
administration
and
local
self-government,
building
e-government, forming e-commerce and its development.
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Main goals of the strategy
 Strengthening country's economical, social and
intellectual potential, building competitive economy, creating
and development of the information and knowledge market.
 Preserving national historical, literary and cultural heritage
of the country in digital form and informing the world
community about them.
 Forming
advanced
information
and
communication
infrastructure of the society, expanding information and
communication services.
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Main goals of the strategy
 Ensuring country's information security.
 Integrating the country into the world electronic information
community.
 Introduction and development of new information and
communication technologies, creating national software,
developing the production of science intensive productions
(ICT-industry), bridging the digital divide.
Strategy determines the following
priorities:
 Provision of information need of the citizens, provision of overall
development of the person, promotion of intellectual potential of the
country.
 Creation of the favorable conditions for the building of information
society on the base of development of transparent and guided
environment for the state structures and municipalities;
 Strengthening of economic potential of the country through
introduction of information-communication technologies.
 Preservation and propaganda of the national digital historic,
literary and cultural heritage of the people.
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The main directions of the activities in
the sphere of ICT are:
 Improvement of the education system by wide use of ICT,
preparation of the national personnel on informationcommunication technologies and provision of sufficient ICTliteracy.
 Use of ICT in socially oriented spheres (healthcare, social
security).
 Development of telecommunications infrastructure.
 Forming e-government and its development.
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The main directions of the activities in
the sphere of ICT are:
 Creating legislative basis for the informatization.
 Building the electronic economy and its development.
 Forming
national
information
resources
and
their
development.
 Strengthening scientific, technical and industrial potential in
the sphere of information and communication technologies.
 Ensuring country's information security and protection of
personal data.
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Information for national participants of
ICT-processes
 to estimate the state of the ICT industry in the country;
 to consolidate the opinions and statements of all the
participants on the potential of Azerbaijan in ICT sector;
 to determine opportunities for integration of the country in
global information infrastructure and designate the contours
of the growth of the global ICT-markets;
 to determine the directions of the national export policy for
the ICT industry and E-Business development within the
framework of the national strategy in ICT sphere.
State Computerized System "Elections" (data transmission,
visualization of the elections process and results)
10-year experience in applying ICT for mass processes of
evaluating knowledge (unified entrance examination,
examination for judges, examination for public prosecutors,
examination for government personnel)
 "Within the framework of the reforms of the courts in
the Republic, ICT was applied in selection of the
judges, aptitude of the judges were determined by the
tests. ICT is used for the testing attorneys, state
employees.
 Regional Academy was created with the aim to
prepare certified specialists in ICT. A number of
regional ICT training units is created in the Republic
with assistance of international organizations.
Information system “Frontier: departure-arrival” is built and opportunity to
apply ICT in frontier points is provided. With the aim of improvement of
management and procedures in Customs system “Network of the transfer of
data and automated system of control” is built.
Project of electronic system of inter-bank payments in
real regime is realized in bank system of Azerbaijan.
Monument point IST of the Program of European community is created in
Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan participates in 3 projects of IST: WISTCIS,
TELESOL, TRISTIAN EAST
WISTCIS project
Azerbaijan has geopolitical and political –
economic prerequisites of the
regional leader in ICT sphere
The Republic of Azerbaijan - Industrial output in Azerbaijan
(Value US$ billion)
Sector
1999
Growth
(%)
2000
Growth
(%)
2001
Growth
(%)
Industries
0.68
3.6
0.73
6.9
0.76
5.1
Agriculture
0.71
10
0.77
2.8
0.85
7.8
Construction
0.42
00
0.31
-33.6
0.33
3.1
Transport and
Communication
0.41
00
0.58
24,8
0.64
7.1
Trading
0.25
30
0.32
14,7
0.37
11.5
Other services
0.84
20
0.8
14.6
0.88
7.2
Source: Ministry of Economic Development, June 2002
The Republic of Azerbaijan - Foreign Trade (1997-2001
(Value in USD million)
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Exports
781
606
928
1745
2314
Imports
794
1076
1035
1172
1430
Trade balance
-13
-470
-107
+573
+884
Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit, 2002
International Transport Corridor
Europe Caucasus Asia
(TRACECA)
• Organization of Black sea economic cooperation (OBSEC)
• Organization of Economic Cooperation (OEC)
• Summits of the Turkish speaking states
 Azerbaijan is the participant of a number of huge international
projects in the sphere of oil and gas production and
transportation
 NATO Partnership for Peace
 Baku - Tbilisi - Jeykhan pipe line
Strategic opportunities of Azerbaijan
 Scientific-technical, economic, intellectual potential of the
country allows considerably increase the export of ICT-
products and services.
 During 10 years Azerbaijan might increase the export of
ICT production and ICT-services in ten times and reach the
level of 500 million dollars by the 2011.
 Azerbaijan might become the center of TransCaspian
Cybernetic Market (TCCM)
 Azerbaijan might become the integrator of E-Business in
TransCaspian region.
Strategic opportunities of Azerbaijan
1) Creation of the Monitoring Center of TransCaspian
Region
2) Creation of the Regional Techno-parks and Incubators of
small and medium companies in ICT field at the Caspian
shore of Azerbaijan
3) Development of e-Business on the base of Informationprocessing Centers of international e-Commerce
4) Export Program of science-intensive information
technologies in TransCaspian Cybernetic market
5) Creation of the electronic library of Turkish speaking
countries within the frameworks of the project
“Information Silk Way”
Gratitude
Peter R. Walters – International Trade Center UNCTAD/WTO, Director,
Product and Market Development Division
Nikolay Semine – Technology Team Leader, ITC UNCTAD/WTO
Dimitriy Grscar – Head of the WTO Negotiation Team, Slovenia
Ram K. Verma – Executive Director, Electronics Research and Development
Center of India
John Gillies – Senior Trade Training Officer, International Trade Center
UNCTAD/WTO
Irina Yazvina – Vice-President “PARUS” Corporation
Vyacheslav Afanasyev – President, Association of Russian GSM Operators
Sultan Gadjiyev – Program Officer, UNDP
Kamran Ahmedov - Interpreter
Gratitude
Representative of UNDP in Azerbaijan, heads of the state structures and
national experts, taking active part in submission of the statistic and
analytical materials for the use in profile – Mr. M.Borsotti,
Representative of UNDP in Azerbaijan, Mr. S. Gadjiyev – Coordinator of
the Project on UNDP side,
Mrs. F. Abdullazadeh - Head of the Department of the Presidential Office,
Mr. E. Velizadeh - Head of the Department of the Presidential Office,
Mr. F. Aliyev – Minister of the Economic Development,
Mr. N. Ahmedov – Minister of Communications,
Mr. K. Geydarov – Chairman of the State Customs Committee,
Mr. K. Imanov – Chairman of the Copyrights Agency,
Mr. I. Yakovenko – President of AZEL company.
Dr. Maleyka Abbaszadeh
Azerbaijan Republic
Chairwoman of State Students Admission
Commission
Coordinator of the National Information
Communication Technology Strategy
(NICTS) Project
National Information Communication
Technology Strategy (NICTS) Project
Address: Baku, 17 Academician H.Aliyev Str.
Tel.: (994-12) 40-30-09. Fax: (994-12) 40-01-30.
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.nicts.az