Establishment and Tasks of GCI		Back

The Government Centre for Informatics RS (GCI) was established in January 1993 with adoption of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 4/93) as a government service, directly responsible to the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and in charge of the informatisation of state organs.

The mission of the Government Centre for Informatics is planning, the introduction and assurance of the operation of the system of e-commerce in Public Administration, which is based on a unified data communication infrastructure, on unified information sub-systems for common functions of administration, and on open and interconnected information systems inside the administration with enterprises, citizens, institutions at home and abroad. The implementation of this mission and vision is in accordance with:

• legislative basis and current governmental orientations,
• operations at technical, administrative, professional level (methodological approach),
• conceived long-term strategies,
• modern technological trends.

The above mentioned is based on the Strategy of E-commerce in Public Administration for the Period from 2001 until 2004 (PDF, 575 KB), on unified methodologies and standards, on assuring a unified information telecommunications infrastructure, on e-project common functions of public administration, and on renovated, unified, and verified e-commerce projects of individual organs in public administration.

In carrying out our tasks, we co-operate with state organs, international, domestic and foreign governmental and non-governmental organisations and specialised institutions from the field of information telecommunications technology.

By order of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 12/01), the Government Centre of Informatics is competent and responsible for the implementation of the following tasks:

• the preparation and monitoring of the implementation of the Strategy of Electronic Commerce of the Public Administration of the Republic of Slovenia;
• the formation of strategic plans of common functions for the administration (information support for office operations, legislative procedure, the monitoring of the activity of the Government and Ministries, the cadre system, decision-making system, public relations, etc.), the introduction of common information infrastructure and the renovation of operations, and the informatisation of individual organs;
• the monitoring, formation, guardianship, introduction, and consulting in the fields of methodological foundations of planning and the development of information systems, and management, monitoring and quality of information projects, and also in the fields of standards of information-telecommunications technology as well;
• the preparation, formation, and realisation of a common harmonised yearly plan of informatisation (the purchase of information equipment and services);
• the organisation and/or implementation of common purchasing, distribution, and maintenance of common information equipment, and the uniformity and support for users of local information equipment of organs as well;
• the issuing of opinions prior to the purchasing of information equipment and services of individual organs in accordance with regulations, which regulate the preparation and adoption of unified technological claims, guidelines, and recommendations for information systems in state organs;
• planning, development, introduction, and consulting in the fields of applicative equipment for common functions and, in agreement, for specials functions of organs, and in the fields of technological connection of common administrative registers and applicative equipment and in individual administrative information systems respectively as well;
• ensuring the development and operation of the central server infrastructure and of the common telecommunication network and telecommunication services;

ensuring the development and operation of the certificate agency;
• the formation of the policy, the establishment, monitoring and supervision of the system of protection and security;
• professional consulting and training in the fields of planning and the development of information systems, project management, monitoring and ensuring quality, and the use of information solutions and standard tools;
• the promotion of informatics in the Administration and outside it, and co-operation with domestic and foreign institutions from this field on common projects and other tasks.