eGovernment and Digitalization in the Slovak Republic – Current Development and Political Strategies

Abstract

Digitalization of public administration’s activities, interlinked with smart city concepts and set within the context of the overall digitalization of the society are altogether topics, which have been in the past an integral part of political strategies in the Slovak Republic and which are also currently leading future policy development. Explicit goals towards a better position in the Digital Economy and Society Index in the Government programme objectives, governmental organizational changes, funding of IT expenditures are highlighting a persistent position of eGovernment and digitalisation in h Slovak Republic’s policy agenda. The aim of the article is to analyse the current state and development of public administration’s digitalization and digitalization of the society in the Slovak Republic, taking into consideration comparative analysis of different international rankings, but also political strategies and decision made at the Slovak Republic’s government policy level.