The Central State Office for the Development of the Digital Society (SDURDD) presented a new platform with electronic services e/m-Signature and e/m-Stamp on Tuesday, which are available to all citizens, state bodies, and business entities through the e-Citizens system or directly on that platform.
Currently, there are 641 public and state institutions using these services, said State Secretary of SDURDD Bernard Gršić during the project completion celebration.
The e/m designation for electronic services means that they can be accessed and used via mobile phones, and these services and the platform were developed as part of the project ‘Establishment of a platform with electronic services for e/m-Signature and e/m-Stamp’ which has been implemented from the end of 2018 to March 2023.
– This project is a ‘cog’ in the mechanism of digitalization of public administration and part of the digital transformation of society, as it enables all public and state bodies to have a digital signature and stamp, which means that papers are going into history as well as faster and better communication between citizens and institutions – emphasized Gršić.
E-Signature and E-Stamp replace the physical signature and stamp, allowing 1.73 million citizens currently in the e-Citizens system to use them, as well as all others, with Gršić emphasizing that the e or digital signature is only valid in a digital environment, but not when the paper is printed.
He noted that it is used, for example, in the Ministry of the Interior for fines that are digitally signed, as well as for contracts that citizens sign for buying and selling, among other things.
Gršić importantly stated that these services are intended for everyone, and that citizens should use them because without them they are “just wires and servers,” and he believes that the digital signature and stamp also enable easier submission of electronically signed documents for various purposes in public institutions.
