To Afghanistan concerning data transparency among government agencies

Abstract

This paper describes and introduces the master database system called the X-Road which is invented and initiated in Estonia. The regulations, requirements and structure of X-Road system are explained in this paper. Comparative examples are taken from countries Estonia and India especially concerning data transformation between government agencies. On the other hand, Afghanistan e-government strategies and its goals and objectives are explained and somehow, tried to build or connect this X-Road system to some of pilot e-services projects in Afghanistan or apply the X-Road system to overall e-government structure of Afghanistan. This paper explains some of the ongoing e-services projects such as e-post, eIND, and vehicle registration (VR) in Afghanistan. Issues and challenges are mentioned concerning current Afghan government situation and considering political instability in Afghanistan in addition concerning political ties with neighboring countries.