Electronic government in the sphere of state registration of birth in Ukraine ; Електронне урядування у сфері державної реєстрації народження в Україні
Problem setting. The state registration of birth is the first and one of the main steps to children's rights protection and it became a demonstration not only of identity, but also of the human existence. At the same time, when considering the current trends in the development of social and political life, electronic services gain great importance and they become priority development fields of electronic government.While most European countries already introduced in the web space almost all activities in regard to providing administrative services, Ukraine stands at the early stages of this course which has many obstacles and challenging issues that need to be resolved. Recent research and publications analysis. Over the last years many investigations and publications with different target purposes were dedicated to the issue of improvement and receiving of administrative services in the sphere of state registration of birth and specifically via the internet and with employment of other information technologies.Among foreign scientists these problematic issues were researched by such experts as M. Riekkinen, A. Afolayan, O. Iyare, T. Falua, B. Oyokoch, E. Lunyeva, S. Ryabchenko and others.The works of such Ukrainian scientists as O. Lovyaka, L. Chernenko, I. Demchyshyna, L. Lypets were focused on study of general issues of development of state registration of certain types of civil state acts, and specifically birth records.Highlighting previously unsettled parts of the general problem. The attempts of consistent implementation of information and communication technologies in the political system of our country particularly deal with relations in the sphere of civil status registration acts. The development of information technologies certainly showed up in the priority event of human life – birth, and the state registration of birth became the significant step in acquisition of human rights in all spheres of social life. Consequently, new problematic issues appeared in the practical activities of specialists and these matters were related to the issue of documentation of state registration of birth by means of information technologies, it requires classification of knowledge in this sphere and taking new decisions which would meet the requirements of present-day society.Paper main body. In juridical aspect the fact of child's birth and child's descent from certain man and woman can be confirmed only by way of state registration of child's birth in the organs of the civil status state registration. According to the regulations of the civil status registration department the registration of child's birth is fulfilled at the place of child's birth or at the place of residence of his parents or one of the parents. The main effective instrument in the sphere of civil status state registration is represented by web portal 'Requests in the sphere of civil status state registration' which is an electronic resource with its unique address in the Internet world network where organizational and methodical materials are placed. There you can make the registration of users, submission, data handling, information keeping and transfer in the sphere of civil status state registration. The great advantage of such web portal is the fact that it is accessible to all and unrestricted number of users of the internet world network, it works day and night in online mode, and it is also highly functional. This is evident from the fact that through the use of web portal physical person can submit to the civil status registration department an application of the state registration of marriage, the state registration of divorce, the state registration of name change, the amendments to the civil status registration act, their renewal or annulment, reissuance of certificates and extracts from the civil state registration of citizens, or application as to their formulation. There you can book your visit to the civil status registration department in advance with indication of convenient date and time; pay for provided services using payment systems, receive consultations from officials of the civil status registration department as to your requests and applications which were sent through the web portal.This innovation represented the first step to implementation of electronic service"e-malyatko". The project called "e-malyatko" provides the wide range of services using one application: state registration of child's birth, registration of child's permanent residence, granting an allowance at child's birth, registration of child's birth in the electronic health protection system; issue of certificates for the parents in families with many children and for the child from multiple children family (under certain conditions); registration in demographic register; ascertainment of child's descent at birth (in case child's parents are not married); registration in the state register of physical persons tax-payers; ascertainment of child's citizenship of Ukraine.Conclusions of the research and prospects for further studies. In that manner, the submission of applications in the sphere of civil status registration acts through the internet world network by citizens facilitates the proper organization of work of civil status registration departments ensuring their effective and prompt service, including the reduction of lines by offering the possibility to the citizens to visit the department at the time of appointment.Registration of birth is a fundamental step on the way to adequate government and it is an essential element which promotes democratic processes. ; Розглянуто основні організаційно-правові аспекти надання державної послуги щодо реєстрації народження. Значну увагу приділено особливостям удосконалення процедури державної реєстрації народження в Україні через запровадження веб-порталу та "пілотного" проекту "е-малятко". Досліджено специфіку застосування аналогічних моделей реєстрації у світі. Доведено необхідність подальшого удосконалення процедури запровадження інформаційно-комунікативних технологій у сфері реєстрації народження в Україні.