By the end of 2022, the majority of state services in Germany should also be accessible to citizens via the internet. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will not contribute its part to this ambitious project on time - not even remotely.
Schwerin (dpa/mv) - The implementation of the digitization of administrative services prescribed by the federal government is lagging behind schedule in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Most of the services "unfortunately will not be made available until 2023," said the Ministry of Digitization in Schwerin. So far, only 224 services can be used via the central state-owned MV service portal. The so-called "Online Access Act" (OZG) at federal level actually set a deadline of the end of 2022.
The nationwide general catalog includes around 6,500 offers, 4,000 of which are accounted for by the state and municipalities and are ultimately to be made accessible via the state portal. According to the responsible state ministry, 60 percent of the digitization processes that are still open in this country are attributable to the municipalities and 40 percent to state authorities.
According to the information, being able to take care of all official matters from the couch at home in the future will remain an ideal beyond 2023. According to the Digital Ministry, 18 percent of the state services for citizens provided by the state administrations are expected to remain analog. Either because - like garbage disposal - it is actually impossible, an analogue, physical check is legally required, or the benefits of digitization are grossly disproportionate to the effort involved.
In its 2022 annual report, the State Audit Office also pointed out the backlog in the implementation of the OZG. Among other things, the supervisory authority criticized a lack of central control of the processes from the state ministry. According to the report, the state referred to the eGovernment steering committee, which is responsible for coordinating the state and local authorities.
