State-issued email addresses to be introduced this year
PoliticsUlaanbaatar
/MONTSAME/. At the Cabinet’s regular meeting on May 26, Acting
Minister of Digital Development and Communications L.Enkh-Amgalan was
tasked to implement appropriate measures to introduce state-issued email
addresses within 2022, further expanding it, while Minister of Finance
B.Javkhlan was tasked to resolve necessary funding.
According
to the ‘Household and Personal Information, Communication and
Information Technology Usage
Survey’ conducted by the Ministry of Digital
Development and Communications and the National
Statistics Office of Mongolia in 2021, 43.8 percent of the survey’s participants had the sufficient digital literacy skills. In addition, 1.4 million citizens will be able to use
the state-issued
email address based on the number of
users of the e-Mongolia system.
During the meeting, corresponding
officials were also tasked to introduce
state-issued email addresses, and ensure the readiness of the system in aims of
increasing the participation of citizens in governance.