PESHAWAR: In view of the vision of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Mahmood Khan and special directive of Provincial Minister for Science & Technology and Information Technology and Food Atif Khan to provide access to businessmen to basic services and to facilitate them in establishing new businesses under initiative of ease of doing business.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between KP Information Technology Board (KPITB), KP Economic Zones Development and Management Company (KPEZDMC) for One window business facilitation platform here on Tuesday at the board room of KPEZDMC Peshawar.
Managing Director KPITB Sahibzada Ali Mahmud and Chief Executive officer KPEZDMC Javed Iqbal Khattak signed the MoU on behalf of their respective departments under the project “Digital Jobs in KP”.
The purpose of the MoU was to develop a platform which includes mapping of processes, development of process flows, proposing processes for reengineering if required, regulatory and legal requirements for setting up a business in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa etc. The primary objective of this initiative was to significantly reduce the time required for business registration within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, increase transparency to build the trust of prospective investors and contribute to improving the ease of doing business index ranking in Pakistan. The scope of the platform is to consolidate all registration processes and facilitate under one-window.
According to the signed MoU both parties will carry out joint efforts to develop a one-window platform application. KPITB will approach KPEZDMC for the integration of their existing systems and adoption of a one window platform.
KPEZDMC’ technical team will update KPITB technical team on their respective system, MIS and KPEZDMC’ technical teams will jointly review the technical aspects of KPEZDMC’ MIS application and will suggest a way forward for development of API (if not developed).
Furthermore KPEZDMC will expose their MIS system through provision of API (Application Programming Interface). KPITB will develop a one window platform application and will link KPEZDMC MIS application through provided API while KPITB will train focal persons of the government department responsible for delivering the services offered as part of one window portal. KPITB will also provide technical support for the maintenance and change requirements of the One Window portal and both KPITB and KPEZDMC will nominate focal persons on their part to ensure efficient coordination.