B.EST Solutions Company contributed in creation of World Economic Forum Blockchain Deployment Toolkit
Baku, 7 May 2020
Over the past year, B.EST Solutions Company - a national operator of Asan Imza, and a partner of the Digital Trade Hub of Azerbaijan worked with the World Economic Forum and 100+ organizations to create a toolkit for the responsible deployment of blockchain in supply chains. The toolkit was released to help organizations embed best practices and avoid costly mistakes from the outset of their deployments through insights from real-life deployments and interactive tools such as checklists and spreadsheets.
COVID-19 has put a spotlight on existing challenges and gaps in global supply chains. To help organizations as they look forward to the future, the World Economic Forum has accelerated the release of its toolkit: "Redesigning Trust: Blockchain Deployment Toolkit, Supply Chain Focus." The toolkit is now available on the website: http://wef.ch/blockchain-toolkit.
The toolkit was created by the World Economic Forum with the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Network Fellows from Hitachi, Deloitte and Saudi Aramco. Among the many others who contributed to its development, in over 50 countries, were the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution UAE, the Port of Los Angeles, Latham & Watkins, Cardiff Business School, University of Berkeley, B.EST Solutions Company, Tech Mahindra, Maersk Angola, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and the World Food Program and many others.
"And you might ask, what's the benefit of digitalising the supply chain. Simple. A country that can't have or lacks seamless e-trade capabilities - can't have strong economic ties, because having an economic relationship is a form of trading itself. This toolkit will help everyone to understand more about digital identity and to make it accessible as possible" – said Jana Krimpe – the contributor to this toolkit, Co-Chair of Global Alliance for National Mobile Identities, Founder and CEO of B.EST Solutions Company. Mrs. Krimpe also mentioned- “Digital Trade Hub of Azerbaijan is one of the world-wide solutions based on the Public-Private Partnership will definitely benefit from this toolkit and some recommendations from toolkit have been implemented already”.
"...There are many lessons to learn from the current pandemic and this toolkit is a starting point for improving long-term pandemic preparedness and accelerating an economic recovery led by public-private cooperation”- said Nadia Hewett, Blockchain and Digital Currency Project Lead, World Economic Forum USA.
The toolkit addresses the importance of creation and development of digital services in all crucial sectors as well as digitalization of existing services. It is necessary to operate digital services both internally and externally to expand trade competitiveness. Full contributor and project community list available on the website: https://widgets.weforum.org/blockchain-toolkit/contributors
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About «Asan Imza»:
Due to the mobility solution and easiness to use, Mobile Identity - «Asan Imza» is gaining popularity among citizens and business, and is the key component of m-Government. At the moment more than 1000 public and private electronic services use «Asan Imza» in their systems. «Asan Imza» has been integrated with the call-centers of various governmental and private organizations, it is used for submitting the electronic customs declarations, declaration of goods and vehicles in customs service, registration of labor agreement notifications, opening bank-accounts remotely, on-line application to the educational institutions, etc.
Read more at: www.asanimza.az
About the Consortium of the Digital Trade Hub (DTH) of Azerbaijan:
The Consortium of the Digital Trade Hub of Azerbaijan is a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) that was established to develop the digital infrastructure and platform for cross-border e-Trade in Azerbaijan and strengthen the position of the country as the Digital Hub in a regional and global scale. An agreement for the establishment of the Consortium was electronically signed with Asan Imza between the PASHA Bank, B.EST Solutions and AzerTelecom companies representing the private sector and the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communications of Azerbaijan Republic representing the public sector at the 3rd Digital Trade Forum titled “Digitalization of the Silk Road” on October 9, 2019, in Baku. The Consortium aims to develop the infrastructure for cross-border e-services, contribute an application of advanced digital services and infrastructure in the Azerbaijan Republic and support the digital transformation of the country. The Consortium provides an unprecedented opportunity to connect Azerbaijan to the global markets and promote Azerbaijan as a new Digital Hub between Europe and Asia.
Read more at: https://www.dth.az
About «B.EST Solutions» Company:
The digital solutions of company have been recognized by the worldwide organizations such as United Nations, Google, Financial Times, EU, OECD, U.S State Department, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Our customers include multinationals, major banks, mobile network operators, insurance companies, along with international organizations and a wide variety of other clients.
Read more at: https://bestsolutions.ee/
Mingechevir city hosted the 5th regional ICT event of Femmes Digitales
Baku, 6 November 2019
On 3rd November 2019 with support of the Innovation Agency under the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies, Ministry of Education and Mingechevir city Municipality, the 5th traditional regional event was organized by the Azerbaijani Women's in ICT - “FEMMES DIGITALES” Club and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Mingechevir, whose goal was to attract Azerbaijani girls to the field of information and communication technologies.
The regional conference was sponsored and supported by the companies and founders of Club such as Regional Innovative Public Association (RIPA), B.EST Solutions, Fominov Consulting, STEP IT Academy, Сybernet, MONT, Keepface, Resident of Mingechevir Hi-Tech Park HiTech Invest, Azerbaijan State Agency on Rendering Services to Citizens and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Bakinity Distribution.
The event, held at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Mingachevir, was attended by more than 70 students from different schools of the city of Mingachevir and the surrounding areas. At the first part of event, mentors from the founders of Femmes Digitales Club conducted a training for girls, during which they explained what a startup is, the phases of its implementation, the choice of an idea and how to implement these innovative ideas using technology. After that, schoolgirls of the grouped teams determined which innovative project they would like to implement, and presented them to the audience. Most of the time was devoted to discussion of the possibilities of implementing the ideas and projects proposed by the participants of the event. According to the results of presentation, the jury determined the winners of the contest, whose projects were evaluated in terms of prospects for its future implementation and creativity. At the second stage of the program, mentors, with the support of STEP IT Academy, held classes in coding and robotics, where the participants reviewed the programming process.
All schoolgirls were awarded diplomas and souvenirs.
The primary task of holding such events by the Femmes Digitales Club is to popularize ICT among girls, provide information about opportunities for training and work, relaxed communication with leading women experts in this field, and change stereotypes. Historically, over 500 girls from various regions of Azerbaijan have already taken part in such regional events.
Participants of the Club "Azerbaijani Women in ICT - FEMMES DIGITALES" conduct all events on a charitable basis and with great enthusiasm. All participants of the project noted the huge potential of girls in the regions; high interest and positive feedback of schoolgirls are the main inspiration and reason for
participating in these projects. “Every visit to the region of Azerbaijan and meeting with schoolgirls inspires us, together with all Club members, to do everything possible so that every girl in the most remote corner of Azerbaijan has an access to innovation. Each of them is the present and future of Azerbaijan, innovative and progressive. Their shining eyes and happy faces are the main motivator for meeting them repeatedly. And for us, the main gift is positive letters and feedback from teachers and their parents “ said the founders of Femmes Digitales Club.
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About «Femmes Digitales»:
Azerbaijani women in the ICT club - “FEMMES DIGITALES” is a non-profit organization established in 2014 aiming to attract more women interested in ICT. AWIC "FEMMES DIGITALES" motivates women working in technology companies, as well as those who operate in other sectors, using technology in their work. The organization’s goal is to bring together interested parties from public and private sectors, academia and non-governmental organizations, by providing the opportunity to support for increasing the professional participation of women in the ICT sector, as well as participating in the development of technological and technical products. One of the Club’s main activities is to popularize IT in Azerbaijani regions among schoolgirls. http://www.femmesdigitales.az
B.EST Solutions signed the Agreement on formation of a Public-Private Partnership Consortium
Baku, 10th October 2019
At the 3rd Digital Trade Forum named “Digitalization of the Silk Road” held on October 9, 2019 in Baku, for the first time in the history of Azerbaijan, the Agreement on formation a Public-Private Partnership Consortium through Asan İmza mobile electronic signature between the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communications, PASHA Bank, B.EST Solutions and AzerTelecom, was signed.
More than 200 delegates attended the conference, organized by the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communications, from the USA, Israel, Russia, the UK, Estonia, Turkey, Spain and other countries.
Speaking at the conference, CEO and Founder of B.EST Solutions - operator Asan İmza and Partner of Digital Trade Hub (DTH) in Azerbaijan, as well as the head of Mobile-ID project consortium in Azerbaijan, Mrs. Jana Krimpe, noted that Consortium will open new horizons for cooperation on sustainable development between public and private sectors, and that project can be considered as a very successful step towards the digitization of Azerbaijan.
She has also added that formation of consortium will further strengthen the position of Azerbaijan as a center of digital trade in the region, expand the use of digital technologies in the social, economic and financial sectors, as well as digitalize existing services, provide new services and other innovations to facilitate access to electronic services for legal and individuals being either residents or non-residents.
It should be noted that strengthening the process of providing cross-border electronic services within the framework of project with relevant legislation would open up great opportunities for Azerbaijan in the future.
Digital Trade Hub (DTH) of Azerbaijan:
DTH facilitates cross-border e-services such as e-customs, e-invoicing, e-banking, the opening of a company, taxes and accounting as well as e-document management including certificates of origin, phytosanitary documents, shipping documents and many more. DTH provides an unprecedented opportunity to connect to global markets. It allows the seamless trade of goods on a broad scale and makes a profound impact locally, regionally and globally.
The technology behind DTH is vendor-neutral and supports unlimited speed and traffic volume. It is not a cloud solution and each country as a system owner may download it and install it into their own environment. Governments have full control of their own data and its usage. After that, they can easily make a secure data exchange with any other country’s DTH.
DTH strives to become the Amazon or Alibaba of a country with a cross-border e-commerce platform that simplifies export procedures for local SMEs, all verified by the state. DTH connects different stakeholders and policy areas across sectors, borders and institutions, making it easy to move goods legally between countries.
OECD published case study for B.EST Solutions Digital Trade Hub in the Republic of Azerbaijan since 2017 and the DTH in Azerbaijan was recognised as an outstanding innovation as it generated $475 million worth of goods ordered in the first year of activity, contributing to the increase of non-oil exports by 27%.
Read more at: https://dth.azexport.az/
About Asan İmza:
Asan İmza is the national mobile-ID of Azerbaijan that citizens can get from Azercell, Bakcell, Azerfon and Pasha Bank. People have made more than 90 million transactions with it, making life more easy, secure and simple. You can use it to access 650+ electronic services from banking, tax and university to public e-services in a fast, secure and convenient way 24/7. Thanks to it, Azerbaijan is one of the leading countries in cyber security regarding e-identity.
Read more at: www.asanimza.az
About B.EST Solutions:
B.EST Solutions is a trusted partner operating Asan İmza. For managing the solution, its people have been awarded and recognized by Google and the Financial Times, the U.S State Department and German Marshall Fund, OECD’s Observatory of Public Sector Innovation amongst many. B.EST Solutions has been promoting and representing Azerbaijan at top major conferences around the world, fostering co-operation, foreign direct investments and cross-border trade with the goal of increasing the national wealth of Azerbaijan.
Read more at: http://www.bestsolutions.az
DTH of Azerbaijan is presented and discussed at the GSMA MOBILE 360 EURASIA in Moscow, Russia
Baku, 10th October 2019
GSMA MOBILE 360 EURASIA was held from 8 to 9 October 2019 in Moscow, Russia under the slogan “Embracing 5G and emerging technologies to accelerate digital economy” which convened leaders from government and regulatory bodies, international mobile and ICT industries, alongside with other economic sectors impacted by digital transformation to steer the growth of the Digital Economy. The main pillar of the conference was to conduct discussions on the state of the Digital Economy in Eurasia with more than 600 attendees where 52% was senior level.
This year, GSMA Mobile 360 Eurasia 2019 celebrated the progress achieved towards the imminent commercial launch of 5G in the region, demonstrating the power of mobile technology to accelerate the digital economy. High-profile speakers highlighted strategically important investments in new service offerings and emerging technologies. Key stakeholders debated on how the industry can most successfully monetize these new opportunities and overcome challenges to realize the region’s growth ambitions.
GSMA Mobile 360 – Eurasia also brought together global public and private sector leaders from across the world to discuss the impact of innovations and technologies underpinning the unstoppable growth of the global Digital Economy. The event offered a range of opportunities to advance businesses, grow customer base, exchange ideas, and more.
Being an honorable speaker at the event, on the first day of conference, 8th of October, Mrs Jana Krimpe, Partner of Digital Trade Hub of Azerbaijan have shared her thoughts and delivered presentation on Digital Trade Hub project in Azerbaijan and impressed the audience with the progress of Digital Azerbaijan at the session namely: “Cybersecurity and Identity in the Digital Economy” which was moderated by Anton Ustimenko, Partner, Technology, Media and Telecommunications Sector Leader, CESA from Ernst&Young. She has also underlined the importance of this project not only in region but also in global level, and informed parctipants about the 3rd international DTH Forum held in Baku, Azerbaijan on the 9th of October where presentation of using DTH portal has reported on outcomes and progresses for the last year.
During the second session at Mobile360 Eurasia, industry experts exploreв how operators can navigate the changing security threat landscape and construct successful digital identity frameworks as they move into the 5G era.
The rest of speakers of the session - Alex Sinclair, CTO of GSMA; Victor Dostov, President of the Russian e-money and remittance association; Ekaterina Safonova, Director of Partnerships and Training, Technical Advisor, Founder of Cybertonica, CS Consulting & Advisory and Javier Garcia Gomez, CTO Europe and Latin America of Ericsson who curated the session, actively involved into the discussion and outlined perspectives on impact of Digital economy on ecosystem of countries and supported the discussion on DTH project of Azerbaijan as the leading project in Eurasia region and mainly in CIS.
Please see the detailed information about the event.
About Asan İmza:
Asan İmza is the national mobile-ID of Azerbaijan that citizens can get from Azercell, Bakcell, Azerfon and Pasha Bank. People have made more than 90 million transactions with it, making life more easy, secure and simple. You can use it to access 650+ electronic services from banking, tax and university to public e-services in a fast, secure and convenient way 24/7. Thanks to it, Azerbaijan is one of the leading countries in cyber security regarding e-identity.
Read more at: www.asanimza.az
Digital Trade Hub (DTH) of Azerbaijan:
DTH facilitates cross-border e-services such as e-customs, e-invoicing, e-banking, the opening of a company, taxes and accounting as well as e-document management including certificates of origin, phytosanitary documents, shipping documents and many more. DTH provides an unprecedented opportunity to connect to global markets. It allows the seamless trade of goods on a broad scale and makes a profound impact locally, regionally and globally.
The technology behind DTH is vendor-neutral and supports unlimited speed and traffic volume. It is not a cloud solution and each country as a system owner may download it and install it into their own environment. Governments have full control of their own data and its usage. After that, they can easily make a secure data exchange with any other country’s DTH.
DTH strives to become the Amazon or Alibaba of a country with a cross-border e-commerce platform that simplifies export procedures for local SMEs, all verified by the state. DTH connects different stakeholders and policy areas across sectors, borders and institutions, making it easy to move goods legally between countries.
OECD published case study for B.EST Solutions Digital Trade Hub in the Republic of Azerbaijan since 2017 and the DTH in Azerbaijan was recognised as an outstanding innovation as it generated $475 million worth of goods ordered in the first year of activity, contributing to the increase of non-oil exports by 27%.
Read more at: https://dth.az/
About GSMA Mobile 360 Eurasia:
GSMA Mobile 360 Eurasia 2019 celebrated the progress achieved towards the imminent commercial launch of 5G in the region, demonstrating the power of mobile technology to accelerate the digital economy. High-profile speakers have displayed strategically important investments in innovative new service offerings and emerging technologies. Key stakeholders debated how the industry could most successfully monetize these new opportunities and overcome challenges to realize the region’s growth ambitions.
Read more at: https://www.mobile360series.com/eurasia/
Asan İmza - the member of the GANMI was represented at the annual international e-ID Forum in Estonia
Baku, 27 September 2019
The International eID Forum took place from 17 to 18 September 2019 at Tallinn Creative Hub (Kultuurikatel), Tallin, Estonia. The event, which was held in partnership with Information System Authority of the Republic of Estonia and E-Residency of the Republic of Estonia, was intended to discuss and debate on works for an open dialogue between industry and governments, promoting discussions on eID technology and eID solutions, integration and interoperability, as well as advance industry ideas for innovative eID services that will improve the perspective future.
The CEO and Founder of B.EST Solutions - the operator of Asan İmza and the partner of Digital Trade Hub of Azerbaijan project as well as the head of the consortium of Mobile-ID project in Azerbaijan, Mrs Jana Krimpe presented Asan İmza technology and success of Digital Azerbaijan in the session: “Towards Interoperable Mobile National Identities”.
As a part of delegate, Mr Elchin Ahmadov, COO of B.EST Solutions, took part at the Forum and actively participated in parallel sessions and workshops with insightful proposals and ideas.
The session was moderated by Mr Jon Shamah, Chair, EEMA and Global Alliance for National Mobile Identities (GANMI), UK. As a co-chair of GANMI and key-speaker of the same session, Mrs Krimpe has outlined the main mission of the GANMI and was a part of e-Debate together with Mr Margus Arm – the Head of eID Department at the Information System Authority of the Republic of Estonia; Mr Olaf Jonkers - CISO & DPO at ITSME Belgium; Mr Juha Mitrunen the Senior Advisor at the Ministry of Finance of Finland; Mr Yahya Alazri - the Director of National Digital Certification Centre at the Information Technology Authority of the Sultanate of Oman and Ms Pavlina Navratilova - the market manager of National Identity and Services at IDEMIA, France.
Along with e-ID Forum, the annual meeting of GANMI was held within the event, which was supported by the Pan European EEMA (European Association for eID and Security https//eema.org), with participation of government representatives and companies from Azerbaijan, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Belgium, Estonia, Oman and Ukraine which were involved with their countries’ national mobile IDs achievements. The backbone of the meeting was the discussion of the meaningful collaboration in coming future.
It should be noted that Azerbaijan occupies one of the leading positions in the world on the usage of mobile digital ID and its integration into various public and private electronic services, including the integration of Asan İmza with Digital Trade Hub portal, which was developed by the Center for Economic Reforms Analysis and Communication under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the public-private partnership principle.
It is also important to underline that Azerbaijan is the first country executing mobile Residency project and the second country after Estonia implementing the e-Residency project in the world. All diplomatic missions and consulates of the country are empowered to issue mobile Residency- electronic certificates of mobile ID (Asan İmza) to foreign citizens all over the world willing to conduct business in Azerbaijan or investing in the economy of this country.
Please visit https://www.eidforum.org/ for detailed information about the eID Forum in Estonia.
About Asan İmza:
Asan İmza is the national mobile-ID of Azerbaijan that citizens can get from Azercell, Bakcell, Azerfon and Pasha Bank. People have made more than 90 million transactions with it, making digital life more easy, secure and simple. You can use it to access 650+ electronic services from banking, tax and university to public e-services in a fast, secure and convenient way 24/7. Thanks to it, Azerbaijan is one of the leading countries in cyber security regarding e-identity.
Read more at: www.asanimza.az
About B.EST Solutions:
B.EST Solutions is a trusted partner operating Asan İmza. For managing the solution, its people have been awarded and recognized by Google and the Financial Times, the U.S State Department and German Marshall Fund, OECD’s Observatory of Public Sector Innovation amongst many. B.EST Solutions has been promoting and representing Azerbaijan at top major conferences around the world, fostering co-operation, foreign direct investments and cross-border trade with the goal of increasing the national wealth of Azerbaijan.
Read more at: https://www.bestsolutions.az
About GANMI (Global Alliance for National Mobile Identities:
The Global Alliance for National Mobile Identities (GANMI) was initiated by EEMA (European Association for eID and Security https//eema.org), comprises only of state operators of mobile eIDs or mobile signatures. It has the aim to share best practices on: the technology of Mobile ID; how Mobile ID is integrated with public and private digital services; and, the development of common PKI based Mobile ID standards, in order to promote global interoperability and extend supplier choice. The Alliance has both technical and policy work groups. Its founding meeting was at ISSE 2017 in Brussels.
GANMI participating countries are: Austria (Chair), Azerbaijan (co-Chair), Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Israel, Norway, Oman, Sweden, Turkey and Ukraine.
Read more at: https://www.eema.org/work-channels/ganmi/
Asan İmza was discussed in London, at the World Economic Forum workshop on Identity
World Economic Forum in cooperation with Accenture organized the workshop: “Digital Identity, Trust and Value” last week in London, UK. Executives from digital transformation, enterprise strategy and business operations explored identity related questions and shared challenges, exchanged best practices and identify opportunities for collaboration within and across industries.
The main objectives of the meeting were to explore the future of digital identity and customer relationships as well as to identify cross-industry and cross-sector opportunities and shared challenges. The digital identity maturity model of the event considered industry trends and role of digital identity, and covered main issues in fields of economic development such as healthcare, financial services, mobility, retail and government services.
The conference was attended by top Identity influencers such as Lisa Barrett- Director, Digital Identity, United Kingdom Government; Charles Walton- Senior Vice President, Digital Identity Products | Mastercard; Ram Ramachander- Chief Digital Officer | Hitachi; Thea Anderson- Director, Digital Identity | Omidyar Network; Carlos Gómez Muñoz -Policy Officer, Seconded National Expert | European Commission; Matthew Commons- Chief Executive Officer | Cambridge Blockchain; Jed Sundwall- Public Sector, Head of Open Data | Amazon Web Services; Simon Wilcox- Automation and Innovation Transformation | Heathrow, representatives of World Economic Forum, Accenture and other distinguished experts.
The CEO and founder of B.EST Solutions, the operator of “Asan İmza” mobile ID and co-chair of the Global Alliance for National Mobile Identities (GANMI), Mrs Jana Krimpe was invited to share her knowledge and insights on Digital Identity and Trust related topics with other representatives. Mrs. Krimpe was the only representative of an Azerbaijani company, advancing the use of national digital ID. Today, Azerbaijan is recognized as a leading country globally on mobile ID usage and its integration into various public and private e-services, including the integration of Asan İmza with Azexport.az portal, developed by the Center for Economic Reforms Analysis and Communication under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the public-private partnership principle. According to the Presidential Decree, in early 2017, additional measures are taken to enlarge external trade procedures promoting local companies reaching external export markets, and reinforce Azexport.az portal as the Digital Trade Hub of Azerbaijan. Additionally Azerbaijan is boosting ease of doing business and foreign direct investments as Azerbaijani consulates and diplomatic missions are issuing m-Residency based on Asan İmza to foreign citizens over the world willing to conduct business or invest in the country’s economy. Azerbaijan is the first country executing mobile Residency project and the second country after Estonia implementing the e-Residency project in the world.
B.EST Solutions has been presenting “Made in Azerbaijan” innovative products in conferences, summits and forums all over the world and promoting “Asan Imza” to be included in global best practices.
