Bavaria wants digital pioneering role: test region for offices in sight!

Bavaria wants digital pioneering role: test region for offices in sight!

Bayern, Deutschland - Bayern has big plans when it comes to digital future. Federal Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger (CDU) has announced that test regions for digital authorities should be determined in Germany. At least two such regions consisting of a city state and a area of ​​area are to be selected. The aim is to find out which civil services work well in certain municipalities and how they can be realized across the board. Bavaria's Digital Minister Fabian Mehring (Free Voters) demands that Bavaria are taken into account as a test region. Finally, the Free State occupies the front places in the nationwide digitization ranking of the municipalities and is considered a leader in digitization among area countries nationwide. Br.de reports that Prime Minister Markus Söder is behind this application.

Not everyone is fully positive about the matter. The digital expert of the Landtag Greens, Benjamin Adjei, supports the idea, but attaches importance to the inclusion of the municipalities in this decision -making process. District President Thomas Karmasin (CSU) has also been in principle open to itself, but warns that the new plans with the projects of the "Future Commission Digital Bayern 5.0" may come into conflict. This commission aims to further expand the digital administration in the Free State and has identified over 60 measures.

The digital turbo for Bavaria

The discussion about the digitization of public administration in Bavaria is not new. Prime Minister Söder had already used a "digital turbo" a year ago to advance the process. A central point here is the creation of a uniform municipal IT service provider, which is to be established by the end of 2025. This was emphasized by Bavaria's finance and homeland minister Albert Füracker (CSU). The service provider is intended to support the municipalities and help to improve digital communication for building permits, motor vehicle registrations and residence registrations in order to handle these processes online, quickly and less of bureaucracy. ARTHERDENSPiegel.de emphasizes that the oath function of the ID card is to be played a central role and the use of this function is to be promoted.

A point that is viewed particularly critically is the free PIN recipient on the post, which makes it difficult to use the oath function. But Bayern plans measures to reduce these hurdles and make the EID function better known. The Future Commission, which was launched in 2024, consists of representatives of municipal umbrella organizations and the Bavarian state government and is working on pragmatic solutions for digital administration.

The outlook

Digitization in Bavaria is in the starting blocks. Wildberger has announced that after completing the test phase, collecting the best digital solutions of all countries and making it accessible to all municipalities via a cloud, similar to an app store. It remains to be seen how developments will be shaped in the coming months and whether Bavaria is actually selected as a test region. But one thing is certain: the digital progress that is initiated here could have far -reaching effects on civil services in the Free State.