Workshop: The Draft Laws on E-Commerce and Digital Signature
CSD set up a Task Force for the preparation of the draft laws on e-commerce and digital signature and an Expert Council including representatives from the stakeholders, legal and IT experts. Following the initial expert effort, the preparatory work and first draft of a law on electronic commerce and digital signature were presented at a workshop at CSD in September 1999 by the drafters. The logic and proper interpretation of the draft law provisions were presented in a comprehensive and pragmatic manner. Expert Council members, representatives of the USAID – Washington, as well as legal and IT experts took part in the discussion. The participants made a number of useful suggestions and recommendations related to the process of drafting, the presented materials, and the general framework of digital signature and e-commerce which benefited the subsequent work of the CSD expert team. All agreed that future work should be aimed at coordinating the efforts of the institutions and experts involved.
