BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 26. Azerbaijan has
taken a new step toward digitalizing state finance management with
the approval of the “Digital Public Finance” Information System
(hereinafter DPFIS), President Ilham Aliyev announced in a decree
dated January 26, 2026, Trend reports, citing the Ministry of Finance.
The decree establishes the legal, organizational,
and technological framework for the system, aiming to make public
finance management more efficient, transparent, and agile while
expanding the use of digital technologies in financial processes.
DPFIS is designed to create a unified digital environment for
planning, execution, control, and analysis of public finances.
The Ministry of Finance will act as the owner and operator of
DPFIS, which includes 13 core subsystems covering areas such as
budget management, public financial oversight, financing of state
programs and investments, debt and financial obligations
management, digital monitoring of state enterprises, electronic
exemption (e-exemption), e-contracts, e-accounting, e-fees,
e-revenues, electronic standardized reporting, treasury digital
management, and the centralized automated system for administrative
fines.
Designed as a fully integrated ecosystem, DPFIS will enable
real-time collection and analysis of data on revenues and
expenditures of the state and consolidated budgets, ensure targeted
and efficient spending of public funds, monitor state debt and
obligations, evaluate and finance state investment projects, manage
cash execution of the budget, centralize accounting, and cover
other key areas including electronic contracts, e-accounting, and
administrative fines.
The system will be accessible to government agencies, legal
entities, and individuals via electronic cabinets, enhancing the
accuracy and reliability of financial data and expanding analytical
capabilities for decision-making.
The decree tasks the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of
Digital Development and Transport with implementing the system,
ensuring its security, integrating it with other state information
systems, and continuously improving its functionality.
“The Digital Public Finance Information System will play a key
role in enhancing transparency and efficiency in state financial
management and further advancing the principles of digital
government,” the Ministry of Finance said in a statement.
