自治体のデジタル化推進　人手不足や感染症に備え―地制調答申案

　政府の第３２次地方制度調査会（会長・市川晃住友林業会長）は１７日、総会を開き、人口減少が深刻化する２０４０年ごろを見据えた地方行政の在り方に関する答申案を了承した。この中で、人手不足や感染症に備えるため、自治体のデジタル化の推進などを求めた。７月までに安倍晋三首相に提出する。
　答申案では、４０年にかけて人口減少や高齢化、インフラの老朽化が進むと指摘。新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大で大都市への人口集中のリスクが浮き彫りになるとともに、先端技術の活用や自治体同士の連携の重要性が改めて認識されていると訴えた。
　その上で、迅速で効率的な行政サービスを提供するため、自治体のデジタル化を推進する必要性を強調した。基盤となるマイナンバー制度の活用を進めるほか、住民基本台帳などのシステムで統一した仕様を設け、維持管理にかかる自治体の負担を軽減することを提唱した。（2020/06/17-18:48）

A Japanese government panel has come up with a set of draft proposals, including a call for promoting the digitization of local governments' businesses to prepare for manpower shortages and outbreaks of infectious diseases.
   The draft proposals on how local administration should be toward 2040 when the pace of decrease in Japan's population is expected to become serious were approved at a general meeting of the panel on Wednesday and will be presented to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by July.
   The panel, headed by Sumitomo Forestry Co. Chairman Akira Ichikawa, warned in the draft package that the aging of society and infrastructure, as well as the population decrease, will accelerate toward 2040.
   The ongoing novel coronavirus crisis has highlighted the risk of population concentration in major cities and at the same time the importance of utilizing advanced technologies and facilitating cooperation among local governments, it said.
   The promotion of digitization of local governments' operations is required for providing administrative services promptly and effectively, the panel said, proposing that the use of the My Number social security and taxation identification system be advanced and unified standards for the basic resident register and other systems be created to help local governments reduce related maintenance costs.