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The project aims at the establishment of a Regional centre for e-Government innovation and various related activities, to be developed in close cooperation with the Colombian Government (MINTIC - ICT Ministry) and UNDP, with the following objectives: a. To generate and share knowledge about research, trends and good e-Government practices at national, regional and international levels, including a methodology for the identification and management of innovative e-Government knowledge. b. To support e-Government innovation exercises in public administration institutions. c. To outline a sustainable model for the systematization of e-Government innovations in the short and médium term. To provide an incentive for the development of an e-Government culture of innovation in Colombia and other countries. The Centre of Innovation on e-Government Development will have a national, regional and international nature in disseminating all these trends from a Latin American perspective. The Project has been signed in September 2013 until December 2013. The annual budget of US$ 800,000 follows a calendar year but in all likelihood will extended until 2014 and beyond.
Objective/Purpose of Project: The objective of the project is to demonstrate the potential and benefits of using Open Government Data (OGD) in advancing transparency, accountability and sustainable development in selected countries of Latin America and East Asia regions, currently identified to be Bangladesh, Nepal, Panama, and Uruguay. br />
In partnership with the national counterparts , the project aims at developing a strategy for open data, particularly in thematic areas relevant to the achievement of internationally agreed development goals, including MDGs. Primarily, the government expenditure and budgeting data, environmental data, procurement data, demographic data, socio-economic indicators, healthcare data, geographical data and local transportation data.
The project aims at assisting with the development of a policy framework and technical infrastructure for implementation of OGD initiatives. It will strive at strengthening the open data community within selected countries. The target beneficiaries include, but are not limited to government officials responsible for data coordination in the country such as Chief Information Officers (or equivalent), Information Privacy Commissioners, Procurement Divisions and relevant government officials from ministries and governmental institutions responsible for selected policies (e.g. Ministries of Planning). Indirect beneficiaries include citizens and communities at large.
The project will also stimulate a south-south knowledge transfer and cross-fertilization of OGD by bringing together OGD-beginners with more OGD-advanced countries.
International workshops, online training courses, and availability of workshop reports will increase the outreach of the project on a global scale, particularly for countries in regions most in need of such support.
Time Frame: September 2013 - November 2015
Funding:Development Account (DA)Proposed Budget: US$164,189
Division: DPIDG
Focus Countries: Developing Countries
Comment: The project was concluded and became sustainable as an institutional part of the Government of Colombia.