GovTech: Putting People First

GTGP Areas of Work

The GovTech Global Partnership supports beneficiary countries through a range of activities and works in three components:

1.  Analytical and Thought Leadership. The partnership is advancing the development of new knowledge, policy guidance and good practice examples.

2.  Global Public Goods and Convening. This work program includes a range of capacity building and knowledge exchanges such as the GovTech Maturity Index, the development of handbooks and toolkits, self-paced online learning courses, and regular knowledge sharing events.  

3.  Country and Regional Engagement. The Partnership supports client countries with technical advisory work such as assessments, strategies, capacity building as well as developing, piloting and implementing GovTech solutions.

Strategic knowledge partners of the GovTech initiative include:

• The Ministry of Finance, Austria
• The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Switzerland 
• The Ministry of Interior and Safety (MOIS), Republic of Korea 
• The Ministry of Finance (MOF), Japan
• The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), German
• The Astana Civil Service Hub
• The United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV)
• The Lisbon Council
• The Austrian Federal Computing Centre (BRZ)
• The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs (G3ICT)
• The UK's Government Digital Service (GDS)
• The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ)
• The Korea Public Finance Information Service (KPFIS)
• The University of British Columbia (UBC)
• The World Bank Group's ITS Technology and Innovation Lab
• The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts/Hochschule Luzern (HSLU)
• The Korean KDI School of Public Policy and Management
• The Bron ICT Cluster and Digital Innovation Hub of the region of Västernorrland, Sweden
• The Digital Economist

The GovTech GP also engages with other partners:

Through the GovTech Working Groups 

• Interoperability Working Group: Indonesia (co-chair), Portugal (co-chair), Argentina, Cabo Verde, Canada, Citibeats, Denmark, EU-DIGIT, Korea, Lisbon Council, Mozambique, New Zealand, Open Group, Public Digital, Saudi Arabia, Timor-Leste, United Kingdom and UNU-eGOV.
  
• Cloud Computing Working Group: Singapore (co-chair), United Kingdom (co-chair), India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates and Uruguay.
  
• Mobile Government Working Group: Austria (co-chair), Brazil (co-chair), Bangladesh, Belgium, Estonia, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Moldova, Morocco, Mozambique, Portugal, Panama, Peru, Qatar, Switzerland, Tunisia, UAE, Ukraine and Uruguay.

Through grants for GovTech projects 

Algeria | Brazil |Bulgaria | Cambodia |Chile | Dominican Republic | Egypt | Ghana | Guatemala | Indonesia | Kenya | Malawi | Moldova | Mongolia | Panama | Philippines |Regional | Solomon Islands | Somalia | Zimbabwe 

The GovTech work is being funded by several sources

• The Governance & Institutions umbrella trust fund (website pending, partners include FCDO UK, Chandler Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, and Hewlett Foundation)
• Externally funded output and the GTGP trust fund (not replenishable)
• World Bank resources