Digital Government to Smart Government Knowledge Guide

Information on Digital Government and Smart Government including 3 selected UN publications on the topic

Indices and Data

Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean (eLAC)
Digital Development Observatory (ODD)
ITU Global Cybersecurity Index 2024 (5th edition)
2023 OECD Digital Government Index
2023 OECD/IDB Digital Government Index of Latin America and the Caribbean
UN E-Government Survey 2022
ITU Global Cybersecurity Index 2020

Publications: Advancing Digital and Smart Government

OECD: Digital public infrastructure for digital governments (2024)
Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP): Governance for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (2024)
OECD: Developing Skills for Digital Government: A review of good practices across OECD governments (2024)
UN ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean: Report of the expert group meeting on harnessing artificial intelligence and digital government (2024)
World Bank Blogs: Powering progress: How Digital Public Infrastructure is transforming Latin America and the Caribbean (2024)
IDB: The Digital Transformation of Public Employment Services Across Latin America and the Caribbean (2023)
IDB: Digitalizing Public Services: Opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean
UN ECLAC: Resilient Institutions for a transformative post-pandemic recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean: Inputs for discussion (2021)
OECD: The E-Leaders Handbook on the Governance of Digital Government (2021)
OECD: The Path to Becoming a Data-Driven Public Sector (2019)

See more on selected ECLAC Publications on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development

Publications: National Strategies

Belize National Digital Agenda 2022-2025
Dynamic Dominica National Digital Transformation Strategy 2022-2026
National Strategy To Develop Jamaica’s Global Digital Services Sector: 2021-2025
National Development Plan Curaçao 2015-2030
Suriname National Digital Strategy 2023-2030
Trinidad and Tobago National Strategy for a DigitalTT: 2023-2026

See more on selected National, Regional, and International Digital Strategies

See more on Caribbean Cybercrime and Data Protection Laws

Publications: Regional and International Strategies

CARICOM Draft Regional Information and Communication Technology (ICT) For Development Strategy
Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean (eLAC2026)
Summary Outcome Statement of High Level Conference: SIDS 2.0: Defining the pathway for Small Islands DIGITAL States in the Caribbean (Hosted by the Ministry of Digital Transformation, Government of Trinidad and Tobago, in collaboration with UNDP, CAF and IDB) (2024)

Caribbean Development Projects

(Bahamas) Government Digital Transformation to Strengthen Competitiveness
Caribbean Digital Transformation Project
Government of St. Kitts and Nevis Digital Transformation Project
(Sint Maarten Trust Fund) Digital Government Transformation Project
(UN DESA AND ECLAC) Innovation, Digital Government Transformation and Changing Mindsets in the Caribbean SIDS
(World Bank) Grenada – Digital Government for Resilience Project

Digital Government Portals

Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Curacao
Dominica
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guyana
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Montserrat
Puerto Rico
Saint Martin
Sint Maarten
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
The Bahamas
The Dominican Republic
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos
US Virgin Islands

Open Data Portals

The Bahamas
Curacao
The Dominican Republic
Jamaica
Montserrat
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos

Government Departments

Anguilla, Department of Information Technology and E-Government Services
Belize, Ministry of Public Utilities, Energy, Logistics, and E-Governance
Jamaica, Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport
Montserrat, Department of Information Technology and E-Government Services
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Department of Technology | E-Government Unit
Saint Lucia, Division of Public Sector Modernisation
The Bahamas, Department of Digitization and Transformation
Trinidad and Tobago, Ministry of Digital Transformation

Audiovisual Sources

Changing Mindsets for Innovation and Digital Government – Dr. Adriana Alberti’s Presentation (CARICAD)
Digital Government Technologies Demystified – Claudio Muruzabal (eMerge Americas)
Digital Government: What is it, exactly? (Smart Nation Singapore)
Digital Resilience for Sint Maarten: Digital Government Transformation Project (World Bank LAC)
Harnessing the Potential of Artificial Intelligence to Create Public Value – Mr. Dale Alexander (CARICAD)
OECD 3 Government as a Platform (OECD KPC Public Governance Programme)
OECD Digital Government Policy Framework (OECD KPC Public Governance Programme)

News

(08/11/2024) eLAC Begins a New Stage Centered on Concrete Actions and Projects, with the Approval of the Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean 2026
(06/11/2024) A Real and Effective Digital Transformation Can Help Latin America and the Caribbean Overcome the Traps Hindering its Development
(22/08/2024) Twelve Caribbean Nations Better Equipped to Advance Digital Transformation & Innovation following CAF Co-Funded Training
(07/08/2024) Empowering Futures: Digital Transformation in the Eastern Caribbean
(01/08/2024) CARICOM Heads of Government endorse digital resilience strategy, skills fund creation
(30/06/2024) Connected islands: Laying the foundations for digital transformation in the Caribbean
(01/05/2024) Leaders From Caribbean Small Islands Set Priorities to Ensure a Digital Transformation That Leaves No One Behind
(15/02/2024) ECLAC Launched Digital Development Observatory to Contribute to Latin America and the Caribbean’s Digital Transformation
(31/01/2022) CTU and the Government of Barbados traverse the metaverse

For more resources, see

Selected Books and Research Papers on Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation, Data Protection, and Productivity

Selected Journals on Artificial Intelligence, Digital Government, Digital Transformation, Data Protection, and Innovation

Selected Articles on Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation, Governance, Privacy, Data Protection and the SDGs

Digital Government to Smart Government Knowledge Guide

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