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GovStack Global Initiative - Helping government digitalise public services

About GovStack: GovStack was founded by ITU, Estonia, Germany, and DIAL in 2020. The initiative supports countries and organizations with building cost-effective and efficient digital public services that are easy to scale, so that citizens can seamlessly access health records, manage identity documents, make digital payments, and utilise other government services. GovStack aims to break down the barriers to building sustainable digital infrastructure and help governments create human-centered digital services that empower individuals and improve well-being. The GovStack approach is based on the SDG Digital Investment Framework non c'est pas moi trouvez en ce moment and promotes the use of interoperable, generic, and reusable “building blocks” to digitalize any service. By offering governments and institutions essential tools and guidance for digital services design and implementation that are based on international best practices, GovStack makes it easier, faster, and more reliable for national, municipal, or local stakeholders to implement digital government services.

Since its foundation, GovStack has engaged with more than 20 countries in defferent regions of the world and has mobilized a community of more than 260 experts and specialists to contribute to development of reliable, secure, and effective digital services.

The Problem We Solve: Governments struggle to achieve true digital transformation. Often, they reinvent the wheel when developing digital services. Instead of reusing existing tools and international best practices, they develop new products or rely on third parties to build a one-time solution.

The GovStack approach provides a win for government technology decision-makers and stakeholders by providing open-source technology, technical specifications for digital services, and implementation support across government sectors – and helps solve just some of the challenges outlined below:

How to Benefit?: The GovStack Building Blocks and principles can be used for eGovernment services at all levels, including the national, state, municipal, and local levels. Governments can get started from a variety of different points depending on their objectives, context and needs. GovStack can be used by governments at any stage of their digital journey. The easiest way to get started is to reach out to the GovStack team via the contact us form, and talk to our colleagues about your needs.

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Browse below to discover GovStack's work and offerings:

Gov-Specs

We work with governments to identify real-life scenarios for digital services – called use cases - that benefit their citizens. LEARN MORE

Gov-Test

We provide an open demonstration environment for developers to learn about and test the building block approach. LEARN MORE

Gov-Learn

We collaborate to provide capacity building, trainings, and support designing strategies, among other offerings. LEARN MORE

Gov-Exchange

We offer a platform to research the market of digital services and find business opportunities and tenders to facilitate implementation. LEARN MORE

Resources

Frequently Asked Questions

GovStack Playbook

GovSpecs on Gitbook

eLearning Platform on Atingi

Use case simulation

GovExchange

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