Luanda – Angolan Institute for Administrative Modernisation (IMA) and the Tony Blair Institute Friday signed a memorandum of Understanding that provide for the creation of digital transition agenda in public administration.
The director general of the IMA Meick Afonso and the regional director for Africa of the Tony Blair Institute Daniel Oseaga signed the document on the sidelines of the 4th forum on administrative modernisation, held in Luanda.
Meick Afonso said the agreement includes the training of Angolan staff and performing the studies for the digital transformation of key sectors, such as the Monitoring and Follow-up Unit for Executive Projects (UMAPE), an institution created with the support of the Blair Institute.
He also said that the assistance, without financial commitment, until 2027, will focus on the management and monitoring of projects in the different sectors.
As for the 4th forum on administrative modernisation, the IMA director-general said that it brought together representatives from various public institutions to discuss and improve digital integration mechanisms.
Meick Afanso said it was necessary to continue working towards the modernisation and inter-operation of the public administration in order to benefit citizens and companies, facilitating procedures and saving time in the provision of improved public services.
Meick Afonso also said that the set of information produced by the different ministries, once cross-referenced, should make it possible to know the status of projects in order to facilitate decision-making and make any corrections.
He reiterated his commitment to continuing to promote cooperation between institutions, interaction among the various sectors and breaking down resistance to modernisation.
A single agenda for digital transformation would soon be published and, thus, the basic project for the inter-operability of public administration would be implemented, defining the data standards that would be adopted by all sectors.
He said that once inter-operability between institutions has been achieved, barriers to the acquisition of certain documents will be eliminated, using technology, and companies will save time and resources and promote more employment.
Meick Afonso emphasised that with the use of digital transformation the citizen will no longer need a document from the Ministry of Justice to hand over to the Ministry of Health, when in reality the state already holds information about the citizen.
During the 4th forum, the executive secretary of the Executive Projects Monitoring and Follow-up Unit (UMAPE), Castro Camarada, said that his organisation had adopted a digital monitoring model, with monthly reports on the progress of public projects.
Castro Camarada said that information on the degree of financial realisation of public projects would soon be introduced.
In turn, Tony Blair Institute consultant Eden Gatachew praised the process of digitising data to facilitate analytical approaches and decision-making.
The forum was attended by representatives of the studies and planning offices and specialists from various institutions to discuss the digital transition process in the Angolan Public Administration. Jfs / OHA/DAN/NIC
