This Strategy helps Costa Rica to build on and benefit from two major developments shaping productive processes and the quality of life of persons: the fourth industrial revolution and knowledge societies.
Name in original language
Estrategia de Transformación Digital hacia la Costa Rica del Bicentenario 4.0 2018-2022
Initiative overview
In order to foster the conditions for the development of the Digital Transformation Strategy: The Bicentennial of Costa Rica, the Government issued Executive Decree N.41248. This Decree establishes the creation of a High Level Commission of the Digital Government of the Bicentennial that will act as an advisory body for the development of the national strategy aimed at the implementation of the digital government public policy. In addition, the Government issued Directive N.019, which sets out guidelines for institutions of the public sector for the development of the Digital Government of the Bicentennial. In addition to the instruments promoting progress in areas such as government digitalization, the National Science and Technology Plan raises the need to include a Digital Agenda that identifies a strategy to use ICTs to develop tools that promote a rapprochement between public institutions and their respective users, thereby facilitating communication and interactions, as well as the processing of services. This Digital Transformation Strategy: The Bicentennial of Costa Rica is a response to the demands of the National Science and Technology Plan, the National Development of Telecommunications Plan, and defines the actions to achieve the provisions and objectives of the National Development Plan.The initiative has the following objectives:To guarantee the development and well-being of the population through the opportunities brought by Industry 4.0 and the knowledge society are two of the main objectives of the Government of the Bicentennial.
Who has primary responsibility for developing the national AI strategy?
Ministry
Name of responsible organisation (in English)
Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications
Who has primary responsibility to implementing the national strategy?
Ministry
Name of responsible organisation for strategy implementation (in English)
Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications
Budget information available?
Available
Estimated budget expenditure range per year in Euros (EUR)
€10,000,000.00
To what extent do you have mechanisms or other efforts to involve stakeholders in strategy design, implementation and monitoring?
Stakeholder consultation(s) and other engagement.
To what extent are there mechanisms that ensure inter-governmental coordination?
Through Interagency Digital Government Group the government will promote inter-governmental coordination
Is there a mechanism to monitor implementation?
true
Please describe the monitoring mechanism - in that order.
The High Level Commission on Digital Government (CANGD) proposes a national digital government initiative. The institution builds the e-government project proposal, defining its technical aspects per the National Code of Digital Technologies (CNTD). The Digital Governance Directorate (DGD) evaluates the proposal and awards the Digital Government Seal if compliant. CANGD prioritizes the project in the National Portfolio. The institution implements the project, and once completed, DGD registers it
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Has this initiative been evaluated?
Yes
Are evaluation results public?
No
