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REVIEW OF NORWAY
Achieving the Digital Transformation of the
Public Sector
Barbara-Chiara Ubaldi
Head of the OECD Digital Government and Open Data Unit
Oslo, 8 June 2017
OECD – Norway:
a long-lasting collaboration!
Digital
Analog government E-Government
transformation
Greater transparency
Closed operations and and user-centred Open and user-driven
internal focus, analog approaches, ICT- approaches, process and
procedures enabled procedures operational
transformations
OECD Recommendation on Digital Government
Strategies: Benchmarking efforts
No: 40.7%
If so… is it mandatory to use at the
central government level?
Luxembourg Hungary
Colombia
Yes: 59.3%
7
Source: OECD Survey on Digital Government Performance, 2014
ICT project management: GOVs are unable to
account for ICT projects financial benefits
What share (%) of the full potential direct financial benefits of ICT projects
do you estimate is actually being measured and followed up upon centrally?
75-100%
(9.1%) 0-25%
(59.1%)
50-75%
(18.2%)
Finland
Estonia
25-50%
(13.6%)
8
Source: OECD Survey on Digital Government Performance, 2014
OECD OURdata Index 2014
Data availability Data accessibility Government support to the re-use OECD Countries average (2014)
1,000
Norway, Finland, Denmark, Estonia and Sweden
0,900
0,800
0,700
0,600
0,500
0,400
0,300
0,200
0,100
0,000
Achieving the digital transformation
of the public sector
ICT
Public
Management Data-driven
Governance service
and strategic public sector
delivery
planning
KEY FINDINGS
Governing the digital transformation
• Stronger
responsibilities and
levers
• Breaking down silos:
Coordination
(Horizontal and
vertical)
• Building a sense of
urgency
• Balancing public vs.
private
Improving ICT projects management
• Basic registries
and Gov-2-Gov
data sharing
• Leverage Open
Government Data
• Use data to make
the government
smarter: foresight,
delivery,
performance
User-driven service delivery
• User-centred vs.
User-driven
• User-driven =
Engaging users by
default and by
design
• ICT + data: for
more efficient
governments and
happier people
What are the main barriers to fully reap
the benefits of ICTs in the Norwegian
public sector?
Unclear distribution of benefits and costs between stakeholders 5,23
Lack of capacity by users (e.g. lack of skills, existence of digital divides) 3,38
Lack of interest by users (e.g. not considered a priority by target users) 3,38
3,00 3,50 4,00 4,50 5,00 5,50
The goal of the OECD Digital Government
Review is to…
Barbara-Chiara Ubaldi
barbara.ubaldi@oecd.org
http://www.oecd.org/gov/digital-
government
/
@BarbaraUbaldi
@OECDgov
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