Digital Governance and Identification Management System Project

The objective of the Digital Governance and Identification Management System Project for Madagascar is to strengthen the Identity Management ‘ID-M’ system and government capacity to deliver services in selected sectors. There are three components to the project, the first component being creation of a consolidated and interoperable identity management system. This component seeks to address the shortfalls and inefficiencies of the current civil registry and ID-M systems. This component includes two subcomponents: Institutional and administrative framework for inclusive access to legal identity, and Technological foundations for ID-M interoperability. The second component is the support to digital and mobile government services. This second component seeks to increase the offering, coverage and the quality of public services, by building the Government’s infrastructure and capacity to deliver public services that are faster, cheaper and better. This component includes two subcomponents: improved digital governance framework, skills and infrastructure, and improve delivery of, and access to, user-centric digital government services. Finally, the third component is the project management and implementation. The main objectives of this component are to reinforce project implementation capacity. The project will be managed by a dedicated Project Implementation Unit (PIU) within the Presidency, responsible for creating the necessary coordination for the timely and effective implementation of the project. The PIU will also be responsible for implementing a change management program to support the implementation of the project reforms and activities. This includes providing leadership training, study tours, and twinning arrangement with countries that are leaders in digital transformation, creating incentives within the administration to motivate and engage civil servants and obtain their buy-in into the digital transformation agenda.